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Is There a Role for the Western Church in China?
<p>I have been reflecting recently on Brent Fulton’s challenge to rethink partnership between Western and Chinese churches. I have had an interest in the church in China for the past twenty years and have traveled there frequently for a variety of reasons—including work with several Chinese churches. My PhD thesis focused on historical efforts to reach […]
Christianity in Post-Pandemic China
Navigating the Shifting Landscape
[…] values with Christian doctrine. We have noticed at least three approaches Chinese scholars have taken to theological Sinicization. Professor You Bin, based at Minzu University of China, promotes a new methodology called Chinese biblical theology. Simultaneously, there is a revival of Bishop Ding Guagxun’s (K. H. Ting) theology at Nanjing Theological Seminary. Additionally, efforts […]
The Last Mile
Navigating the Challenges of Chinese Bible Engagement
[…] Chinese churches globally. Furthermore, there was a period at the end of the previous century when biblical studies were sidelined in theological education within both Chinese and Western seminaries. In the last two decades, we’ve observed that only a few PhD graduates successfully completed studies in biblical studies and managed to secure teaching positions […]
Supporting Article
Countering Infiltration and Going Global
The Dual Strategy of the Sinicization of Christianity
[…] confusion over national identity and are often used as a legitimate basis for international criticism or intervention, such as in the case of human rights issues like freedom of religion. He views these issues as tools used by foreign powers to exert pressure on China. 徐以驊是上海高校智庫復旦大學宗教與中國國家安全研究中心主任，他的「宗教外交論」或中國宗教「走出去」的主要論點，是從外交的角度來解釋中國的宗教發展與國家安全的問題，提出所謂「走出去」的主動出撃式的外交交涉或反攻為旨。徐認為，跨國性宗教是會制造國家認同混淆，對愛國主義的行為不利，並且，國際較力中宗教經常成了談判或批評的正當性理由，以作為合法去干預他國的內政，如宗教自由人權問題成了向中國施壓的藉口。 As religion is closely linked to China’s status […]
Choosing the Chinese Bible Translation
A Guide for Believers
[…] used Chinese Union New Punctuation Version (新标点和合本, CUnp1989) published in 1989, and the Revised Chinese Union Version (RCUV, 和合本修订本), which was later renamed CUV 2010 (和合本2010版) for promotional purposes. In mainland China, the approved CUV for publication is based on CUnp1989, though it includes modifications to names and geographical terms to suit modern mainland […]
Being a Western Christian in the Global Church, Part 2
Recognize Your Place in the Global Church
[…] marking the end of our relevance or a decline in our value to the global Christian community, these shifts present us with an opportunity to be set free from our besetting sin of superiority. As one mission leader from Ghana explains, If we were to try to identify the one main thing that stands […]
Being a Western Christian in the Global Church
Update Your View of the Global Church
[…] role in the Chinese Christian community. In part 1 the current state of world Christianity is presented, while part 2 looks more closely at the place of western Christians within the global church. In part 3 suggestions are offered for how western Christians—in light of all this—should approach their service to the Chinese Christian […]
Being a Western Christian in the Global Church, Part 3
How You Can Serve the Chinese Church
[…] Jesus’s prioritization of faithfulness (Mat 25:21), and pursue the Bible’s fully-orbed conception of God’s global mission (summarized in the Lausanne Covenant as “the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world”) then we are free to see the value in a host of different missional roles. Honesty about our own gifts—honesty towards both those who send us and those who receive […]
Book Reviews
Eastern Versus Western Learning Approaches
Book Review
<p><em>Cultural Foundations of Learning: East and West</em> by Jin Li.<br /> <em>Reviewed by Lisa Nagle</em></p> <p>There are deep cultural differences between Eastern and Western societies regarding learning and development. The notion of whether creativity is learned or not is just one of these. This book explores some of the differing approaches to learning found […]
Christianity Brings Western Medicine to Guangdong (Part 2)
<p><em>The first part of the article on the </em>Fuyinmen (Gospel Door)<em> website focused on western missionary work in the medical field in Guangdong. The second part of the article focuses on education and a missionary's encounter with Hong Xiuquan, who would later lead the Taiping Rebellion.</em></p>