Masonry Blog

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Are These Pictures Of A Secret Church In Beijing? Or: How Christians Practice Their Faith Under An Atheist Government
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479SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List When trying to understand the Church in China, it’s easy to let predetermined narratives drive our interpretation of the things we observe. A recent article in the Huffington Post…

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50 Signs You’re An American Expat In China
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422SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “Only 3 of these didn’t apply to me!” our Within Reach Global missionary said. “This is so funny!” Disclaimer: you may not understand all the nuances between the lines,…

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Missions Exists Because Worship Doesn’t. What Does That Even Mean?
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486SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List  If you care about Christian missions at all, you’ve probably heard this phrase: “Missions exists because worship doesn’t.” – John Piper So what does that really mean? God’s…

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10 Things That Change Once You’ve Lived Overseas
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305SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List The expat overseas life is tough to explain, but this top 10 list sums up quite well the challenges and victories that one faces in the expat lifestyle. I…

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Our First Thought Was To Get Financial Support From Wealthy Chinese Businessmen, But It Turned Into So Much More
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452SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Recently, one of our missionaries had a brilliant idea. Why not present the Within Reach Global vision of reaching unreached peoples to wealthy Chinese Christian businessmen and businesswomen? For…

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Underground Missionaries See Healings In Discipleship Class On Historically Persecution High Alert National Day
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376SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Our missionaries are action people. They are easily bored by the status quo. They are counter-cultural ragamuffins. It’s National Day in China right now, and everyone is enjoying a…

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Unreached: I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
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383SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This blog has been adapted from original post at eurasianorthwest.org Imagine you are the Chief Operations Officer at a charitable foundation. Your CEO assigns the important task of feeding the “Hungry”…

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Why Should The Church Focus On Reaching The Unreached?
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254SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List You want to give to places where there is great fruitfulness. Everyone wants their lives to count for something, to create true life transformation and community impact.  So it…

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