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Four Decades of Church Growth in China
Looking beyond the numbers to understand the factors that contributed to the unprecedented growth of the church in China.
November 22, 2012
[…] and Religious Regulations in China (Pacific Institute for Social Sciences)The development of Christianity in China over the past thirty years has been extraordinary, both in terms of number of followers and influence. The official figure for number of Christians in China is 18 million; however many scholars believe that this figure is under-estimated. Outside […]
ZGBriefs | September 19, 2024
[…] market slump and the real estate crisis, at the 2024 Phoenix Financial Forum for the Greater Bay Area at the start of September. Biden Is Taking on Cheap Products from China. It Could Mean Higher Prices (September 13, 2024, AP News) President Joe Biden’s proposed rule says foreign companies can’t avoid tariffs simply by […]
ZGBriefs | June 16, 2016
<p></p> <p>Video: Sichuan Cuisine, Imperiled by Success (June 14, 2016, <em>The New York Times</em>)<br /> “Sichuanese cuisine really faces a crisis,” said Wang Kaifa, a 71-year-old chef who has been leading a campaign against what he sees as the creeping debasement of the region’s celebrated cooking. “The scene feels like it’s booming, but this is […]
How Many Christians Are There in China? It’s Complicated
[…] illustrate, I reached out to three individuals in the China academic and ministry communities and posed these two questions: 1) What is your preferred estimate on the number of Christians in China? 2) How do you arrive at that estimate? Professor Fenggang Yang of Purdue University responded in Part 1. Dr. Carsten Vala of […]
Anticipating Urban China
[…] of relationships. In office buildings, if conversations have important content, people will meet in hallways or outdoors to talk. The Falungong organizers made extensive use of cell phones and the internet, but the security organs are working overtime to master ways of controlling and monitoring these advanced means of communication. This type of atmosphere […]
Financial Considerations in Chinese Missionary Sending
Sources of Support and Difficulties in Raising Finances
Chinese Christians feel God calling them to long-term mission service. Attrition rates of Chinese missionaries are high, however, and a number of difficulties (including finances) hinder Chinese missionary sending. As part of a study examining causes of Chinese missionary attrition, I recently interviewed eleven Chinese long-term missionaries using a questionnaire developed by the World Evangelical Fellowship. In […]
Difficulties with Church-Based Models in Chinese Missionary Sending
Understanding the Need for Mission-Sending-Organizational Development in China
[…] mission sending organization is just in the beginning stages of development in China and is currently difficult to find by missionary candidates. There are now reportedly a number of such working models. Though most are linked with house church associations, there at least three mission-sending organizations functioning independently. Field research underlined the necessity of developing mission-sending […]
Chinese Churches Serving Those with Disabilities
[…] Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China (CCC & TSPM), the Amity Foundation, and local churches working together with domestic and international organizations. (The actual number may be far higher than this. According to the 2015 Social Service Ministries Annual Report published by the CCC & TSPM Social Service Department, 6,600 wheelchairs […]
My Problem with Progress
[…] of following the general letter of the law (passport photocopy? long-time customer? correctly-chopped police receipt?), or even a verbal okay from the Public Security official over the phone would have been sufficient to grease the wheels of the bureaucracy enough for me to get my money—perhaps with a promise to return with my passport […]