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A Look at China’s Registered Church
From the 2020 Autumn Issue of CSQ
[…] control of the Communist Party (although it did serve this purpose), but was seen by its leaders as the only way forward for the church in the new era. With the outbreak of the Korean conflict, the stated desire to see a Chinese church independent of missionary control took on a decidedly political dimension. […]
A Strategy Forged in Bethlehem
[…] weakness are met with the assurance that Christ’s redemptive purposes will be fulfilled, and God’s power revealed, in our lives. Bono, <em>Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story </em>( New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022), 512. Philippians 2:6-8. Hannah Nation, “Chinese Lessons in Apologetics: Learning from a Church Under Pressure,” <em>Comment,</em> December 7, 2023, accessed December […]
Responding to Restrictions on Children’s Ministry
[…] kindergartens, Christian-run private schools, homeschool networks, and online programs hosted abroad have all become options for parents seeking to impart a biblical worldview to their children. With new restrictions on religious activities, these options may become less viable in the future. Already churches in some provinces have been told to cease children’s programs. How […]
Supporting Article
Healthy Partnering
A Chinese Perspective
[…] their shared experience. Rather, the issue of culture was seen largely as an “either-or” proposition. When asked about unique factors in the Chinese situation that could either promote or hinder partnering, several respondents listed cultural factors. One, reflecting on his or her own partnering experience, began with a rather strong Chinese idiom about Chinese […]
Going Global
When ChinaSource first launched, the focus was very much on serving the church in China. The immediate needs were many, and new opportunities were rapidly developing for foreign Christians to engage with believers in country. Today we recognize that “the church in China” is no longer just in China. This reality is captured in […]
Editorials
Haigui – Writing the Next Chapter
[…] including the believing returnees themselves who are providing leadership in China’s emerging urban churches while struggling to live out an authentic faith in an often hostile environment, new networks and resources are being developed both for returnees and those who seek to serve them. Just as China’s long history is filled with accounts of […]
4 Takeaways from Xi’s Speech on Religion
[…] at least some sense of the Party’s current position. The specific implications, particularly for China’s Christians, remain to be seen but will likely take shape as these directives find their way into new regulations and possibly a new law on religion in the coming year. Image Credit: the flag of China by zachary jean paradis via Flickr.
Reformed Theology and China’s Urban Church
[…] of the Reformed “package,” components of which have deep European or American roots and, in their opinion, are ill-suited to China’s unique historical and cultural situation. A new series of posts on Chinese Church Voices details the growth of Reformed theology in China and seeks to answer some of these objections. Taken from an […]
“Passive” Church Planting in China
[…] a Chinese mega church, this pastor encountered two obstacles. The first was relational. Early on he emphasized personal decisions for Christ and expected the increasing numbers of new believers to step immediately into positions of service in the church. As a result he found himself alienated from the very people he intended to serve. […]
China’s Past as Key to the Present
Descriptions of life in China today often contain words like “unprecedented” and “fast-changing.” Yet in an effort to capture all that is new, such descriptions miss the fact that, in many respects, China has come this way before. As a civilization that has experienced cycles of opening and closing, renewal and decline, China’s current […]