11 Lessons from the Church in China

As the church in China continues to grow and mature, opportunities to partner with congregations in the West continue to grow as well. In many cases, these partnerships provide opportunities for churches in China to learn from the experiences of the churches in the West. This is a good thing.

But partnerships go both ways, so it is also good to consider what the church in the West has learned and can learn from the church in China. I recently posed this question to a number of foreign workers involved in serving the church in China: what specific lessons can the church in the West learn from the church in China?

For my purposes here, the term “church in China” refers to the community of believers in China, whether in the registered “Three-Self” churches or unregistered house churches. Further, “the church in the West” is also a broad term that merely reflects the background and context of most of our readers. These suggestions would also be applicable for churches in other parts of the world, such as the Global South.

I've compiled the responses into a list of 11 lessons. Some have been edited for style and clarity. Read more