The East-West cooperation in the contemporary Chinese missionary movement /by Joseph S.P. Chu.

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Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfullment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, June, 1982.

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Part One: Understanding the Contemporary Chinese Missionary Movement

The Birth of the CCOWE Movement -- The First Chinese Christian World Missions Seminar -- The Tremendous Asset of Youth -- The Second Chinese Congress on World Evangelization.

Part Two: The East-West Cooperation in the Contemporary Chinese Missionary Movement

I. The East-West Cooperation in Historical Perspective

Formation of the First Chinese Foreign Missionary Society -- The Vision of One Man -- The Birth of CFMU and Her Early Workers -- The Ministry of the Chinese Foreign Missionary Union -- Pattern of Ministry in Makassar -- Fruitful labor among the Aborigines -- Winning both Overseas Chinese and Indonesian -- Training the Ministry -- What Can We Learn from This Historical Case?.

II. The East-West Cooperation in Prayer

The Place of Prayer in Missions -- How Should the East and West Cooperate in Prayer? -- Principles of Cooperation in Prayer -- A spirit of love and sincerity -- A strong sense of commitment -- Open communication -- To be specific in asking -- To persevere -- Expect an answer -- The only way to become a prayer warrior is to pray -- Practical Areas of Cooperation in Prayer -- Finding an individual prayer partner -- Organizing a Missionary Prayer -- Meeting in a local church -- Promoting Women Missionary Prayer Fellowship -- Spearheading prayer through Mission Organizations -- Encouraging family participation -- Interaction in Training Institutions -- The prayer warriors on the fields.

III. The East-West Cooperation in Church Interaction

Why the Chinese Churches Need Cooperation in Missions from West? -- Cooperation Will Give Them Understanding of Missions -- Cooperation Will Help Them Mobilize for Missions -- Cooperation Will Help Them Mature into Sending Churches -- How the Chinese Churches Can Cooperate with the West in Missions -- Principles of Cooperation -- Channels in Facilitate Cooperation -- Areas of Cooperation -- Forming sister churches -- Cooperation of ministers and church leaders -- Fellowship with the receiving church -- Cooperation in missions education -- Cooperation in missionary conference -- Cooperation in joint missions projects -- Cooperation in the exchange of missionaries -- Summary.

IV. The East-West Cooperation in Missionary Training

Training in the Institutional Setting --

V. The East-West Cooperation in Missionary Sending

Discovering the Areas of Cooperation in Sending Missionaries -- Interaction of Mission Societies with the Societies -- Making Use of the Western Mission Facilities -- Recruiting Chinese Young People to Serve in Western Missions -- Western Missions Helping to Develop Chinese Indigenous Missions -- Collaboration on the Fields -- Promoting International Missions -- Discovering the Strategy of Sending Chinese Missionaries -- Strategical Evaluation of the Missionary -- The bicultural missionary -- The substitutional missionary -- The adaptational missionary -- Strategical Evaluation of the Fields -- Sending tot he populous Asian nations -- Sending to the difficult Muslim world -- Will Communist China accept Chinese missionaries? -- The bright prospect of Africa -- Taking the Gospel back to Europe -- The challenging field of Latin America -- Sending missionaries to North America? Why not? -- Summary.

Virgin Islands East-West Cooperation in Cross-Cultural Mission Work

Cross-cultural Missions in the Chinese Missionary Movement -- How True is the Movement to the Great Commission? -- The Middle Kingdom Concept -- The Cross-cultural Money Maker Can Become a Cross-cultural Soul Winner -- Obeying the Great Commission is Key to Growth and Revival -- Strategy Survey of East-West Cooperation in Cross-cultural Mission Work -- Evangelism and Church Planting -- Training the Nationals -- Invading the Big Cities for Christ -- Putting the Sickle to Youth and Children -- The Tentmaking Strategy -- Summary.

Virgin IslandsI. The East-West Cooperation Towards the 21st Century

China's Formidable Role in Armageddon -- Communist China Rises to World Power -- The Spirit of the Red Regime -- The 200 million -- The Hideous Road Construction toward Israel -- Can the Euphrates be Dried Up? -- The Ending Drama of Human History-Armageddon -- The Land of Sinim in Prophecy -- "And these from the land of Sinim" -- The Chinese in Diaspora -- The Missionaries from the Land of Sinim -- Summary.

Appendices

Covering Letter in English -- Covering Letter in Chinese -- Questionnaire for Western Theological Institutions -- Questionnaire for Chinese Bible Institutions -- Questionnaire for Western Mission Societies -- Questionnaire for Chinese Mission Socieites -- Questionnaire for Chinese Churches -- Name Listof Mission Organizations -- Name List of Theological Institutions -- Name List of Chinese Churches.