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Denominationalism or Nondenominationalism?
Is There a Third Way?
[…] members out of local churches. This forced churches to sharpen their apologetics. Many began to think and ask deeper questions about what makes a church. A great number of new converts, a few years after getting a Christian identity, begin to wonder further about what kind of Christian they are becoming. Individual trajectories may […]
Ethical Foundations for China Service
[…] would guide foreign organizations serving in China and would be used to help the foreign Christian community make the most of their service in China. Although a number of years have passed, I believe that these guidelines for China service are as applicable today as they were when first developed. The current edition of […]
The Legacy of Ancient Christianity for China
[…] was not shared with other meanings. In our age of the slipperiness of language and our lack of attention to words because of their sheer abundance (mobile phones and media in all forms), we may not see the way words are redefined and can be made into something else that has different meanings—choice, identity, […]
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How China’s Religious Affairs Bureaucracy Works
[…] the U.S., Chinese party-state governance operates much more on informal norms of trust and personal connections (guanxi in Chinese). This means that policies that are “on the books” may be bent, ignored or violated altogether by Protestant association leaders or pastors who have developed a relationship of trust with their RAB counterparts. This is […]
Chinese Christians in the New Era—Hope and Overcoming
[…] the Japanese invasion in the 1930s to protect their congregations and lost their lives as a result. Swells is right, of course, that a focus on the numbers of converts was always misplaced; the focus should always be on the faithfulness and integrity of those who do convert, not on whether they are numerous […]
Religious Policy Development in the PRC since 1949–An Overview
In today's blog, Dr. Timothy Conkling discusses the influence of PRC religious policy on the church in China.
Sanjiang Church: The Basics of Christianity in China
As the news of the battle for Sanjiang Church in Wenzhou began to break over the last week and I read the accounts, I was reminded again why fully understanding Christianity in China from the West is so hard.
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Staying in China
The Issues
He was given twenty-four hours to leave the country. After a week of uncertainty, following an investigation by the police, it was finally made clear he was being expelled for "religious activities incompatible with his status as a foreign expert." Meanwhile, in another city, another foreigner is hailed as a true friend of China and given, what was at the time, the rare honor of permanent residence. These experiences of two equally committed Christian professionals, both of whom felt called to serve in China, are drastically different. There are several issues here, but clearly "retention" or longevity of in-country service is one of them.
China’s Urban Christians—A New Book by Brent Fulton
<p>We are pleased to announce the release of <strong><em>China’s Urban Christians: A Light That Cannot Be Hidden</em></strong>, a new book by Brent Fulton. </p>