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The Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Divergent Perspectives and Grassroots Realities
Why do Chinese Christians today hold such starkly different views of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) association and its official churches? Are the TSPM and its churches “compromised,” as some house church leaders claim? To answer these questions, it helps to return to the origins of the Three-Self idea, sketch how Communist victory led […]
Public Transcripts and Official Agendas
[…] the line.” Their public transcripts must conform to the official agenda. Anyone who has lived in China for a time recognizes this. The Party-state lays out its vision and within days the language from the directive (speeches and/or reports) makes its way into public discourse and is adopted by all segments of society. When […]
Beyond “Two Camps”: The Complex Relationship between Official and Unregistered Church in China
<p>Attempts by China watchers to unravel the complexity of China's Christian community often result in a bifurcated view depicting a pitched battle between the Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and the house church. Liberal theology, political control, and collusion in persecuting believers characterize the TSPM, while the "real Christians" are to be found only […]
The Impact of the Coronavirus Outbreak on a Christian Official
A Testimony
[…] China. An Unimportant Person in a Rural Town in the War against the Coronavirus Since the coronavirus situation began, I have been continually running around the rural villages on the front line of defense. Everyone around me has been doing their real, utmost best; and also feeling the insignificant tininess of human beings in […]
Now That China Is Number One
By at least some calculations, the size of China’s economy exceeded that of the United States this month, putting China in first place. Setting aside the fine points of those calculations (which will likely be the subject of much debate for some time to come), it is clear that China’s economic rise has had far-reaching consequences –including for the Body of Christ – both domestically and internationally,.
The Final Number Is In!
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An Official Code of Conduct for China’s Pastors
[…] orthodoxy of Christian faith and doctrine, foreign infiltration, social harmony, social responsibility, morality, and self-discipline within the network. The document says that the clergy must be more vigilant in recognizing and preventing the capability of foreign infiltration as well as to stand on guard against cults, heresies, and extremism. In addition, the document promotes […]
Reading Tea Leaves from the 2021 National Religious Work Conference
[…] Party-state has shuttered major urban house churches, for example. These are Protestant congregations that met openly, gathered hundreds or even thousands of participants, and refused registration as official Three-Self congregations. The 2018–2019 period saw Beijing’s Shouwang and Zion churches, Chengdu’s Early Rain church led by Wang Yi, Guangzhou’s Rongguili church, as well as others […]
Supporting Article
Hope for HIV/AIDS in China
I was speaking to a Chinese doctor who trains Three Self Church members to minister to those affected by AIDS in their villages. He works in central China where unscrupulous and unsanitary blood collection practices in the 1990s left thousands infected with the virus; whole villages now are informally called “AIDS villages.” “In the […]
Peoples of China
Understanding and Engaging with the Post-Eighties Generation
[…] has been an increasing awareness of distinct, generational groups in China. Some say that since the 1970s, about every five years a different generation emerges holding divergent views on core values and beliefs. Specific titles have entered common parlance to refer to those born in each period. This article will discuss key features of […]