How Long Does It Take to Learn Chinese?
Since I've been in China for 28 years, and speak Chinese reasonably well, I am often asked two questions (by foreigners), neither of which have easy answers.
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A Brief Look at Filial Piety, Indebtedness, and the Gospel in the Chinese Context
Filial piety has long been part and parcel of Chinese culture.
To Conquer Characters, Rethink Radicals
When I began learning Chinese at age twenty-one, I was encouraged to discover that every character has a "radical", a component which communicates meaning. Characters containing the "three dots", for example, denote something to do with water. River and lake , wash and rinse , and sweat and tears all contain the water radical on the left.
Being Salt and Light Among the Disabled in China
James Palmer, a Beijing-based journalist has penned an excellent, yet disturbing, piece about the disabled in China, titled "Crippling Injustice." "Disabled people in modern China," he writes, "are still stigmatised, marginalised and abused." "What hope is there for reform?"
Religious Policy Development in the PRC since 1949–An Overview
In today's blog, Dr. Timothy Conkling discusses the influence of PRC religious policy on the church in China.
When Does a Barrier Become a Destination?
Coming off another Great Wall visit, I am again pondering the paradox of the wall a paradox which is true of both the ancient one as well as the more recently constructed one.
Six Key Challenges for the Chinese Church: A Local Perspective
Two weeks ago I had the chance to speak to a group of students and professors at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul (MN) about the church in China.
The Link Between 1989 and Christianity
I recently came across a piece on PRI's "Here and Now" program about how the Tiananmen Square incident became a "watershed" for conversions to Christianity.
China does a lot of things.
It is common journalistic shorthand to attribute any policies, economic action, or military behavior that appears to emanate from Chinese officialdom to "China."
岂只是一个卷标! 从「回归耶路撒泠」到「本土化宣教运动」
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本土化宣教运动现况分析
「宣教士」一词的传统定义，对从中国来的宣教士，已显得不甚贴切了。细察今日中国教会在差遣宣教士过程中的独特经历和情景，宣教士一词颇有重新定义的必要。本文作者依据这个论点，为读者分析中国本土化的宣教运动，论述今日中国所差遣的宣教士。
本土化宣教运动 历史的回顾
过去一百多年来，为数甚多的中国本土化宣传运动，可概括地归纳为福音出中国、出中华、及出中原三大类别。本文为读者简介其中最重要的… …