Chinese churches have been bursting with new life for decades despite numerous limitations. It's impossible to understand the dynamic growth-and unique challenges-of Chinese Christianity today without looking back at the events of the last century. And when we do, we find a remarkable story of endurance and innovation, courage and creativity, intense suffering and transformative action. The Chinese church has been like bamboo, that ubiquitous Chinese symbol of strength, flexibility, and perseverance-growing even in the midst of harsh conditions, bending but not breaking in the wind.

Feature Articles:

• From Foreign Mission to Chinese Church - Missionaries in China were hampered by pressures from home, mistakes in leadership, and identification with the West, but they planted the seeds that would someday yield an astonishing harvest. Daniel H. Bays
• Also: A Gallery of Missionaries
• The Billy Graham of China: John Sung
• Everything for the Lord: Watchman Nee
• Worshiping Under the Communist Eye - The birth of an "official" Chinese church helped Christianity thrive in public under political constraints. Ryan Dunch
• Also: An Evangelical Patriot and Critic: Marcus Cheng
• Religious Freedom and Chinese Law
• As for Me and My House - The house-church movement survived persecution and created a surge of Christian growth across China. Tony Lambert
• Also: No Compromise: Wang Mingdao
• Caught Between Rome and Beijing - Chinese Catholics have endured devastating division in the past century.Kim-Kwong Chan
• To Every Tribe - Early missionaries laid the groundwork for mass movements to Christ among the minority peoples of China. Ralph Covell
• Christianity Fever -Through a century of political turmoil and disillusionment, waves of Chinese intellectuals have come to Christ. Stacey Bieler and Carol Lee Hamrin
• Also: Salt and Light: Mary Stone, James Yen, and Yifang Wu
• Prodigal Son - A third-generation Chinese Christian describes his journey from persecution to Communism to faith.

Issue 98 * Spring 2008

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