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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.
Editorials
Pentecostal Churches in China—An Introduction
[…] joy to include Balcombe’s personal observations and reflections on the origins and growth of the Pentecostal movement in China. I first met Evan Liu in China in 2002. A young man at that time, we met at a house church Christmas celebration. Little did I know that we would eventually meet again in this […]
Pentecostal Theology and the Chinese Church
[…] Zheng and several leaders of the Li Xin Church. This church was established in the early 1980s in Anhui Province. It has grown rapidly over the past 20 years and now has churches throughout China. The Pentecostal message, complete with an emphasis on speaking in tongues, came to the church in 1988. Two Christian […]
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The Pentecostal Legacy of the Indigenous Churches in China
[…] Hunter and Kim-Kwong Chan, <em>Protestantism in Contemporary China</em> (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), 140. Although several CGF leaders affirmed the Pentecostal distinctives noted above, a survey of 20 students at their Beijing seminary revealed that only seven viewed tongues as a sign of Spirit baptism and only nine said that tongues occurred in their […]
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Urban Churches in China
A Pentecostal Case Study
[…] Li Xin (Zhong Hua Meng Fu or China Is Blessed) Church was established in the early 1980s in Anhui Province. It has grown rapidly over the past 20 years and now has churches all over China. The founder and leader of the church, Uncle Zheng, shared with me his fascinating story. Uncle Zheng became […]
Sober Optimism
Opposition and Opportunity
[…] our present fallen world. Grant us a sober optimism that flows from the cross, the empty tomb, and Pentecost. And let our cry be, “Maranatha” (Revelation 22: 20)! That is the ultimate answer to the second question noted above and the true reason for optimism. Editor’s note: “Sober Optimism: Opposition and Opportunity” first appeared […]
A Strong Foundation: Pentecostal Revival in Yunnan Province
In 2015 I was reminded in a powerful way of the strong foundation of Christian faith that exists in Southwest China. Several colleagues and I traveled to visit the parents of a close Chinese friend and to worship together with the church that meets in their small village. I had heard that this dedicated […]
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Learning from the Larger Story
[…] world are growing with such rapidity that one scholar has suggested the Pentecostal movement should be identified as “the most successful social movement of the past century.” 20 Yet, in the midst of this growth and exuberance, Pentecostals face a very present danger. The emphases that have enabled Pentecostals to make a unique contribution, […]
The Appeal of the Pentecostal Movement in Hong Kong
The Kaleidoscopic City: A Book Review
The Kaleidoscopic City: Hong Kong, Mission, and the Evolution of Global Pentecostalism by Alex R. Mayfield. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2023, 279 pages. ISBN-10: 1481318977, ISBN-13: 978-1481318976. Available from Baylor University Press and Amazon. The Kaleidoscopic City, Alex Mayfield’s history of early Pentecostal missions in Hong Kong (1907-1942), is a treasure trove of […]
The Seed of the Church and the Modern Missions Movement
[…] 391–401. Available online here. For more information on the deaths of these Chinese missionaries, see “Mourning Two Chinese Christians Killed in Pakistan,” <em>Chinese Church Voices</em>, <em>ChinaSource</em>, June 20, 2017, <a href="https://www.chinasource.org/resource-library/chinese-church-voices/mourning-two-chinese-christians-killed-in-pakistan/">https://www.chinasource.org/resource-library/chinese-church-voices/mourning-two-chinese-christians-killed-in-pakistan/</a>. Accessed February 17, 2022 and “A Servant Is Not Greater than His Master” by Steve Schirmer, <em>ChinaSource Blog</em>, June 21, 2017, <a href="https://www.chinasource.org/resource-library/blog-entries/a-servant-is-not-greater-than-his-master/">https://www.chinasource.org/resource-library/blog-entries/a-servant-is-not-greater-than-his-master/</a>. […]