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More than Conquerors
[…] aimed at young people, along with penalties for Christian parents. Rather than simply being told to stay out of trouble and contribute to the country’s development, Christians today are being required to pledge personal loyalty to the Party and to its leader, Xi Jinping. While Xi is not yet worshipped in the manner of […]
In an Ever-Changing China, Some Things Haven’t Changed
[…] theme, “Listening to the Chinese Church.” While many of the specific ways of serving described in that issue may not be as relevant for foreigners in China today, the attitude and posture advocated by Huo Shui are as important now as they were two decades ago. Much has changed in China, but relationships are […]
Stopping the Spread
[…] ago by James Engel and William Dyrness. While the two did not address China specifically, their observations provide insight into the origin of the narratives that dominate today’s Christian discourse on China, including the missionary church narrative that envisions a new wave of cross-cultural workers emanating from China in the near future. Drawing on […]
A Look at China’s Registered Church
From the 2020 Autumn Issue of CSQ
[…] government church.” Where it is mentioned, it is usually in the context of particular restrictions placed upon TSPM pastors by Chinese authorities. This is certainly the case today, as Xi Jinping’s “Sinification” campaign takes hold and pastors are under increased pressure to parrot the Party line, including during their Sunday sermons. Such efforts to […]
From Entrepreneur to Catalyst
[…] three decades have represented a generation of pioneers. Their entrepreneurial spirit has served them well in an era when much needed to be done with limited resources. Today, due to attrition, shifting organizational priorities, and a changing environment in China, this entrepreneurial generation is shrinking. The entrepreneurs who paved the way in many areas […]
China’s Church at the Threshold
[…] to play their God-given role as salt and light. They give serious thought to the kind of theological education required to ensure that the church leaders of today and tomorrow are up to the task. These visionary believers, most of them first-generation Christians who now serve in an urban setting, speak urgently of raising […]
Editorials
A Church on the Move
[…] have traditionally relied upon agriculture as their economic base. The seasonal nature of agricultural work allowed evangelists to spend part of each year traveling and church planting. Today, with the shrinking agricultural sector, the industrialization of the countryside, and more evangelists moving to the cities, this model has become less and less viable. From […]
Supporting Article
Toward a Typology of Christian Leaders in China
[…] groups outside China, and some of these may have caused tension with other church networks. His challenge is to see that biblical literacy and doctrinal purity are promoted throughout the network by younger leaders in the face of false teaching by cults, and that these leaders are able to model and teach the practical […]
China and the Church: 5 Trends to Watch in 2018
[…] church deepened in maturity and became more sophisticated in its approaches to ministry. Influence within the society grew, as did its relationship with the Christian community globally. Today it faces growing scrutiny by a Party that sees both the church’s domestic impact and foreign connections as problematic. While many developments within the church itself […]
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How China’s Christians Can Heal China’s Environment
Vol. 11, No. 2
[…] good because God proclaimed that is was so; and creation is intrinsically good as shown by God’s response to it. Creation reflects God and it honors God. Today creation suffers the consequences of the entry of sin into the world; thus, the current state of creation does not reflect the original goodness that God […]