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“I Always Knew He Was There”
Discovering Faith Across Cultures
[…] became not only my wife, but my teacher as well. She showed me how to love people better. My wife’s parents arrived in Taiwan by boat in 1955. For over 35 years they served alongside Chinese brothers and sisters—planting churches, making disciples, and loving people. They loved their life and ministry. Their daughter, my […]
Be A Better Dad Today
A Book Review
[…] School Professor. Best-selling author. Ask Gregory Slayton which one of these he feels is the most important job he has ever had and he will tell you none of them. In the introduction to his book, Be a Better Dad Today: Ten Tools Every Father Needs, Slayton emphatically states: “being a good dad is […]
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A Piece of the Puzzle
Training Mainland Chinese to be Cross-Cultural Missionaries
[…] Jerusalem (BTJ) phenomenon, the issue of training Chinese missionaries seems to have fallen on the sidelines. More attention has been given to issues such as the controversial number of 100,000 missionaries, abuse of the genuine grass-root missionary spirit, and who has the right to represent BTJ. Despite the legitimacy of all these concerns, traininga […]
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A Big Piece of the Puzzle
[…] Jerusalem (BTJ) phenomenon, the issue of training Chinese missionaries seems to have fallen on the sidelines. More attention has been given to issues such as the controversial number of 100,000 missionaries, abuse of the genuine grass-root missionary spirit, and who has the right to represent BTJ. Despite the legitimacy of all these concerns, traininga […]
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Transpacific Transposition: 1965 to Present
History of Chinese Christianity in North America (3)
The author brings us to the present by giving five factors that since 1965 have created the awakening and dominance of independent-minded and indigenous evangelicalism in North American Chinese Christianity.
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Strangers in a Strange Land: Expatriates in China
[…] a new lifeand perhaps a new identity. Probably more so in China about ten years ago, but still to a certain extent today, these foreigners with their non-Chinese physical features can be a “star” in China either because of their uniqueness or because of their passport. It can be all too easy for a […]
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The Origins of the Chinese Union Version Bible
[…] form as used today. The Chinese translation was primarily based on the English Bible with reliance on the original languages as necessary. It must be noted that non-Chinese missionaries were mainly responsible for the translation of the Union Version which resulted in many translation problems, including problematic choices regarding terms, grammar, and style. (See […]
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The Christian World They Made Together: 1850–1911
History of Chinese Christianity in North America (1)
[…] development that created a tremendous demand for labor. The abolition of slavery in the British territories (1807) and the United States (1861) only intensified the need for cheap labor globally. These historical developments explain, in part, the growth of the Chinese diaspora and Chinese immigration to the United States and Canada. A small but […]
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The Clash of Culture and Class in China’s “Olympic Era”
[…] phones, Chinese citizens desire greater social justice and despise government cover-up. The resultant clash of cultures and class in the New China reveals the importance of China’s non-profit organizations (NPO) and non-governmental (NGO) sectors. During the “Iron Rice Bowl” era (circa 1950-80), China’s “Big Brother” took care of social welfare needs. Those times are […]
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How China’s Religious Affairs Bureaucracy Works
[…] historically, which is especially useful as the structure today is a holdover from the 1950s. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, it organized all non-communists who wished to cooperateor collaborateinto a “united front,” by which allies could be arrayed against CCP-identified enemies. The CCP’s United Front Work Department (UFWD) is the […]