Results for: denomination
ZGBriefs | November 9, 2023
[…] people group, but now lives in a large urban area. He grew up in a small, rural, autonomous area, populated mainly by other minority peoples. Interview: Re- denomination of Church in China More Beneficial than Harmful (November 6, 2023, China Christian Daily) In recent years, the issue of re-denomination within the church of China has become […]
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What I Learned through My Church Experiences in China, the US, and the World
[…] unique mix of influences from the Local Church and Catholic Mysticism, yet the church did not preach much about theology, so I was not aware of what denomination it belonged to. I was the only teenager among elderly people. I remember my feet would fall asleep because I knelt too long during night prayers. […]
Editorials
Let’s Be Honest about Denominationalism in China
[…] A Christian educator said to me that whenever he heard a preacher boasting of “supra-denominationalism,” he would become cautious; it sounded like the beginning of a new denomination to him. So just like in the West, denominationalism is not without controversies, one of which is church splitting over nonessential elements of the faith. Jin […]
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Three Changes in Urban Churches
[…] identity in a student fellowship instead of in a church. By the sovereignty of God, something happened that was not purposely planned by any individual, church, or denomination. Parachurch workers have been influenced in recent years by Reformed theology. For example, the ministry 9Marks has given workers a deeper understanding of the church. After churches […]
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Pentecost in China (1)
Origins
[…] church with many supernatural healings including one individual who was raised from the dead during a meeting. The year was 1900. A few years later, the CMA denomination in America took a stand against speaking in tongues and other Pentecostal gifts.2 Since the CMA leaders knew Simpson’s church in Beiping was now Pentecostal, they […]
ZGBriefs | January 2, 2020
[…] 23, 2019, ChinaSource Blog) The Lianghui is one of those things that falls into the category of “church with Chinese characteristics.” If one considers the registered church to be a denomination in the Western sense, then one could conceive of the Lianghui as the local, regional, and national organization of the church. But the registered church is not a […]
ZGBriefs | March 13, 2025
[…] told the story of a religion called Jingjiao that had existed in the Chinese empire in the late 600s and early 700s. Breaking the Cycle: Can Our Denomination Be Revitalized? (March 10, 2025, ChinaSource) For decades, we have never seriously examined or reflected on the structure of our denomination—because, of course, we had no […]
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Interview with Rev. Yoman Man
The Experience of One American City—Chicago
[…] then went into ministry. I was trained at Evangel Theological College and became a pastor, and then the senior pastor, of a church. I served with the denomination of the Evangelical Free Church and became its first General Secretary in 1990. A major responsibility was to prepare the denomination for the future as the […]
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Baxiren: Going Global for the Beijing Olympics
I believe that history about China in Brazil is changing. One denomination wrote several pages in their newspaper, circulation 300,000. Another large agency is doing a Latin Conference in Brazil about China. Praise the Lord indeed. An organization has asked me to coordinate a China Challenge conference in Brazil and lead 300 Brazilians to […]
Chinese Urban Churches Engaging Culture
[…] centuries, their contemporary versions tend to be defined in reaction and hostility to one another.” (Keller, p. 241) Keller cautions against naively saying that a church or denomination can incorporate the best of each model into their approach to ministry. This is difficult because of individual passion and gifting, and the history and legacy […]