China is complicated. Good questions about China beget more questions. Sorting out the complexity is not easy, but for someone wanting to get a handle on the key trends shaping China and impacting China’s church, this podcast is a great place to start.
An account in three points by a believer who was detained in Chengdu.
What, you might be wondering, are the Chinese names for some of the various denominations and sects in China?
Connecting returnees—what are the critical success factors?
Swirling beneath the surface discussion of denominations—how they are defined, their relationship to the indigenous Chinese church, and whether or not they are needed—are some core questions regarding the fundamental nature of Christian community.
"Do not be afraid because God is with you! It is a joy to be tested because Jesus is in you!"
The guest editor's perspective.
The author looks at the history of denominationalism in China and discusses what being part of a denomination means.
Sun considers the differences between the views of Cheng and Ni regarding denominations in the first half of the twentieth century.
Two book reviews provide Eastern (WANG Jun ) and Western (Richard Cook) perspectives on Surviving the State, Remaking the Church: A Sociological Portrait of Christians in Mainland China by Li Ma and Jin Li in which the responses to faith by Chinese Christians in mainland China since 1949 are explored through many interviews.
The issues of theological stance and church governance that impact the decision of whether or not to be a part of a denomination are discussed.
In this issue of ChinaSource Quarterly, husband and wife team, Li Ma and Jin Li, bring together valuable perspectives, primarily from mainland Chinese Christian thinkers, on the emergence of denominations within the contemporary Chinese church.