A Church in Motion
Today, the Chinese church in North America is serving people on the move while learning how to remain faithful in a world that is also in motion.
关注世界各地华人与华人教会的经历,探讨移民、身份认同、归属感、跨文化服事及跨地域合作。
Today, the Chinese church in North America is serving people on the move while learning how to remain faithful in a world that is also in motion.
曾经,「科学与信仰」是海外华人教会向中国知识分子传福音的重要切入点;如今,新一代留学生更常面对孤独、焦虑与生命意义的困惑。当信仰的障碍随着世代改变,教会该如何重新思考护教与宣教的方式,在理性对话之外,也回应人心深处的渴望?
三位年邁的華人信徒,在異鄉機場等待一張熟悉的臉;其中一人曾因信仰坐牢27年。這次相遇使作者重新思考:流散不是等待回家的過渡期,而是上帝正在工作的地方。海外華人教會所能給予的,或許不是答案,而是願意留下來、彼此陪伴的同在。
Now that God has spread us to all parts of the world, allowing us to contact and interact with all global ethnic groups, how can we not seize this great opportunity to participate and serve in cross-cultural missions?
Through pictures and videos of the affected areas alone, we can deeply sympathize with the difficulties of the victims.
This was the first time we Chinese missionaries in Thailand stood together publicly—it was messy, but it was a breakthrough.
The tapestry of the Chinese diaspora is rapidly evolving in the post-COVID era—and the UK is no exception.
I realized I had a spiritual inheritance I had turned a blind eye to.
Mission is not a straight line—it’s a web. And in today’s globalized world, where people are constantly moving across borders and cultures, Chinese Christians have a unique part to play.
If we truly believe that diaspora is God’s mission strategy for this era, then no generation should be missing, no language should be diminished, and no one’s sense of belonging should be sacrificed.
Expressions of distrust and judgment have loomed so large that some Mandarin-speaking churches and newly established Hong Kong congregations in the same cities avoid any interactions.
On July 9, 2024, approximately 80 Chinese and Korean pastors, ministry leaders, and researchers met in Gaithersburg, MD, to hear about, reflect on, and find applications for the first comprehensive baseline study involving Chinese and Korean churches in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and northern Virginia (DMV) region.