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Getting to Know China’s Pentecostal Churches
A Sneak Peek at the Summer 2023 ChinaSource Quarterly
If the last seven decades in China have taught us anything, they have surely taught us never to underestimate the power of the Holy Spirit. I am confident that you will be encouraged as you read these eye-witness accounts of the story of Pentecost in China.
Pentecostal Theology and the Chinese Church
[…] affirm three distinctive doctrinal convictions. Pentecostals believe that: the book of Acts serves as a model for contemporary Christian life and ministry; the baptism in the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:4) is a post conversion enabling for ministry; and speaking in tongues marks this experience. The impact of these Pentecostal convictions upon the contemporary Chinese […]
Editorials
Pentecostal Churches in China—An Introduction
From the east coast to the west coast The wind of the Holy Spirit will blow everywhere, From the east to the west The glory of the Holy Spirit will be released. Good news comes from heaven, Good news rings in the ear Causing dry bones to become moist Frail bones to become strong. […]
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The Pentecostal Legacy of the Indigenous Churches in China
[…] believers. Sister Ding Hei described Balcombe’s influence in glowing terms, noting that because of Balcombe’s influence, “all our Fangcheng house churches, except for a few, accepted the Spirit-filled teaching.”16 Some years ago in 2002, I met Zhang Rongliang in southwest China. We discussed various matters for about an hour and a half and then […]
Sober Optimism
Opposition and Opportunity
[…] sisters to be faithful by pursuing the dangerous journey of love. This is the journey that was first undertaken by Christ who, even now through the Holy Spirit, enables us to follow in his footsteps. This conversation did raise for me, two important questions. How do we view the world around us, and particularly […]
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Urban Churches in China
A Pentecostal Case Study
<p align="left">An author has noted that societies being shaped by the forces of modernization and urbanization represent fertile ground for the seeds of Pentecostal revival. Menzies supports this claim in a case study that gives us the history and growth of the Li Xin Church, a large, Pentecostal house-church network.</p>
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Learning from the Larger Story
[…] cross.”21 In view of the obvious strengths and vulnerabilities of the Pentecostal movement, the emergence of Pentecostal churches in China is especially important. Their experience reveals that Spirit-inspired ministry consistently encounters rejection as well as acceptance, and that the suffering and opposition that result from this rejection are part of God’s divine plan. Ultimately, […]
A Strong Foundation: Pentecostal Revival in Yunnan Province
[…] the churches in Yunnan Province. Church leaders from many of the numerous minority groups that populate Yunnan attended these meetings. Quite a few were baptized in the Spirit, spoke in tongues, received great encouragement, saw people delivered from demonic influence, and took the Pentecostal message back to their home villages. As a result, Pentecostal […]
The Appeal of the Pentecostal Movement in Hong Kong
The Kaleidoscopic City: A Book Review
[…] men, Pentecostals in Hong Kong “also tended to gravitate and support gendered hierarchies that fell in line with traditional late Victorian values…Women could be baptized by the Spirit, but that baptism did not deeply challenge social conventions” (p. 233). Once again, we see that the experience of Pentecostals in Hong Kong, on the one […]
The Seed of the Church and the Modern Missions Movement
[…] from various parts of China like the two martyrs in Pakistan and like the Bernheims. It is a privilege to be shaped together with them by the Spirit of God. For a defense of the traditional understanding of the church’s mission, see Robert Menzies’ recently published article, “A Tale of Two Stories: Amos Yong’s […]