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Bibles in China

A Question of Availability

[…] country. Although quite common, this was never legal and in the spring of 2018, the Chinese government ordered the practice to cease. The advent of the smart phone has also impacted the availability and distribution of the Bible in China. Consider the numbers. As of January 2018, the Chinese Internet Network Information Center reported […]

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Policy, Implementation, and Shifting Official Perceptions of the Church in China

The Chinese Communist Party’s basic stance toward religion has not changed since it was spelled out in Document number 19 in 1982. Commonly referred to as the “three designates” formula, this policy restricts religious activities to approved locations, requires that they be conducted by approved clergy and limits their scope to the geographic sphere […]

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ZGBriefs | July 23, 2015

<p></p> <p>Married Without Children in China: Dealing With the Pressure in a Baby-Centric Country (July 21, 2015, <em>China Real Time</em>)<br /> In China, “Are you married?” and “Do you have children?” can be the equivalent of asking, “How are you?” An American who met my husband while working at an Internet company in China, […]

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China’s Pentecostal Churches

Changing Times, New Approaches

New religious regulations implemented in 2018 have caused churches to be shut down and foreign workers to leave. The author addresses developments in church networks and the emergence of churches with a Pentecostal identity.

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October 11, 2012

<p><strong>FEATURED ARTICLE</strong></p> <p><strong>The Chinese Church and the Global Body of Christ</strong> (October 5, 2012, <em>ChinaSource Quarterly</em>, via <em>Chinese Church Voices</em>)I believe these phenomena point to the dawning of a new era beginning in 2009. I believe that in the next 30 years, whether in breadth or in depth, the global body of Christ will connect […]

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Teaching in China—the Early Years

[…] meat, flour products, cotton goods, sugar, and so on. While booklets were issued to locals for eggs and meat, other items were to be bought with ration tickets—good for only that item and normally just in that city. Of course, expatriates were not given any ration tickets. Once, a teacher was very angry over […]

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March 5, 2015

[…] the city of Yantai in Shandong province. The woman, 37-year-old Wu Shuoyan, is alleged to have been killed last May simply for refusing to hand over her phone number to cult members. The murder, filmed on CCTV and on mobile phones, sparked outrage. The Church of the Almighty God cult is banned in China […]

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Recent Chinese Migration Trends in Australia

[…] UK and Canada, has offered new immigration pathways for migrants from Hong Kong to settle permanently. As a result, there has been a marked rise in the number of Hong Kong migrants in Australia. This marked increase resulted in Hong Kong being listed as eighth in the countries providing the greatest number of permanent […]

Chinese Christian Voices

Peace in Detention

[…] I wouldn’t. The female officer said, “How do you know you wouldn’t?” I said that I wouldn’t, because of my faith and my conscience. They made a phone call to bring in their boss. Police officer numbered _____ looked very kind and friendly. He came in and said, “I’ve read some of the Bible. […]

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Concerns of a Three-Self Pastor for 2020

. . . before the Covid-19 Crisis

[…] Christian Council (CCC), there are about 60,000 church buildings, over 14,000 clergy (pastors, teachers, and elders), and about 22,000 fulltime preachers. In terms of development, although the number of pastoral staff has clearly increased, yet in terms of the church’s needs, the problem is still severe. We have no way of calculating the number […]