Broaden Your Purposes!
Short-term China trips can have an impact beyond what is usually anticipated and often impact not only the Chinese but also the team members themselves and those who support and send them.
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Avoiding Nightmares and Achieving Dreams through Partnership
Two principles for ensuring that the efforts made by overseas churches are effective and long lasting are explained with real examples of what can happen both when they are followed and when they aren't.
Keys to Effective Service in China
Four essentials for effective service in China.
Practical Advice for Chinese Relationships
Encountering the Chinese: A Guide for Americans by Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius L. Grove.
Reviewed by Sarah Doyle and G. Wright Doyle
Cross-Cultural Partnerships in China Ministries
The importance of due diligence in evaluating potential cross-cultural partners in China ministry.
The Power of Partnership in Christian Professional Service
Five essential ingredients for effective partnerships.
A Cord of Four Strands
The story of churches partnering together to serve cross-culturally in China.
The Formation of a New City-to-City Partnership
There is a growing trend for groups of churches in a city or region to partner together to develop a strategy for effective ministry. Recently a group of churches did just that and choose to focus their ministry efforts on one city in China. Here is an interview with a church leader who has been part of the process.
That They May Be One
The past decade has seen a significant shift among churches and organizations involved in China. Recognizing the enormity of the task and the need…
Effective China Service in the Era of WTO
The editor's perspective.
Impacting an Empire
The Morrison Center—a resource for those preparing to serve long-term in China.
What Is to be Our Role?
In determining how the church outside of China can serve China's churches, it is essential to listen to Chinese Christians. This article is based on interviews and conversations the author had with leaders of churches in China and with expatriates who work with the church in China