Jackie Hwang is a Taiwanese American whose journey has taken her from Asia to the US then back to Asia. She considers herself a global citizen whose home is everywhere and nowhere. She has served with OMF International since 2010 in both Singapore and the US. She is currently a PhD candidate in World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh, focusing her research on the intersection of Chinese Christianity, diaspora missiology, and ecclesiology. She is married to an Old Testament professor and is a mother of three.
Diasporic Chinese Christians are reimagining their identity and purpose in God’s mission. Once viewed primarily as recipients of outreach, they are now emerging as active agents in cross-cultural ministry, reaching beyond co-ethnics and engaging in global collaboration.
This book showcases mission attitudes and activities among Chinese churches in the US. The detailed data provide in-depth explanations that simultaneously confirm the impression of a same-ethnicity focus in mission while offering more nuanced reasons why such a focus can be advantageous.
As mission in China goes through changing circumstances, it is important to remember that the growth of the Chinese church is primarily the missio dei (mission of God) rather than our mission.