by Yalin Xin
This case study gives us an evangelical perspective on some of the significant issues in China, including the burgeoning of the Chinese House Church movement over the past several decades
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by Yalin Xin
This case study gives us an evangelical perspective on some of the significant issues in China, including the burgeoning of the Chinese House Church movement over the past several decades
Read Moreby Christy Chia
In China, Bible women were Chinese Christian women dedicated to evangelistic work, most often within churches, missions, education, and medicine. Medical Bible women evangelized through their positions as doctors and nurses or functioned as chaplains, ministering to patients and distributing Christian literature at women’s dispensaries and hospitals. Bible women in education taught in schools and evangelized between classes and outside of school to students, parents, and coworkers.
Read Moreby Grace May
For Mabel Lee, women’s rights flowed out of a Christian worldview that she viewed as foundational for America’s government and the key to China’s reconstruction. With her doctorate from Columbia University in hand, Dr. Lee eagerly anticipated returning to China to use her background in economics, education and political science to support the building of the young Republic. A combination of forces, however, led her to a different decision. Instead of entering into development on the international scene, she chose to focus on the ministry at her doorsteps in Chinatown.
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