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ChinaSource Perspective

Taking the Long View

[…] what the church should stand for, whether doctrinally, politically, or otherwise. As Bruce Baugus points out in this issue of China Source Quarterly, Early Rain is not representative of China’s reformed and reforming churches as a whole. It may have provided Western observers, including Christian groups outside China, with a convenient stereotype, but in […]

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The Evolving Narratives

[…] congregated in major cities, where they served on university campuses, or in the Southwest, where they focused on reaching ethnic minorities. New platforms for medical and social service where developed. Myriad leadership training programs emerged, serving both the registered and unregistered church. In this context the needy church narrative provided the language with which […]

Editorials

Twenty-five and Counting

[…] Studies, took on the challenge of managing the new publication and has served faithfully in that role ever since. Dona Diehl of the Evangelical Missions and Information Service (EMIS) designed the first issue and continues to lend her artistic touch to each one. During the past six years we have witnessed China’s entry into […]

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Is Your Organization a Fit for China?

[…] the wrong reasons. (They may actually be more interested in connections or influence you are perceived to have, or resources you may bring, than in the actual service you intend to provide.) Who else is doing or has tried doing something similar? What have they learned? Discovering what works and what doesn't in China […]

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Facing Transitions

[…] to be faced alone. A wealth of resources is available for those who find themselves facing change. Amy Young’s Looming Transitions: Starting and Finishing Well in Cross-Cultural Service is accompanied by an activity book for families and a workbook for those in transition. In her review, Cassie Cahill echoes the sentiments of many who […]

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The Elusive Path to Religious Freedom

[…] Knox Thames. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2024, 416 pages. ISBN-10: 0268208670, ISBN-13: 978-0268208677. Available from Press and Amazon.  Reflecting on 20 years of service as a diplomat and advisor to multiple US administrations, international human rights lawyer Knox Thames lays out a vision for how governments, legislatures, NGOs, and religious […]

Editorials

A Second Look at China’s Urbanization

[…] planning official in Shanghai’s Pudong area, social change in these new cities takes place in three stages, all three of which have obvious implications for witness and service in urban China. Urbanization itself is the process of creating the environment in which hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people will live and work. […]

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“Passive” Church Planting in China

[…] 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. He realized that his priorities were upside down. […]

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Healthy Partnering

A Chinese Perspective

[…] asked to list biblical examples of partnering and the lessons to be learned from these. The small initial pool of nine respondents can hardly be seen as representative of the larger body in China; however, the consistency in their responses does suggest that their views are likely shared by others who have had similar […]

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A Church on the Move

[…] migrants like them98selves who work on construction sites, in the homes of urban families or in the factory towns that have sprung up in the Pearl River Delta and elsewhere. Separated from family and the familiar surroundings of the countryside, these peasants are particularly open to the Gospel at this transitional stage in their […]