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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.”
Chinese Christians Pray following the China Eastern Airlines Crash
On Tuesday, March 22, China Eastern Flight MU5735 crashed about an hour into the flight. There were no survivors. China’s commercial airlines have not had a major disaster in recent years and so this has drawn the attention of people both inside and outside of China. Christians in China have responded to the tragedy […]
Our First 13 Days
<p>If you ever move to a major city in Southwest China to study an obscure language at a Chinese university, perhaps the following insights from our first thirteen days will aid your transition.</p>
A Reflection on 30 Years of Collaboration
A Reader Responds to the 2023 Summer CSQ
[…] have gained an appreciation for the fervent faith and bold witness of Pentecostal cross-cultural workers and local believers with whom I have collaborated over the years in Southwest China. I have grown in sensitivity to the power of prayer and the Spirit’s power in cross-cultural evangelism and discipleship. Being exposed to humble people of […]
A Train Ride through 4 Provinces
[…] five hours prove the most scenic. We, along with many of our fellow passengers, fix our eyes on the Tibetan plateau outside the window. Mountains towering over 20,000 feet stay fixed in the view despite the train’s speed. Countless yaks fill the broad, otherwise barren, valleys. The only other signs of life are the […]
Seeing Trees for the First Time
My good friend and former student's father drove. The dirt road, only forged in the last year or so, made the ride tremendously bumpy and kept travel slow. The road wound through scores of vast, grassy valleys, each curve bringing my wife, me, and our friend to an area that looked so similar to the last we wondered if we were driving in circles.
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Chinese Culture and the Ethos of Suffering in the Chinese Church
[…] would say, too much—but we do not know what it means to be ‘wasted on God.’9 To summarize Watchman Nee’s ministry: His cause of death was probably 20 years of imprisonment. Not one Christian was present at his death; his body was cremated and given to a sister. His wife had already died years […]