Tag: Indigenous Missions
An Interview with a Missions Leader in China (1)
A three-part post looking at the current state of indigenous missions from China.
Lead Article
Member Care for Mainland Chinese Missionaries
Breaking New Ground in a Developing Field
Generational, cultural, and personal issues create challenges and advantages for Chinese cross-cultural missionaries and point to the need for member care. How can this need be met?
Supporting Article
Marital Issues Facing Chinese Missionaries
Marital satisfaction greatly affects missionaries’ effectiveness and length of ministry. After looking at reasons missionary marriages succeed, Tsai provides suggestions for providing support for Chinese missionaries.
Supporting Article
Chinese Culture and the Ethos of Suffering in the Chinese Church
Ahern addresses the Chinese understanding of suffering for Christ, its place in the lives of three well-known Chinese pastors, and the place it should have in the lives of Chinese Christians today.
Book Reviews
Chinese Missionaries and the Care Gap—How to Help
China’s Ambassadors of Christ to the Nations: A Groundbreaking Survey by Tabor Laughlin explores factors that contribute to Chinese missionaries’ ability to build relationships cross-culturally and the extent to which their experiences contribute to their retention on the mission field.
Preparing for Cross-Cultural Ministry?
Six Recommendations from a Family Counselor
Chinese missionaries need to be prepared for the challenges and stressors of the mission field. A family counselor who is involved in member care has six recommendations for how to prepare beforehand and how to meet challenges once in the field.
The Vital Role of Chinese Women in Evangelism
[T]he story of Christianity in China cannot be told without acknowledging the female evangelists and pastors who built the Chinese church.