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Chinese Christians in the New Era—Hope and Overcoming
[…] the Japanese invasion in the 1930s to protect their congregations and lost their lives as a result. Swells is right, of course, that a focus on the numbers of converts was always misplaced; the focus should always be on the faithfulness and integrity of those who do convert, not on whether they are numerous […]
The 2023 Regulations for Religious Activity Site Registration
What the Party Doesn’t Want You to Know
In 2023, the Chinese government issued new regulations on the registration of religious activity sites—the first update of these rules in over 15 years. What do they actually mean? How different are they from the earlier ones? What do they tell us about the church-state relationship in China today? What can we learn from […]
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. […]
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The Three-fold Call of the Leader as Steward
[…] with our heavenly Father, our love of ourselves as God created us, the quality of our relationships and our care for his creation. Matthew records in chapter 16: Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever […]
Three Battles Every Leader Must Win
[…] There are certainly more, but these three represent to me some of the core issues we deal with as believers who are called to lead. Battle # 1: From the Bondage of the Owner to the Freedom of the Steward As a leader you have a choice to make regarding how you understand your […]
Leading Abundantly
“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4: 19 I never seem to have enough time in a day to do everything I need to get done in my ministry. I just don’t have enough willing and skilled people to get the work done. We […]
Reflections on China, 2014
I am back from six days in China where I traveled with Brent Fulton and met with pastors, seminary leaders and academics in Shanghai and Beijing. I preached twice at Beijing International Christian Fellowship and we also held our ChinaSource Board meeting in Beijing. It was a busy and fulfilling week. I have been asked to share a few highlights and reflections of my time.
Reflections on China 2014: Two Ships – Different Directions
This is my third blog reflecting back on six days I spent in China recently with Brent Fulton where we met with pastors, seminary leaders and academics in Shanghai and Beijing. I shared in the first blog about my amazement at the growth of the church and the window that seems to be opening for the gospel, and in my second I raised concerns about the environmental disaster that is overtaking China and the key role of the church in calling people to care for God's creation.
Faith and Generosity
Will the Church in China Make the Connection?
Generosity is an unequivocal characteristic of the life of a follower of Jesus Christ. It is the joyful life that flows freely and richly from a heart that has been set free by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is the way Christians bear the image of the God who "so loved the world that He gave "
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The Life That Is Truly Life
[…] will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life. ( 1 Timothy 6:18-19 NIV) What does Paul mean by the term, “life that is truly life”? What other life would we seek to “take hold of”? The […]