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Chinese Culture and the Ethos of Suffering in the Chinese Church

[…] His wife had five children and he was not home for the birth of any one of them. Looking back on the influence of his ministry, conservative numbers would place 100,000 Chinese as having been converted as a result of his labors.5 Watchman Nee In the concluding paragraph of The Spiritual Man, Volume One, […]

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A Faithful Steward’s Freedom

[…] us how to read and write.” In the beginning, there were only 10 people. Then the group grew to 30, then 100, and later to more than 1,000. Pollard’s house could no longer hold so many people, so he moved his missionary station from Zhaotong to Shimenkan—a place the locals described as so poor […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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The Importance and Roles of Families and Church Leaders

[…] of the character of God. It declares that parents and grandparents are to teach children diligently the ways of the Lord. God established the family in Genesis 1 and 2, with Adam and Eve, and family is the core of every society. In these verses we find God’s instructions to the Israelites, and by […]

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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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ZGBriefs | June 15, 2023

Marriages in China drop to record low despite government push (June 13, 2023, The Guardian) The number of marriages in China last year dropped to 6.83 million, the lowest since records began in 1986. Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed the number of couples tying the knot in 2022 fell by […]

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Religious Statistics in China

<p>Current evidence is that religion is flourishing in China. However, practical problems make statistical statements for the number of religious believers in China quite hazardous. The author cautiously examines the evidence that exists for each of the five, major, officially-recognized religious faiths in China.</p>

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Telecommunications and the Internet in China

<p>Among developing countries, China is number one in the pace at which telecommunication services and the Internet are being developed. These developments will contribute enormously to China’s modernization and integration into the global economy and may have significant domestic social and political impact. </p>

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Chinese Education: From Hallowed to Hollow

<p>For the fourth straight year in row, the number of college hopefuls taking the national university entrance exam, or gaokao, has dropped. Analysts trace the decline to a corresponding drop in the number of children born at the beginning of the last decade due to China's one-child policy. However, the decrease also suggests two realities […]