In this article, translated from the site jidutu123.com, the author looks at the challenges of doing urban missions in China. His main point is that doing urban missions, traditionally defined as ministering to the marginalized, is difficult in China because it assumes that Christianity is already part of the mainstream of culture, something that is not true in China. He then calls on the church to look for ways to engage with society rather than standing in opposition to it. Only by doing this will Christianity gain influence in Chinese society.
ChinaSource Team
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July 8, 2014
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Ideas
A house church in Beijing has a special time of prayer for Kazakhstan.
ChinaSource Team
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March 31, 2014
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Resources
The mainland think-tank Pacific Institute for Social Sciences recently translated an article by Professor Liu Peng, titled Three Issues Concerning Chinese House Churches. This article provides and excellent overview of the history and current situation for house churches in China.
ChinaSource Team
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January 7, 2014
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Ideas
ChinaSource recently asked six leaders of house churches, in various parts of the country, about the current environment that affects their practice of religion in their location. Their responses, detailing the environment as well as their attitudes towards the local authorities and the issue of registration, are expressed in this article.
Kay Danielson
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December 9, 2013
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Scholarship
A Chinese government newspaper covers the division between the Three-Self Churches and the house churches.
ChinaSource Team
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October 16, 2013
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Stories
Saying farewell to Pastor Samuel Lamb, a prominent Chinese house church pastor.
ChinaSource Team
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August 29, 2013
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Stories
Protestantism in contemporary China is usually expressed using the opposing terms of "house church" and "Three-Self church," but McLeister believes this paradigm should not be accepted as a given. Rather, there is a wide range of congregation types in China which the author describes. He goes on to explain why boundaries between congregations may be blurred and gives examples of cooperative activities.
Mark McLeister
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June 24, 2013
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Scholarship
A pastor of a large house church in Beijing talks about the lessons the Chinese church can learn from the church in South Korea.
ChinaSource Team
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March 22, 2013
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Ideas
In this post, translated from the Christian Times, we hear from a pastor who leads a church of migrant factory workers in Dongguan, Guangdong Province.
ChinaSource Team
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February 8, 2013
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Stories
This is part 2 of a report on a conversation with a pastor of an unregistered urban church in which he talks about the importance of vision and his churchs vision to serve the community.
ChinaSource Team
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February 1, 2013
The pastor of an unregistered urban church talks about the importance of vision and his churchs vision to serve the community.
ChinaSource Team
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January 28, 2013
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Stories
A pioneering pastor in Beijing talks to a reporter from the Christian Times about the importance of church membership as a means of ensuring that believers receive proper spiritual nurture. The goal of church growth is not simply more people attending the church, but more disciples. He also addresses the phenomenon of lateral movement, or believers moving from one church to another, often due to dissatisfaction with their former church. His own approach of letting go and encouraging one of his congregations to become independent may seem surprising, particularly to those who believe a pastor should keep a tight reign on his flock.
ChinaSource Team
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December 28, 2012
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Ideas