Church Life

Changing China

Gary Gnidovic and Sarah Pulliam

The Chinese church is growing in size and influence.

Christianity Today May 19, 2008

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Our recent China coverage also includes:

Watching the Spirit Move | Some extraordinary moments in ordinary settings. (May 19, 2008)

Great Leap Forward | China is changing and so is its church. How new urban believers are shaping society in untold ways. (May 9, 2008)

Hungry for Jesus | A Chinese pastor on how he was ‘called out of Egypt’ to a thriving urban ministry. (May 9, 2008)

Inside CT: The China Paradox | ‘Embattled and thriving’ Christianity in China. (May 9, 2008)

From Mao to Moses | Artist He Qi, born again in China’s Cultural Revolution, is painting a new peaceful identity for the Chinese church. (April 25, 2008)

The Dragon in the Belly: Patriarchs, Judges, and Kings | The Old Testament meets Beijing Opera in He Qi’s art. (April 25, 2008)

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