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异象或高傲 我们以何相传?

中国信徒和在中国服事主的外国信徒,都正在经历微妙的角色转变。是时候国内信徒站出来了,但外籍人士该传递什么给他们呢?除了异象,还要传递些什么吗?

Beyond “Two Camps”: The Complex Relationship between Official and Unregistered Church in China

Attempts by China watchers to unravel the complexity of China's Christian community often result in a bifurcated view depicting a pitched battle between the Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and the house church. Liberal theology, political control, and collusion in persecuting believers characterize the TSPM, while the "real Christians" are to be found only in the house church, a bastion of evangelical faith set amidst an atheistic state that is out to destroy it.

Management Issues in the Rural Church

This article, from the Christian Times, highlights some of the issues facing the rural churches, which have been and are feeling the effects of urbanization.

China Opens its First Church for the Blind

This article, translated from the website Kuanye, reports on the opening of a church for the blind in the city of Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning Province.

Training and Discipleship Methods in Chinese Churches

A pioneering pastor in Beijing talks to a reporter from the Christian Times about the importance of church membership as a means of ensuring that believers receive proper spiritual nurture. The goal of church growth is not simply more people attending the church, but more disciples. He also addresses the phenomenon of lateral movement, or believers moving from one church to another, often due to dissatisfaction with their former church. His own approach of letting go and encouraging one of his congregations to become independent may seem surprising, particularly to those who believe a pastor should keep a tight reign on his flock.