Inside and out: Knowing Chinese and US models of ministry
Increasing numbers of US millennial missionaries are working alongside Chinese house church pastors in China, and conflicts between the two groups have been noted. To date, a majority of scholarly works have explored each of these group’s more surface-level needs, values, and preferences. This basic...
| Publié dans: | Missiology |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Sage
2021
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Missiology
Année: 2021, Volume: 49, Numéro: 2, Pages: 207-221 |
| Classifications IxTheo: | CD Christianisme et culture KBM Asie KBQ Amérique du Nord RJ Mission |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
working models
B Chinese Christianity B US millennials B cultural models B models of ministry |
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| Résumé: | Increasing numbers of US millennial missionaries are working alongside Chinese house church pastors in China, and conflicts between the two groups have been noted. To date, a majority of scholarly works have explored each of these group’s more surface-level needs, values, and preferences. This basic qualitative study seeks to describe differences in their tacitly held working models of ministry. Working models of ministry have been defined as taken-for-granted assumptions about what it means to be a minister. Analysis of qualitative data yielded from 16 semi-structured interviews resulted in a description of how each of these two groups have conceptualized ministry. In responding to different social contexts, each model has had a different structure, mechanism, and movement. Metaphorically, Chinese participants have been ministering as shepherds by establishing in-group boundaries, embodying clear direction, and taking responsibility for their flock’s growth. In contrast, millennial participants have been ministering as Sherpas by coming alongside those whom they are discipling, walking with them, and sharing burdens during the journey. This study recommends Chinese house church pastors adopt certain aspects of the US model as they lead millennial missionaries. This study also recommends millennial missionaries adopt certain aspects of the Chinese model as they disciple Chinese Christians. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0091829620937377 |