Member Care for Mainland Chinese Missionaries
Generational, cultural, and personal issues create challenges and advantages for Chinese cross-cultural missionaries and point to the need for member care. How can this need be met?
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Marital Issues Facing Chinese Missionaries
Marital satisfaction greatly affects missionaries’ effectiveness and length of ministry. After looking at reasons missionary marriages succeed, Tsai provides suggestions for providing support for Chinese missionaries.
Fatherhood, a Sacred Leadership Calling
Due to mistaken theological understandings regarding ministry and family, the importance of fatherhood is often neglected. The author discusses the role of the father and what it means to be an effective father.
Rest? Is It Permitted?
What is the Chinese concept of rest? How does it interact with the Chinese values of shame and “face”? The author explores these topics and their interaction with the biblical teaching about rest.
Chinese Culture and the Ethos of Suffering in the Chinese Church
Ahern addresses the Chinese understanding of suffering for Christ, its place in the lives of three well-known Chinese pastors, and the place it should have in the lives of Chinese Christians today.
Chinese Missionaries and the Care Gap—How to Help
China’s Ambassadors of Christ to the Nations: A Groundbreaking Survey by Tabor Laughlin explores factors that contribute to Chinese missionaries’ ability to build relationships cross-culturally and the extent to which their experiences contribute to their retention on the mission field.
Member Care for Workers from China—a Growing Understanding
Let’s continue to learn from our Chinese brothers and sisters and join with them to support their efforts in bringing the gospel to those who have yet to hear.
A Tool for Those Who Care for Chinese Missionaries
A handbook that introduces a holistic approach to caring for Chinese missionaries.
When I Say Fruitful, You Think What?
I wondered, “Did God call you to the field to set others free in Christ while you stay trapped in an unintended form of ministry bondage?” What if collectively we moved our metrics down a peg and allowed walking with the Spirit to be the true measure of fruitfulness?
Becoming More Fruitful in Cross-Cultural Work
Amy Young discusses how to avoid ministry burnout by focusing on our spiritual life. As Paul advocates in his letter to the Galatians, she desires that you walk with the Spirit and experience true freedom in Christ. This freedom and fruitfulness exist in three directions: with God, others, and yourself.
An Interview with Sean Cheng, Asia Editor of Christianity Today
ChinaSource is thrilled to partner with Christianity Today (CT) to help inform global Christians about the church in China and tell the stories of God’s faithfulness to his people. Learn more in this “3 Questions” video interview with CT’s Asia editor.
3 Questions: Interview with Sean Cheng, Asia Editor for Christianity Today
ChinaSource is pleased to partner with Christianity Today (CT) to help inform global Christians about the church in China and tell the stories of God’s faithfulness to his people. Joann Pittman recently connected with Song (Sean) Cheng, Christianity Today’s Asia editor to learn more about how and why CT is covering China and to learn of some of the unique initiatives that he is involved with.