Many people outside of China see the church in China primarily as a persecuted church and as a church with many needs. The reality of the situation for the Chinese church—especially with the emergence of the urban house church—is much more complex.
This month’s ChinaSource Conversations podcast—in just 30 minutes—will give you a head start on better understanding the church in China today as Brent, Joann Pittman, senior vice president of ChinaSource, and Mark Swallow, host of ChinaSource Conversations, discuss the key points in his book.
ChinaSource Team
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February 5, 2016
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Resources
At Home in This World . . . a China Adoption Story by Jean Macleod.
Reviewed by Mark Wickersham
Mark Wickersham
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February 3, 2016
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Stories
Brent Fulton, president of ChinaSource, Joann Pittman, senior vice president of ChinaSource, and Mark Swallow, host of ChinaSource Conversations, discuss the urban church in China and Brent’s new book, China’s Urban Christians: A Light that Cannot Be Hidden.
ChinaSource Team
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Ideas
Quotes from Brent Fulton's new book.
Joann Pittman
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December 28, 2015
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Ideas
Be a Better Dad Today: Ten Tools Every Father Needs by Gregory Slayton.
Reviewed by Barney.
Barney
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November 20, 2015
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Resources
If you haven’t done so already, I highly recommend reading Builders of the Chinese Church: Pioneer Protestant Missionaries and Chinese Church Leaders, edited by Wright Doyle and Carol Hamrin.
Joann Pittman
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September 14, 2015
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Scholarship
Learning about culture, history, and ourselves through a food adventure in China.
Amy Young
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August 28, 2015
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Resources
Rodney Stark and Xiuhua Wang’s new book, A Star in the East, combines data from a major study on religion in China conducted during the past decade together with keen sociological insights in order to explain the factors behind China’s phenomenal church growth.
Brent Fulton
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July 8, 2015
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Ideas
June 25th marked the 150th anniversary of Hudson Taylor’s call to take the gospel to China and the founding of the China Inland Mission (today’s OMF), an event that not only precipitated a wave of missionary activity to China, but also upended the traditional ways in which missionary work had been conducted.
Joann Pittman
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July 3, 2015
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Resources
Must-read books for those who want to serve in China.
Joann Pittman
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June 1, 2015
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Resources
Geisler and Rhodes provide a valuable reference tool for anyone looking for help in refuting various false teachings. After discussing the definition of a cult, they give an overview of the doctrinal, sociological, and moral characteristics of cults. To untwist a Scriptural interpretation, they supply a Scripture reference that raises an important question, an explanation of the common misinterpretation of the passage, and an explanation of the correct interpretation.
Joann Pittman
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March 13, 2015
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Scholarship
When I read the title in an email, I knew I had to get a copy of I Stand Corrected: How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson by Eden Collinsworth (2014).
Amy Young
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March 4, 2015
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Resources