1 Way to Pray for China this Week
Over the past year, you may have read about a “cross demolition” campaign among churches in China. Though this campaign has often been overemphasized and misrepresented by the Western media, it does signify changing relations between the church and government in China. Both the government and the church are seriously considering one another and considering what stances to take towards each other. Additionally, as China’s house church continues to grow, it also continues to diversify. As with any advance of the gospel, Chinese Christians are struggling with questions concerning Biblical interpretation, historic theology, indigenous theology, and church polity. These are just a few large categories of issues that the Chinese house church is now working through. As you can imagine, there is a plethora of topics within each category that must be contextualized for Chinese culture.
In the light of these developments, the Chinese church is starting to robustly theologize from many different sectors. Please pray this week for God to give his children in China immense wisdom as they search the scriptures and begin to systemize their theology, interpretation of scripture, and presence in the world.
