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A Piece of the Puzzle

Among all debates and controversies about the Back to Jerusalem (BTJ) phenomenon, the issue of training Chinese missionaries seems to have fallen on the sidelines. More attention has been given to issues such as the controversial number of 100,000 missionaries, abuse of the genuine grass-root missionary spirit, and who has the right to represent BTJ. Despite the legitimacy of all these concerns, traininga critical component that determines the outcome of missionshas not been given enough attention.

L. K. Chiu • April 12, 2006 •

A History of “Back to Jerusalem”

The "Back to Jerusalem" movement can be traced back to a vision for evangelism which God gave to several different indigenous Chinese Christian mission movements in the 1940s.

Tony Lambert • March 20, 2006 •

Whose Agenda

Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "International Involvement in China" (CS Quarterly, 2005 Autumn).

Brent Fulton • September 22, 2005 •

English and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games have never been awarded to a host country whose citizens did not have English as a common language. The promise to be the host city presented enormous language challenges to Beijing. Many of Beijing’s 13 million people will be working with the athletes and spectators. Nearly every walk of life will need bilingual English skills by 2008.

Jerry Liebersbach • •