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ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, March 27 Issue
[…] to give a helpful explanation of the various terms used for God in Chinese. China’s Deadly Lightning (March 24, 2014, Christianity Today) Christianity Today writes about the Eastern Lightning cult, known for its harsh recruiting tactics (which include kidnapping) and what churches in China are doing to counter it, including cooperating with local authorities and […]
ZGBriefs Newsletter for May 3, 2012
[…] a Chinese citizen’s entering the US Embassy in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry said here Wednesday. It is informed that Chen Guangcheng, a native from Yinan county of eastern China’s Shandong province, entered the US Embassy in Beijing in late April and left of his own volition after a six-day stay in the embassy, said […]
October 17, 2013
[…] an apparently unyielding bureaucracy. Thousands Protest in Flood-Hit Chinese City (October 15, 2013, Time) Official media say arrests have been made following massive anti-government protests in an eastern Chinese city hit by catastrophic flooding. Photos from the scene showed protesters smashing vehicles and attacking city offices during Tuesdays protest in Yuyao. Hundreds of riot […]
Challenges and Opportunities for the Pulpit in China’s Urban House Churches
[…] appointing pastors everywhere, which has had a bad influence on house churches. These groups should be watched carefully. Homegrown Heresies: Mainland-grown heresies and cults include groups like Eastern Lightning, the Disciples Church, the Three Grades of Servants, the Spiritual Christianity, the Cold Water Sect, the Shouters, and the Established King. These heresies mainly influence rural […]
Seeking God for International Student Ministry in China
[…] ministry burn hotter and better under their current conditions, as well as how to best support co-workers of the ministry in the mainland. An international student from eastern China describes the background of international student ministry in China: Beginning in 2003, the number of international students in China has been continually increasing. Currently the […]
How the Global Church Remembers
A Chinese Reflection on Holy Week
[…] the “new fire” and shared among congregants, filling the darkened church with light. – Adult catechumens are baptized—the most significant baptismal moment of the Catholic year. II. Eastern Orthodoxy: An Immersive and Eternal Cycle Holy Monday–Wednesday – Bridegroom Matins begin with “Behold, the Bridegroom comes.” Worshipers hold candles beside icons of Christ, awaiting the […]
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Facets of the Chinese Church
[…] has become the greatest threat during the past decade. There are at least 18 indigenous cults in China with the most vicious, vile, and aggressive being the Eastern Lightning group. While house church leaders are learning to identify Eastern Lightning subversives and their tactics, they are not well equipped to discern between theological nonnegotiables and […]
Standing in the True Light
A Chinese Scholar’s Spiritual Journey to the Eastern Orthodox Church
Editor’s Note: Why would a Protestant Chinese scholar, deeply rooted in decades of house church life and theological training, turn to the Eastern Orthodox Church? This question raises deeper issues about spiritual formation, tradition, and longing. Mark Shan’s story offers a unique window into one man’s desire to seek what he considers the fullness […]
The Earliest Chinese Christianity Brought Back to Life
[…] chapter one, against the prevailing narrative in China that Christianity is a “Western religion,” Thompson points out that the church at its very beginning is a thoroughly Eastern religion as a product of the Semitic heritage of the Jewish people (p. 9). Compared to the Greek and other Orthodox churches of the eastern Mediterranean […]