Here’s a ministry more people should become familiar with. They focus on doing theological education internationally. They’re called Training Leaders International. Here’s their own self introduction: Throughout the world there are millions of pastors who are doing the difficult work of leading the church with little or no sound theological training. Training Leaders International is [Read More…]
Ministry Focus: Training Leaders International (International Theological Training)
November 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Review of Garrison's CPM book featured on another blog
November 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Over on Karl Dahfred’s blog, he has posted my review of Garrison’s book Church Planting Movements. Join in the conversion. By the way, Karl has written a book himself, entitled Theology Drives Methodology. I’ve read it and will be posting my review of it next month. [Read more…]
Does the Chinese Church Have Denominations?
November 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
QUESTION FROM A FRIEND: Does the Chinese church have denominations? No, at least in the sense most people in the West would think of denominations. Strictly speaking, you won’t find a network of PCA, Vineyard, Methodist, or Baptist churches. Theologically speaking, local churches will tend towards being more or less baptistic, reformed, charasmatic, etc. Churches [Read More…]
Chinese “Christianeze” | Chinese Church Voices
November 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This is from Chinese “Christianeze” | Chinese Church Voices. How Some Christians Today Greet One Another “Beloved Brother, Peace in the Lord.” “Thank the Lord for his Grace.” [Read more…]
(Mis)understanding Honor, Shame, or Face? (Part 2)
November 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’m convinced that 80% or more of our disagreements would be settled if we could first agree on the definitions of our words. If we could agree on the terms we’re using, countless implications would flow from that common starting point. In this post, we’re going to try to somehow define “honor.” We’ll consider “shame” [Read More…]
Death By a Thousand Cuts
November 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
When people think about the cost of being a missionary, they typically think about being martyred, thrown in prison, or something like that. On the other extreme, many never become missionaries because they can’t imagine “suffering” without iPhones and college sports on the TV. In reality, missionaries leave the field because of what I call [Read More…]
Premarital Counseling for Arranged "Left Overs"?
November 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I could use your suggestions on a matter. We recently met with a couple soon to be married. First, there are a few things one needs to understand about how Chinese view the “getting married” process. Chinese faced extreme pressure to get married by the age of 30. There’s even a word for unmarried women [Read More…]
(Mis)understanding Honor, Shame, or Face? (Part 1)
November 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I quickly found out when writing my dissertation that Westerners have very little grasp for concepts like honor, shame, and face. Today, I begin to address this problem. Future posts will hopefully shed a little better light in the matter. Westerner really don’t “get” honor and shame. This is really unfortunate for multiple reasons. 1. [Read More…]
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