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Chinese Christian Voices

Peace in Detention

[…] the form of orders to install security cameras or lease cancellations, as has happened with Zion Church in Beijing. In other cases, churches have been ordered to stop meeting in large groups. In Chengdu, Pastor Wang Yi of Early Rain Covenant Church was detained and then released, along with other church members when they […]

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Post-Conference Reflections on Expatriate Ministry in China

[…] of the year when their Chinese friends want nothing more than to sit around and talk about life and family. But hey, who doesn’t enjoy warm beaches, cheap shopping, donuts, Swensons ice cream, and unhindered Google access? The yearly Thailand exodus is now so much a “normal” part of China service that one wonders […]

Chinese Christian Voices

Concerns of a Three-Self Pastor for 2020

. . . before the Covid-19 Crisis

<p>Before news of COVID-19 broke into their lives, what were Chinese Christians concerned about? What were the top issues going into 2020? Chen Shengfeng, a Three-Self pastor, shares 20 concerns facing the Chinese church.</p>

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Financial Considerations in Chinese Missionary Sending

Sources of Support and Difficulties in Raising Finances

<p>The Chinese church passionately desires participation in missionary sending. A study performed with long-term Chinese missionaries reveals four main current sources of support for Chinese mission activity. Common methods of missionary fund-raising are examined and frequently encountered fund-raising difficulties are reviewed.  The Chinese church has difficulty financially supporting mission service and at the current […]

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November 22, 2012

FEATURED ARTICLEWhat China’s Seven New Rulers Mean for Its 80 Million Christians(November 20, 2012, Christianity Today)The once-a-decade transition in the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Partyis important to China’s 80 million Christians. They have enjoyed greater openness and toleration during the past 20 years, yet still must navigate a […]

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How Many Christians Are There in China? It’s Complicated

[…] 2020, I wrote a series of posts titled How Many Christians Are There in China? Preferred Estimates. In that series, I suggested that there are no reliable statistics as to how many Christians there actually are in China. The best we can do is estimate, and every individual or organization has their preferred estimates. […]

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ZGBriefs | November 3, 2016

<p></p> <p>How the Education Consultancy Industry Fuels Essay Fraud (November 2, 2016, Sixth Tone)<br /> Once again, as high school students across China agonize over their American college essays, allegations of fraud plague the education industry. Dipont Education Management Group, a large Shanghai-based educational consultancy, has become the most recent target of accusations, with reports […]

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China’s Burgeoning Cities

Urbanization in China is occurring at an accelerated pace. According to statistics from a survey taken last year, more than 40 percent of the Chinese population will live in cities and towns within the next decade. Some of these are mega-cities with populations in the several millions; more than 30 have a population of […]

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ZGBriefs | July 9, 2015

[…] all Western eyes remain firmly focused on Greece, a potentially much more significant financial crisis is developing on the other side of world. In some quarters, it’s already being called China’s 1929 – the year of the most infamous stock market crash in history and the start of the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression.</p>

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The Chinese Internet–by the Numbers

<p>Recently <em>China Internet Watch</em> produced a white paper on the Chinese Internet, titled “China Internet Statistics 2017.” The information and charts are based on the semi-annual report published in December 2016 by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).</p>