China is complicated. It is both a 5000-year-old civilization and a 72-year-old nation. It has a free-wheeling capitalist economy presided over by a Communist party. Traditions run deep and change happens at a dizzying pace. Where do you go to make sense of it all?
In this webinar, we explore ways to learn about China, from language and culture to history and contemporary society. The goal is not to point you to facts and figures, but to provide tools that will set you on a path of life-long learning.
ChinaSource Team
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September 9, 2021
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Resources
A helpful, comprehensive introduction to today’s Chinese international students and how to share the gospel with cultural wisdom.
John Friendly
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September 8, 2021
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Stories
The Mingdao Church in Fuzhou, with its long, rich history, is undergoing restoration. This post gives an update on that restoration.
ChinaSource Team
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September 7, 2021
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Stories
Why do Hui and other predominantly Muslim minzu (民族, people groups) practice endogamy? If it is to prevent religious syncretism, it doesn’t appear to have worked.
Julie Ma
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September 6, 2021
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Resources
A sneak peek at the 2021 autumn issue of ChinaSource Quarterly coming out later this month.
Joann Pittman
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September 3, 2021
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Stories
A must read for anyone who wishes to work with the registered church in China or indeed the registered church or house church.
GAW
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September 1, 2021
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Ideas
Literature and art are indispensable parts of Christian culture. As Chinese Christians grapple with the issue of Sinicization, this article discusses what it means to have Christian elements in literature and art and the implications for society and evangelism.
ChinaSource Team
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August 31, 2021
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Scholarship
While Walls identified strongly with the church in Africa, where he served as a missionary from 1957 to 1966, his scope was global. His reframing of Christian history brings a much-needed perspective to the stories we often tell about God’s mission in the world, including in China.
Brent Fulton
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August 30, 2021
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Ideas
Said by Christianity Today to be “the most important person you do not know,” Prof Walls's ideas have transformed the way people in the West and around the world understand the Christian faith.
Andrew T. Kaiser
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August 27, 2021
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Stories
An approach and an opportunity reaching the Chinese community in America in Chicago and beyond.
Ovid Wong
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August 25, 2021
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Stories
The story of young man, homeless in Beijing, and how God changed his life through the ministry of a church.
ChinaSource Team
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August 24, 2021
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Stories
We may be surprised to learn how much the Hui’s geographical spread, their expressions of Islam, and their awkward relations with the Han all stem from the Mongol-ruled Yuan Dynasty era policies.
Julie Ma
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August 23, 2021
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Resources