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Social Service Ministry in China
While social service has long been part of missionary work in mainland China, today a host of different factors are driving Chinese Christians to explore for themselves the place of humanitarian concerns within gospel ministry. For a growing number of local Christians, loving one’s neighbor through acts of service is rapidly becoming an indispensable […]
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Keys to Effective Service in China
<p>Four essentials for effective service in China.</p>
Editorials
Measuring Change in China
Whose Yardstick?
[…] visitors ventured warily into one of China’s large urban churches, visions of “Potemkin Village” dancing in their heads, only to emerge an hour later remarking that the service was “just like anything you’d experience in a church in America” (or Singapore, or Canada ….)? Of course there are similarities, but to conclude that Chinese […]
4 Drivers of Change for Foreign Workers in China
[…] Cheese (Putnam, 1998), the fable that became a must-read in the business world during the 1990s. Spencer’s title captures well the response that is often triggered by change. “My cheese” speaks to the assumption that we somehow ought to be able to continue enjoying the status quo to which we have become accustomed. Yet […]
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Effective China Service in the Era of WTO
[…] greater openness and prosperity, but it is also accentuating social inequality and exacerbating economic problems. Both the positive and negative consequences of WTO bring new opportunities for service. No one can predict what these opportunities may look like in five or ten years. However, recent discussions among ministry leaders elicited a number of “best […]
China’s Mission Movement: A Call to Incarnation
Today the forces of urbanization have brought Han Chinese believers face-to-face with a diverse range of cultures, from international students and business people to members of the hundreds of ethnic groups resident within China’s borders.
China’s NGO Policy: Iron Cage or Ladder to Success?
The implementation of the domestic Charity Law in 2016 and the Overseas NGO Law in 2017 marked the end of an era in social service in China. Accustomed to working in a large grey area in which much was allowed but little was legally defined, local and foreign-run nonprofit organizations were suddenly faced with […]
A Forgotten People
[…] exacts a high price. Yet no higher price has ever been paid than that which was paid by Christ to welcome into his kingdom all who would call upon his name. To his followers he gives this example, along with the promise that, “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers […]
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Meet China’s Gen Z
Vol. 23, No. 3
[…] ideas, and providing unconditional love we can introduce them to Christ. Fan Wang and Yitsing Wang, “The Buzzwords Reflecting the Frustration of China’s Young Generation,” BBC World Service, June 14, 2021, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57328508">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57328508</a>. Bilibili, “The Next Wave,” <a href="https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1uk4y127x1/">https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1uk4y127x1/</a> accessed August 21, 2021. Cyanhill Capital, “Gen Z: Definition and Characteristics,” Aoyama Capital 2021 Mid-Year […]
3 Questions: Kerry Schottelkorb
A Home for the Forgotten in Qinghai
[…] harsh. This later led to the opportunity to serve the children. 3. How do you feel the Christian community is uniquely positioned to serve those children? Our calling is not only to serve but also to go the distance. We seek to serve with excellence and to keep our promises; not just doing the […]