Tag: Indigenous Missions
Partnership with a Purpose
Partnership is for a limited time as the national church learns to tap into previously unnoticed local resources. A successful partnership takes time and trust.
China Ministry and Transformational Development (1)
The End of an Era?
The experiences of the few remaining expatriate cross-cultural workers in China suggest that while we are not at the end of Christian development work in China, we are confronted with a substantially different ministry context.
Concerns of Cross-Cultural Workers from China
Ever wonder how cross-cultural workers from China evaluate themselves or their fellow workers? Would the issues be the same as workers from other locations?
Cultivating Chinese Missionaries Faithfully and Realistically
There is a Chinese saying 《十年树木，百年树人》 which means, “It takes ten years to grow a tree but a hundred to cultivate a person.”
Stopping the Spread
Those partnering with China’s emerging missions movement would do well to consider what they may be passing on without even realizing it. Careful filtering of concepts and methods—but more importantly, values and unspoken assumptions—could help guard China’s future mission leaders from replicating painful mistakes.
Missions from China Today
A Reader Responds to the 2020 Summer Issue of CSQ
I encourage you to read every word of “Doing Missions with Chinese Characteristics,” pray, and ponder both what God wants to teach you, as well as how you might apply it to your service to the world.
3 Questions: Indigenous Missions Movement
What are some of the significant breakthroughs in the development of the Indigenous Missions Movement from China.
Gospel Impact in East Africa
A Reader Responds
It is time for African Christians to take the next step in cross-cultural disciple-making and engage the Chinese in their midst. Fred and Faith and their colleagues have shown the way. May many others join them as well as develop new creative ventures for the sake of the gospel.
4 Key Factors Influencing Cultural Adjustment and Retention of Chinese Missionaries
Food for thought for churches and sending agencies.
Who Will Be China’s Issachar Tribe?
. . . those who have understanding of the times and know what should be done to reach the unreached.