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The Three-fold Call of the Leader as Steward

Christians need to be good stewards of their identity and their time. They also need to value "being" over "doing."

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Less Is More

Discipling Believers in a Cross-Cultural Setting

When expatriates engage in discipleship within the Chinese context, some misconnects can occur. What are they and how can they be avoided?

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A New Era for House Church Leaders

The church in China is experiencing change in strategy as well as a change in position. It is preparing to engage the world.

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Educational Inequality for Migrant Children Perpetuates Poverty

Even after thirty years of economic reform, the majority of rural migrants in China's cities are still kept out of the formal labor market and professional tracks. Most of them pick up jobs in the informal sector. Such social inequality is likely to be perpetuated given the fact that their second generation is not provided with quality education. In China, education, often considered a way of changing one's life trajectory, now only reproduces social status and reinforces class boundaries.

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China’s Marginalized Internal Migrants

The world of China's "floating population" is vastly different from the world of its city dwellers.

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Family Therapy of Grief in Earthquakes

In the days following the Sichuan earthquake, the need for appropriate grief therapy was evident. The role religion plays in therapy for families dealing with trauma is highlighted in the efforts that were made to aid the victims.

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Maybe It Doesn’t Take a Village

Globalization's Challenge to the Traditional Chinese Family

The effects of globalization are having a huge, lasting impact on China's families.

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Providing Community through Festivals

Community "festivals" can bring harmony and love.

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Dreams of a Chinese Sports Outreach

Sports events can become a means to encourage Christian service.

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What Is Our Role?

Toward a Set of Shared Considerations for Outside Involvement in Chinese Leadership Development

In the decades since China's opening to the outside world, literally hundreds of organizations, educational institutions and churches have responded to the perceived need for training leaders to shepherd China's rapidly growing church. A discussion of what role Christians from outside China should play in responding to the need as the church grows and develops.