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Peoples of China
China’s Migrant Children
[…] consider moving their location to migrant communities. Churches located in migrant communities can serve as “salt and light” in an incarnational ministry that removes barriers of socioeconomic class="searchwp-highlight">class and culture between church members and migrants. ____________________ 1In China, compulsory schooling consists of nine years of primary education and junior secondary education. This article primarily […]
Reading Tea Leaves from the 2021 National Religious Work Conference
What can we learn from the recent conference on religious work? A comparison with the 2018 conference helps tease out key points.
Lead Article
The Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Divergent Perspectives and Grassroots Realities
[…] both official churches and house churches. Not only is the Xi government attempting to forcibly implement religious policy by eradicating house churches, it is also constricting the class="searchwp-highlight">number of public worship spaces in Three-Self churches, and even announcing efforts to transform the meaning and practices of traditional Protestant worship through the “Sinicization” campaign. The […]
Cultural Identity—East vs West
Or Why They Cause Me Stress
[…] I had no clue of who I was in terms of my cultural identity. Also, my assumption was that, since I had been a Christian for a class="searchwp-highlight">number of years, my way of doing things was biblical. It took a while before I learned that my ways were actually cultural and my responses to […]
Reverse Culture Shock
[…] activities. We became used to it being a time when the whole country stops for a holiday. But now, because we are white and in Australia, our phones are not filled with celebratory messages and photos nor are we welcomed into the celebration. Here it’s a celebration for the Asians in the community, or […]
Skills No Longer Needed
[…] that they do not belong in this multicultural society. When in a park, being aware at every moment of who is near my children and whether their class="searchwp-highlight">phone is pointing at them. At the same time, monitoring the pulse of my children’s stress levels. Do they notice the attention on them and, today, do […]
Saving Face
[…] offering the best seat and the best food at a meal), sharing resources with others, and being kind and respectful when speaking to others in public. A class="searchwp-highlight">number of verses in the Bible encourage us as Christians to be careful in our speech. One example is Ephesians 4:29, “Let no corrupting talk come out […]
Supporting Article
How China’s Religious Affairs Bureaucracy Works
The author helps us to understand the workings of the religious affairs bureaucracy first by following the story of an aspiring pastor, then by viewing them historically. The Chinese Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement Association, China Christian Council, Religious Affairs Bureau and United Front Work Department are all discussed along with how they interact, lines of authority and the role of guanxi.
The Importance of Filial Piety
Especially at a Distance
[…] you can make a point to do something special for your parents on their birthdays and anniversary and support them financially on a regular basis. More information can be found in Tapestry of Grace: Untangling the Cultural Complexities of Asian American Life and Ministry, Ben Shin and Sheryl Takagi Sizer, 2016, chapter 9, pages 143-150.
The 2023 Regulations for Religious Activity Site Registration
What the Party Doesn’t Want You to Know
[…] from the last question and work backward, from the larger context to the issue of religions. Since Xi Jinping was selected to be China’s top leader in 2012, the People’s Republic of China has entered the End of Era, as a recent book by scholar Carl Minzner put it.4 Students of Chinese politics and […]