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Official Protestant Groups Plan Next Five Years of Sinicization
What Does the TSPM/CCC 5-Year Plan Tell Us about the Direction of Official Protestantism?
[…] loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and comparatively weaker emphasis on traditional Christian ideas. Five-year TSPM/CCC plans are not new. In fact, since its formation in the 1950s, the TSPM—like all other societal organizations under Chinese Communist Party (or CCP) leadership—was required to formulate plans in step with the five-year plans of the CCP. […]
So, How Are They Now?
A Follow-up on Chinese Christians after Their Expat Colleagues Had to Leave
Following up on Chinese Christians after their expat colleagues had to leave.
A New Year for Those Living in China’s New Normal
[…] who have not experienced the pain of sudden, unexpected uprooting it might be easy to think “but wasn’t that several years ago?” Yes, it was in 2017– 18 when many were forced out and others left because of what had happened to teammates or others around them. Then in 2020, just as those who […]
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Hope for HIV/AIDS in China
[…] have seen the need to balance care and prevention. The words (prevention messages) become more believable when they are fleshed out in practice (care). According to James 1:27, “True religion is to visit orphans and widows.” An international Christian agency has partnered with the official church to produce home-based care manuals for teaching believers […]
Robert Ekvall: Living on the Edge
A Book Review of Brave Son of Tibet
[…] would stay to support and help. Robert received the appointments from home but managed it his own way. “Robert knew that this kind of thinking’s days were numbered. The release of leadership to nationals in the growing Chinese church needed to be done, and the ‘three-self’ indigenous principles implemented” (p.22). Robert had a strong […]
The Need for Professional Help
Having to leave your home in China suddenly is not just difficult, it is a trauma and should not be taken lightly.
Lingering COVID
I’m Fine but Sometimes I Don’t Feel That Way
[…] close our complex for at least a week or two.” This is what many have experienced recently in various locations across China as new cases of COVID- 19 have appeared. Often the first reaction is: “oh no, not this again. I thought life was back to normal.” I keep hearing that phrase, “back to […]
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How China’s Religious Affairs Bureaucracy Works
[…] way to grasp how the religious affairs bureaucracy works is to view it historically, which is especially useful as the structure today is a holdover from the 1950s. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, it organized all non-communists who wished to cooperateor collaborateinto a “united front,” by which allies could be […]
The 2023 Regulations for Religious Activity Site Registration
What the Party Doesn’t Want You to Know
[…] out the previously existing articles but also encompassing far more aspects of religious practice. In terms of political interactions between church and Party-state, ambiguous terms in Chapter 1 Article 3 still include the protection of “normal religious activities” and of “legitimate” interests of religious sites and citizens. Further, organizations and individuals in these venues […]
When Our Dream Came to a Halt
[…] say, this was not the way we wanted to live our last days in the place we loved. We left on a Friday morning—June 2 at 8. 10. It felt surreal. It was sad to think that this was the last time we would leave the place we called home. The place where our […]