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Lead Article
Hand-in-Hand, Carving a New Imprint
With the recent influx of Chinese to Africa, how can the church stand in the gap and bring to these immigrants the gospel that will ultimately result in their reconciliation, not only with God but also with the Africans?
A Remembrance of Things Past
Many readers will have heard of the so-called “Nestorian Stele,” more appropriately called the Xi’an stele, shown in the photos above and below. More recent scholarship of the stele and the church attached to it follows the convention of not designating the group “Nestorian,” as this implies the only important thing to know about […]
Book Reviews
Understanding the Chinese Church
[…] Harold Shaw Publishers/OMF, 1994, 353 pp. ISBN 0-87788-728-4, paperback. Cost: $9.99 at Amazon. At any gathering of pastors discussing the spiritual situation in China, the same questions appear with regularity: What is happening in the house church in China? What is the difference between the house church and the State sponsored church? Is anybody […]
Helping Chinese Families Prepare for Birth
[…] lessons on the website as well as the free-to-download pdf files. I’ll include them here as well: 孕期保健 , Pregnancy 分娩的过程, The Birth of Your Baby Special Promotion For our friends in the China Source extended family: Send me an email (petra.deruiter@yunfuxuexiao.net), and I will send you a voucher code to access the course […]
In the Fire, Yet Unburned: A Journey of Faith in Adversity
[…] Dr. Fei Xiaotong (费孝通), one of the founding fathers of Chinese sociology and anthropology, delivered a 16-word Chinese motto: “各美其美，美人之美，美美与共，天下大同.”1 This can be translated to mean “ Appreciate the beauty of each culture, recognize the beauty in others, share the beauty together, and achieve harmony in the world.”2 This motto reflects a respect for […]
Peoples of China
Chinese Cults, Sects, and Heresies
[…] a movie actress, founded this group in 1963 and died of cancer not long after establishing a second branch in Taiwan in 1965. Hong Sanqi (洪三期) was appointed the leader of the Taiwan region that covered more than 30 established churches. Jiang’s daughter, Ruth Zhang (张路德), and Hong now lead the movement. Concerns: Jiang […]
A Train Ride through 4 Provinces
[…] landscape. Just north of Chengdu, in the heart of Sichuan province, we barely have enough time to rub the sleep from our eyes and gather up our things before the train pulls into Chengdu’s central station. Header image credit: Tanggula Railway Station by Bernt Rostad via Flickr. Text image credit: 100_5286 by J via Flickr.
Relational and Cultural Renewal
Through Acknowledging the Multiformity of the Ru (Confucian) Tradition
[…] formed a social framework in which Chinese society could, to varying degrees, healthily operate have been dismantled. Many of the assumptions of various Chinese traditions no longer apply in contemporary Chinese society. This is not just a Christian problem. How does the past, both distant and recent, relate to the present and the future? […]
Supporting Article
Traditional Chinese Views of History and Contemporary Chinese Christianity
[…] today’s PRC citizens view their history. All Chinese views of history have included “history” that is promoted nationally and directly serves the interests of the state. This approved narrative means that for most Chinese there is a nation-wide, generally agreed upon social narrative that may well be the only one he or she knows. […]
Where Did They Get That Idea?
[…] customs or saw any deeper meaning than celebration. Not so the Jews. Their Passover customs are specifically rooted in history, clearly recorded in the Bible. The central focus is on protection from the angel of death, who will devastate the Egyptians and free the Jews from centuries of bondage. “The blood shall be […]