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AM-CCSM News
Editorial
"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." 1 Corinthians 15:58 sums up the emotion in my heart as I look back over the last 25 years, a quarter of a century of life, growth and success for Antioch Missions-Chinese Church Support Ministries.
How wonderfully true that solid promise in the Word of God has been for us. How amazing that from one small office in one place should grow up ten national offices and significant outreaches impacting many different areas of China. These in turn have resulted in a growing number of folk on the ground in China, serving the Lord in different capacities. The prayer letter that we put out every month began in a small way. It now goes out in four languages into many lands. As you read the articles in this magazine, I trust you can share with me the wonder and awe at what God has done. It has not always been easy (to "be steadfast, immovable"), but we have certainly sought to "always abound in the work of the Lord". Much more than we could have imagined, then, has "our labour not been in vain in the Lord."
The Old and the New
Matthew 13:52 tells us, "Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the Kingdom of Heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure new things and old."
The Roof of the World
Tibet has long been a country that has held a fascination for the world, primarily due to its past isolationist policies and its situation on the ‘roof of the world'. If the saying to be Thai is to be Buddhist holds true, then how much more emphatically can it be said that to be Tibetan is to be a Tibetan Buddhist.
Passing the Baton
It was around 8 o'clock in the evening when I reached their home. As usual the living room was crowded with young Chinese students who wanted to spend time with their beloved foreign teachers. But this time my visit had an added poignancy - after seven years of teaching English in China, ‘M & C' were about to head back home to the UK. Now both aged over 65, the authorities consider them too old to continue teaching in China.
Transformation
A couple of months ago, a few of us with a heart for the urban poor got together and started to pray for the many uneducated migrant workers and for those affected by drugs, crime, prostitution, domestic violence and broken family relationships.
Serving the Poor and Needy
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." - James 1:27
Feeding Hungry Hearts
It is hard to believe that Antioch Missions-Chinese Church Support Ministries is celebrating 25 years of service in China. I personally have been serving the church in China for just over 21 years and I thought I would share with you some of the changes that I have seen in the literature work over those years.
Preparing to Serve
I first came to China in the late 1980s. It was my first trip outside of Europe and I was an exchange student at a university in Shanghai. What an eye-opening year that was!
Divine Appointments
It is my delight to write an article for this silver jubilee edition of ‘China Challenge', after what has been an amazing journey for me over the past 17 years. I have had the joy of working alongside so many wonderful brothers and sisters from many nations, some of whom have become my closest friends.
An Army of Ordinary People
Acts 9 tells the story of the birth of the early church's mission to the waiting Gentile world - the beginning of real obedience to the ends of the world challenge from Jesus in Acts 1:8. It tells how Paul, that colossal figure who stood at the helm of this cross-cultural mission movement, came to faith in Christ.