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''Beyond'' Receives Legal Distribution Rights in Mainland China
China Soul Association recently announced that their newly produced documentary “Beyond” is now legally distributed in mainland China. According to his blog, Rev. Yuan Zhi-Ming, founder of China Soul Association and producer of the documentary, hopes that "Beyond" can be used by the Lord to give blessings, so the billion Chinese brothers and sisters can receive peace and blessings in this apocalyptic, crooked, and disaster-stricken era
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Yuan Zhi-Ming: Drop the Historical Enmities, Care for Japan with Love
Four days has passed since the 9.0 earthquake struck northern Japan, causing a giant tsunami that engulfed an entire port city of Sendai. Furthermore, four nuclear reactors are now under serious risks of radiation leakage that has caused widespread unrest to major Japanese cities as far as Tokyo. China Soul Association founder and director Rev. Zhiming Yuan urged Chinese Christians to break through the ethnic-cultural divide for the sake of the gospel of Christ, putting down the historical enmit
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China Internet Users to Reach 750 Million by 2015, Forecasts McKinsey & Co.
McKinsey's report "Understanding China's Digital Consumers" was released in late February, which surveyed 4,800 internet users from more than 20 Chinese cities and interviewed 500 non-internet consumers. The report categorized internet users into heavy, moderate, and light, where the youths comprise of the majority.
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NRB Awards Doris Brougham for Enormous Contributions to the Chinese
Well-known English teacher to Chinese people worldwide Doris Brougham, fondly known as Teacher Peng Meng-hu, received two prestigious National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) awards – International Individual Outstanding Award and Milestone Award – at the NRB Convention and Exposition held from February 26th thru March 1st.
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Missional Parent Sees Success in Very Different Terms from ''Tiger Mom'' Approach
Even before the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom arrived in bookstores on January 11, 2011, a prepublication excerpt in the Wall Street Journal (titled “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”) started the ferocious buzz; the online version has been read more than 1 million times and attracted more than 7,000 comments.
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.