October 1, 2005 The last Anglican bishop

Editor's note: An ecumenical delegation from the Anglican, Presbyterian and United churches in Canada visited Christian churches in China last April. During a stop to Nanjing, the delegation met briefly with Bishop Ding Guangxun...

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October 1, 2005 Churches work to fill void in social services

Kunming Some had their hands outstretched as though imploring, others closed their eyes as they sang a hymn whose refrain, translated from Mandarin, said, "I will praise you all my life." They could have been members of any...

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October 1, 2005 A tradition of hospitality

Kunming, otherwise known as the "City of Eternal Spring" is by far the most colourful place we've seen seven days into our 13-day journey last April visiting China's Protestant churches. With a year-round temperate climate,...

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September 1, 2005 Mother's Joy

Warm hello A mother and child from the Miao tribe in Kunming, Yunnan province, were among those who greeted an ecumenical delegation from the Canadian Anglican, Presbyterian and United churches, which visited the People's...

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September 1, 2005 The hard choices that China's churches make

Beijing Westerners are often baffled at the rate of Christian conversions in China – where public evangelism is banned, where the state imposes regulations on religion and where Christianity continues to carry the baggage...

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September 1, 2005 Bible printing press thrives in China as demand grows

NanjingDecades ago, only a few brave souls dared to own a Bible in Communist China. Owning one – whether smuggled from overseas or copied by hand from dog-eared Bibles that managed to survive the turmoil of the Cultural...

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September 1, 2005 The lure of old China

We traveled by train from Shanghai to Nanjing, the old capital, for four-and-a-half hours. After bumper-to-bumper traffic and rows upon rows of humongous buildings in Shanghai it was a relief to see vast fields of green and...

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June 1, 2005 Faith blooms in communist China

Beijing It is not quite a church yet but this Sunday (as in any given Sunday) a nondescript two-storey building on the outskirts of China's capital is teeming with young and old Chinese sitting quietly in Formica chairs,...

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June 1, 2005 Dizzying highs in Shanghai

Shanghai We are a delegation of 11 – four from the Anglican Church of Canada, four from the Presbyterian Church in Canada and three from the United Church of Canada – visiting Shanghai, Nanjing, Kunming and Beijing...

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June 1, 2005 Church growth exciting but challenging too

Beijing An ecumenical delegation led by Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada ended a visit to China's Protestant churches exhilarated by the continuing growth of Christianity in this...

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