By Shawn Isaacs, Youth Pastor, Cincinnati Chinese Church. 作者: Shawn Isaacs, 新城教会青年部牧师 翻译: 庄文菁 “Are you prepared to be wrong even when you’re right?” said the wise, seasoned Pastor. “即使你是对的，但仍被认为是错的，为此你准备好了吗? ” 明智且经验丰富的牧师问我。 I was. And I wasn’t. 我准备好了，但也没准备好。 “You’ll never truly belong here,” he added, himself a white American Pastor. I listened, but disagreed. If the Gospel is true, wouldn’t…

(Dan Zhao 翻译) 圣经是用新标点和合本 Money issues in church can be a hassle, but guess what the keys to understanding it are? Surprise! The keys are principles straight from within the pages of the greatest book! These money-related principles, if taught early in life to children and youth, are a great foundation for life. And the early church, 2000 years ago,…

From the Editor: Ben Walker has been a wonderful colleague in ministry. His unique leadership of youth for over 20 years is an inspiration to many, and especially me. I have firmly believed for decades that an essential component of raising a new generation is preparing youth for life through strong Christian apologetics training. Ben is the exemplar par excellence…

As elder from the beginning of our church in Cincinnati, I have been acting minister 7 times in its history, and every time it seemed like we were starting a new church, and I could relive the excitement and fun of that again, and again. The reason I say it is fun is that it is fun. Included in the…

URS 柔和的话语 (Dixia翻译) There is a very famous Proverb (26:4), “a soft answer turns away wrath,” applicable to many communication situations. Surprisingly, many leaders do not learn this lesson early enough in their leadership careers. When they give quick sharp answers to others, they instantly run into problems they have thoughtlessly created for themselves. By nature, my instinctive responses in…

“David Livingstone was poised with his rifle, kneeling down to watch out for the marauding lion, when suddenly, out of nowhere, the lion jumped into the air and landed directly on him. The lion roared, and opened his gaping mouth widely, over the head of David Livingstone, and………. I’m soooo sorry, but tiiiime’s up!” A huge sigh of disappointment rippled…

So, now we have the missionaries, how do we help them?... 那么，在我们有了宣道士之后，我们应该如何帮助他们呢？   One good way to help missionaries is to “make a big fuss about missions,” such as by organizing short-term mission visits to missionaries. These are time-consuming and big efforts, likely more helpful to our own church, and especially our young people to be inspired for future missions,…

I have been inspired by missionaries since childhood. During the Second World War, when I was a baby, our family had to escape from Hong Kong, the city of my birth, into China. The Imperial Japanese had invaded the then British colony, so dad took us back to our ancestral Hakka village, in the mountainous areas of Guangdong province. His…

Often I crack a joke to church kids when they are naughty; “You’re so naughty, one day you might become a minister!” God uses all kinds of people, and sometimes it does seem like He takes the naughtiest kids, and makes them into ministers or missionaries. 我经常开玩笑的对教会里顽皮的孩子们说“你很顽皮，你有一天可能会成为传道人！” 神使用各样的人，有时候祂好像真的是拣选最调皮的孩子们，使他们成为传道人或传教士。   There is a vivid historical story of Saul, who became Paul,…

 URS: Evangelism as mission: the CCC story 曾叔叔说故事：以传福音为使命：辛城教会的故事 Our church (Cincinnati Chinese) began from a bible study fellowship, active in outreach and evangelism on the college campus. This was likely similar to stories of a number of Chinese churches, especially in Midwest smaller cities, during the 1960s and 1970s. There were few established Chinese churches in the Midwest, but Chinese…