Wayne Ten Harmsel is a retired pastor in the Christian Reformed Church who lived for a dozen or so years in Beijing, working with Chinese churches and pastors.
Wayne Ten Harmsel pulls back the shroud of mystery surrounding Chinese registered churches for Western readers. Through interviews with Chinese pastors, evangelists, and lay Christians, he provides a rare view of what it means to live in the shadow of both the government and the well-known house churches.
From the desk of the guest editor.
Contemporary Christian art on display in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Lianghui is one of those things that falls into the category of “church with Chinese characteristics.”
Who leads China's registered churches and how do they become leaders?
Some observations of the impact of the religious regulations and Siniciation on Three-Self churches.
But for me, the striking thing was the homogeneity of the churches over time and place. The churches and their pastors simply went faithfully about their business, the business of sharing and teaching their faith, and leading the people in worship—doing what the church is called to do.
A chat with an evangelist in an ancient capital of China.
Conversations with the gatekeeper and the pastor.
Meeting the pastors of the church in Ankang, and an impromptu opportunity to share.
Continuing a tour of Three-Self churches, this stop in Guiyang.
Brief visits with a priest and a pastor in Anshun, Guizhou.