Editorial reflection and analysis on issues shaping Chinese Christianity.
China’s urbanization today is less about the largest cities that often make the headlines, and more about a host of smaller, yet faster growing, metropolises that will be home to the majority of Chinese in the coming decades.
Is Christianity being singled out for pressure, harassment, and restriction. Or is part of something bigger?
Understanding the role of the CCP in Chinese society and how it functions is crucial. Here are resources to help.
To engage with China’s church today means not only connecting with what Chinese Christians are doing in China, but also with what they are doing outside China.
China is complicated. Good questions about China beget more questions. Sorting out the complexity is not easy, but for someone wanting to get a handle on the key trends shaping China and impacting China’s church, this podcast is a great place to start.
Connecting returnees—what are the critical success factors?
Swirling beneath the surface discussion of denominations—how they are defined, their relationship to the indigenous Chinese church, and whether or not they are needed—are some core questions regarding the fundamental nature of Christian community.
In a society where religious life is tightly proscribed and managed by the Party-State, how is it that so many independent (“illegal, but free”) churches have sprung up and not only survived, but thrived?
And who gets to decide?
ChinaSource looks at denominationalism in China in the coming summer issue of ChinaSource Quarterly.
In an atmosphere of increased social tightening, some younger Christians are asking whether some current expressions of the church might actually stand in the way of an effectively contextualized message that resonates with today’s urban Chinese.
Management of religious affairs will be shifted from, SARA to the United Front Work Department—what questions should we be asking?