Neither Church nor Sect
For more than a century, scholars have often used the terms “church” and “sect” to describe different kinds of Christian communities. The distinction is…
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For more than a century, scholars have often used the terms “church” and “sect” to describe different kinds of Christian communities. The distinction is…
那一刻,共同的语言与文化记忆所带来的亲近感如此真切,仿佛一场异乡人心中的同乡梦。但我也不禁想,这当中是否也有“同乡人中的异乡梦”:即使身在熟悉的文化群体里,仍感陌生,渴望超越原有身份的归属?
聚会开始前,礼堂里先播放了国歌和政府宣传片。我坐在那里,心里很快有了一个结论:这已经变成了共产党的教会,不是神的教会。现在回头看,我知道自己当时看见了一些真实的问题,却也把事情想得太简单了。
但下一代真正需要的,不是一次完美的表现机会,而是一个可以失败、可以从挫折中学习的空间。
To serve effectively in a Chinese American church, pastors must address a more fundamental issue: securing a legal status that allows them to live and minister in the country.
In a context where public space is restricted and church institutionalization is still taking shape, the “community of virtue” reminds the Chinese house church that public theology is not only about how the church speaks to the world, but also about whether the church itself lives out a life of peace, justice, humility, and mutual service.
Who Is the Prophet of Our Time?: The Public Theology Praxis of Martin Luther King Jr. and Billy Graham is undoubtedly a landmark work of Chinese-language public theology.
There is no cross, no pulpit, and no choir. Three chairs surround a small tea table, a phone plays hymns, and a well-worn Bible rests nearby—the humble beginnings of a church.
In Chinese culture, it is challenging to bring domestic violence into the light.
曾经选择公开聚会的锡安教会,在聚会受限后转向线上。当多名牧师与领袖于2025年10月遭拘捕,一个问题浮现:为何是这个时候?
The persecution story may be unending, but neither is persecution the end of the story.
Readers may be left with the impression that the Three-Self Church either willingly cooperates and blindly accepts the government’s agenda, or passively submits, powerless and resigned. But is that really the case?