From the Global Times: “Estranged Brethren”
A Chinese government newspaper covers the division between the Three-Self Churches and the house churches.
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中国的在线信徒群体
中国基督徒使用互联网的自由度，其实要比一般的估计较高。本文作者缕述网民数目，信徒网址及连结的网页等，将个中三昧为读者娓娓道来。
How Many Catholics in China?
Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the 25th National Catholic China Conference at Loyola University in Chicago. The United States Catholic China Conference sponsored the conference and the theme was "The American Catholic Church and China in an Era of Globalization."
Confucius, the Bible, and Preaching
A Chinese Christian highlights the the popularity of Confucianism as a warning against the 'popularization' of the gospel.
Thinking with Their Hearts
From the editor's point of view...
Farewell to Pastor Lamb
Saying farewell to Pastor Samuel Lamb, a prominent Chinese house church pastor.
Building a Chinese Dream Together
The President of the Three-Self Patriotic Committee comments on President Xi Jinping's "Chinese Dream" slogan.
Remembering Samuel Lamb
Rev. Samuel Lamb (Lin Xiangao) passed away in Guangzhou on August 3, 2013. He was 88 years old.
Pursuing the Right “Dream”
The "China Dream" which the country's newly installed leaders are promoting is largely a vision of economic growth and prosperity, couched in terms of national pride and increasing strength vis-a-vis the international community. This vision of a strong and prosperous country is not new; late-Qing reformers and May 4th activists alike sounded a similar call, and progress a century later is still measured against the backdrop of this longstanding national struggle.
“House Church” and “Three-Self”
Protestantism in contemporary China is usually expressed using the opposing terms of "house church" and "Three-Self church," but McLeister believes this paradigm should not be accepted as a given. Rather, there is a wide range of congregation types in China which the author describes. He goes on to explain why boundaries between congregations may be blurred and gives examples of cooperative activities.
海星与蜘蛛
篇者的话: 这篇文章的原文刊载于华源协作中文版春号2013
Christian Netizens React to Boston Bombing
This is cross-posted at our Chinese Church Voices site.
As news that a Chinese student had been killed in the Boston Marathon bombing broke in China, netizens took to Weibo to react and comment, and Christians joined the conversation. Some of the comments reference other tragic events in the news this week, such as the earthquake in Pakistan, the poisoning of a university student in Shanghai, and the spread of the H7N9 flu virus.
One noted that both the student who died in Shanghai and the one who died in Boston had either attended seeker Bible studies or attended church. They all either call for prayer for the victims families, or urge people to put their trust in Christ.