The Grand Opening of China’s Largest Church
This article, translated from the Mainland website Christian Times is a report of the grand opening of LiuShui Church, which now lays claim to being China's largest church.
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The Power of the Gospel — a Miao Village that is 80% Christian
This article, translated from the Mainland based website Christian Times, is a testimony to the power of the Gospel among the Miao people of Yunnan Province.
China’s Church through Western Eyes
Scanning the headlines on any given day, one cannot but take note of the vastly different portraits of China which emerge.
Is China Persecuting More Christians for their Faith?
According to the China Aid 13.8% more Christians in China were persecuted last year as compared with 2011, continuing a trend of increasing persecution that goes back to at least 2007.
Christianity and Regulation in China
An article on a think-tank website in China lays out the current conditions of Christianity and religious regulations in China.
Counting China’s Christians
According to Pew Research Center's latest statistics, China has more than 600 million religious believers. Of these, an estimated 68 million are Protestant Christians, accounting for just over five percent of the population.
Getting Better or Getting Worse?
Those of us who work in China are often asked if we think that the situation for the church in China is getting better or worse. I have always found that to be a problematic question.
Christian Higher Education in China: Calling or Chimera?
Private higher education in China is a recently founded, rapidly expanding sector. When economic reforms were introduced in China after Deng Xiaoping's assumption of power in 1978, the way was open for private higher education. The first private higher education institution (HEI) in the post-Cultural Revolution era was Zhonghua Societal University, established in Beijing in 1982.
China’s Online Christian Community
There is more freedom than many realize for Christians to use the Internet. Numbers of netizens, use of web sites by Christians and links to many sites are provided in this article.
The Gospel and Beijing
Going back as far as the Tang Dynasty, this article traces the advance of the gospel in the city of Beijing over the space of more than 1000 years. Today its influence can be seen through contributions made by Christians of previous generations in areas such as medicine, economics, education, and culture, and in the exponential growth of the church since 1949. As China's most important city, Beijing plays a central role in the continued expansion of the gospel both within China and beyond China's borders.
A Christian Band on Chinese TV
Reality shows, along the lines of "American Idol" and "America's Got Talent" are popular on Chinese television. This article from the Gospel Times is about the appearance of a Christian band on the show "Chinese Dream," produced by Zhejiang Television.
中国教会将要面对的明天
金牧师回顾过去的中国教会历史, 从而探讨对现今的教会的影响和现时会面对的改变. 他辨认了六点,即教会将会面对的未来的挑战. 同时, 他也点出北美教会将要面对的挑战.