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Chinese Church Issues: Women as Pastors
One of the statistics on my Chinese religious demographics wish-list (have to make that another post someday) is the gender ratio among pastors in China. I would be surprised if the proportion of women pastors isn’t one of the highest of any country in the world. Chinese churches, both underground and government-sponsored alike, by and […]
Chinese Church Issues: Rare
Blood is no stranger to Chinese cuisine. In our city there’s a pudding made out of deer blood that enjoys something near delicacy status. But, thanks to a certain interpretation of Acts 15, a large number of Chinese Christians conscientiously abstain from all dishes containing blood. I’ll leave a detailed examination of the council at Jerusalem […]
First Ordination Service
Last night we had our first ordination service here in China. Pretty exciting service! Some great testimonies and charges, took up a great offering for him (the biggest our church has ever given), and got him his Bible and ordination certificate. It has been so exciting to watch this young man grow in Christ over […]
Chinese Church Issues: Sub-cultural
“All churches in China…” I didn’t used to hear those words. Because we didn’t really have church people in our church. Often in a brand new church, you’ve just got new believers and unbelievers. Lots of people that have never even been to another church before. But believers like Bible teaching, worship, and fellowship – […]
Back At It
Well I’m back in China after four months in the States. This was the longest that we’ve been away from the ministry here since arriving in 2007. And it has been an educational summer for me. Let me tell you some of the courses I’ve had to take… 1. Furlough Productivity I seriously hate to write […]
Sunday Services Without Interruption
“But the Word of God is not bound.” Received a great report about Sunday’s services in China! The church held a Sunday morning worship service in the same house near the daycare that usually functions as Sunday school and office space. The police also came to this house while they were breaking up the main […]
Do’s and Don’t’s of Learning Chinese #4
Here ya go… last couple thoughts about learning Chinese. Events of the past week kinda put this on the back burner – but here’s some ideas about the progress of the Chinese student. 7. DO NOT STOP LEARNING Satisfaction is the enemy of the language student, and it normally rears its head after many months […]
Non-Negotiables for Believers in China
The past few days have been full of stories – Chinese believers and foreign missionaries recounting for Steph and I what happened to the church last Sunday. We’ve heard from so many how faithfully both the leadership and the membership of the church responded. All I can say is that I am extremely proud to […]
Police Situation Update – Released
First, just want to say thanks to all those who have been praying for the situation in China over the past couple days. The three guys and girl that were taken into the police station were released after a couple hours of questioning. They were separated for most of it, as I understand, and their […]
Police Break Up Our Service
Oh the junk going through my head right now…. Got a phone call from my buddy tonight just as we were laying down to go to sleep. Told me that there was an email from China just sent out to our missionary team (I am in the States right now). This morning’s church service was […]
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