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20 Things a New Chinese Pastor Needs to Learn About Ministry
Christians in China today are able to share relatively easily about ministry on social media. Pastors’ personal blogs are one unique vantage point into church life in China. In this article, Chen Fengsheng, a Three-Self pastor in Wenzhou, provides budding pastors with timely advice on how to prepare for a healthy pastoral ministry. He gives “twenty realities” of ministry life that will help set up fresh seminary graduates for the pastorate.
The Next Decade of the Church in China
[…] from international organizations like Gallup and Pew have shown that the proportion of Christians in China is around 2%. A survey by Renmin University about 10 to 20 years ago found that the proportion of Christians on campus was around 3%. Through various research and observations, I personally tend to believe that the number […]
Which Chinese Bible Should I Recommend People Read?
[…] In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pastoral_Bible_(Chinese)&oldid=637046232 Wikipedia. (2015, June 18). Chinese Union Version. In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_Union_Version&oldid=667447748 Which Chinese Bible Should I Recommend People Read? was originally published on Thriving Turtles on June 20, 2016. It was subsequently updated, most recently on August 17, 2018. It is reprinted here with permission.
It Starts with “Nǐ Hǎo”
Cross-Cultural Ministry in the Most Unexpected Place
This experience reminds me that God often uses the ordinary to do the extraordinary. Ministry doesn't require a pulpit. Sometimes it begins with a simple “Nǐ hǎo.”
“The Air that I Breathe”
Personal Reflections on Pollution in China
<p>“Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe.” I loved the 1974 hit “The Air That I Breathe” by The Hollies when I was a kid. The song is really a love song and has little to do with air pollution, the environment, or the main things I wish to reflect on […]
9 Best Practices for a Chinese Missionary Sending Organization
Strategies to Assist with Chinese Missionary Sustainability
<p>The Chinese church passionately desires participation in missionary sending. Through a survey of the mission sending literature and field research with Chinese missionaries, nine best practices for Chinese mission sending are proposed that may facilitate long-term Chinese missionary sustainability.</p>
Fair is foul and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air
[…] problem of corruption since both words in Chinese have the character, "". The issue of corruption, just like pollution, has also been increasingly discussed. And since October 2012, the incoming President has been talking about tackling corruption as a major priority in his administration. It looks like this is being given priority when Wang […]
Red Lines
[…] The Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State China: God Above Party?, Loyola Professor Dr. Carsten Vala explains that the Chinese government has typically had three “red lines” which unregistered Protestant congregations must not cross in order to avoid repression. (p. 14, p. 132) It might be helpful to think of them as the […]
Are China’s Best Being Lost to the West?
[…] to return to China to serve long-term. And for those of us who live in China, we need to think twice before we encourage our local brothers and sisters to go to the U.S. for seminary. Notes ^ Ripken, Nik. Insanity of Obedience. B&H Books, 2014, p. 184. Image credit: Jetway to China Air flight by Curt Smith.
Quotations of Chairman Mao–Really a Best Seller?
[…] the world I am doing here. Since most drivers are in their 40's or 50's and grew up studying the Quotations from Chairman Mao, I reply in my best communist-reciting-a-slogan voice, "I came to serve the people!" The response is always greeted with laughter. Sometimes the laughter is heartfelt, but mostly it is a bit […]