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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.
Crossing Cultural Boundaries in Worship
Having lived in a large city in central China for almost three years now, you would think that I would have a good grasp of the culture and ways of this great nation. The truth is, the more I observe and learn about Chinese culture, the more I realise how little I know and find myself asking even more questions than I started with!
Impacting Students
A wire-framed bed with a thick blanket sits in one corner of the room. On the other side is another bed; this one is not used but shows the wooden and metal shell of the bed.
From Our Short-Term Team Members
"Mercy teams entail loving people and being willing to be stretched and changed by God. I have found that God did as much in my heart as He did in those we sought to serve. If we love God, we are already ‘equipped' to share His love. We take away more than we can possibly give if we open our hearts and minds to be changed by Him.
Boot Camp
When we heard about an opportunity to teach English at a privately-run ‘boot camp' style school in the mountains, ‘D' and I saw it as a fantastic way to serve the locals. Neither of us knew too much about it, other than it was a school for children with an addiction to internet gaming, which provided a disciplined, Spartan-like environment to ‘reform' them into better students.