Portraits of China

China by all means is an unforgettable place, and as my first visit to an Asian country China made a great impression for the rest of the continent.  For those of you out-of-the-loop, or simply victim’s of my communication deficiencies, myself and ten friends and fellow-students spent the summer working in China following school graduation. However, we did not go for sweet-n-sour pork or because of the countries various tourist attractions but we went in response to the incredible need for discipleship and biblical training for the rapidly expanding church in China. Primarily, we taught the inductive bible study method to upcoming christian leaders from university students to Pastor’s-in-training and taught through the books of Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and the gospel of John. The beauty of the inductive method is that it is a tool for believers to unlock the Bible themselves. You can give a message, teach a principle, or encourage the socks off someone until your blue-in-the-face – but generally speaking the process ends there. And then you leave… The end. We didn’t go to China to hand out fish for hungry believers but to give fishing lessons and tools to help feed them for a lifetime. We received excellent feedback and got the satisfaction to see the lights coming on for numerous students who themselves are going on to plant churches and influence the future of China. Though the trip came with unique challenges overall it was an excellent, strategic, and fruitful outreach. More on this later…

Cheers,

Joshua