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Drawing Boundaries amidst Ambiguity
What is the most important thing I would want someone going to China to know?
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.
China Ministry and Transformational Development (1)
The experiences of the few remaining expatriate cross-cultural workers in China suggest that while we are not at the end of Christian development work in China, we are confronted with a substantially different ministry context.
An Engineering Student at Tsinghua University Comes to Faith
The first in a new series featuring testimonies from alumni of Tsinghua University and Peking University.
Capturing Chinese Stories
What if the flow of Christian resources, theology, leadership, and insight is also turning, such that the Chinese church has a fresh opportunity to serve at the forefront of these things and the church in the West can listen and glean and learn from the faithful in China?
Historical Context Matters
As we stop to listen, as we hear the Chinese people’s stories, as we discover for ourselves Chinese history, as we put ourselves in China’s shoes, the Chinese context and therefore their practices and worldview become more understandable.
Churches in China Prepare for the New Year
The first day of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is next week. Churches in China have been busy preparing for the holiday. These two articles from China Christian Daily tell of three churches that prepared and distributed free New Year couplets to bless their congregations and proclaim God’s love.
My Life in Christ
There was a wooden cross on the wall of my room. When I looked up to see it, I knew I was a sinner who needed the salvation of Jesus Christ. He died for sinners just like me.
The Translation of the Bible into Chinese
Reading Peng’s book, alongside the research of many other scholars of the Chinese Bible, reminds China workers today of the very real merits of the Union translation as well as its prominence within the Chinese church.
Responding as a Christian to Beggars
How should Christians respond to those who play loud hymns and beg in front of the church on Sunday? What should the believer’s attitude be towards them? Can a Christian refuse to give money? What does the Bible say? A believer in China discusses this difficult issue.