New Millennium! New Directions!

Adjustments to Overseas Campus Special Editions in the Year 2000

The past six issues of Special Editions have been targeted at Reaching toward the truth and growing in the spirit. They were designed to help beginners establish their foundations as Christian believers. During the past three years, many readers have changed from being beginners into being active participants in churches or fellowships. Still others have become part-time or full-time church leaders.

After much prayer and collecting of suggestions from our readers, we have decided to make significant adjustments in the direction and contents of Special Editions starting from the Year 2000. Major adjustments are:

  • Our aim: to communicate the testimony of Christian Overseas Chinese Intellectuals in the 21st century.
  • Our specific goals:
    1. Establishing values: analyzing the thinking and cultural phenomena of the 21st century and Christian responses to them;
    2. Unity and direction: analysis, discussion and identification of the past, present and future of Chinese churches, in conjunction with the testimonies and experiences of Chinese Christians from Mainland China;
    3. Spiritual leadership training: providing necessary training for potential Christian leaders, and encouraging communication and inter-action between them;
    4. Promotion of spiritual growth: providing teaching and testimonies to promote spiritual growth among Chinese scholars.
  • Style:
    1. we want to focus on intellectuality, practicality and readability;
    2. we want to engage in spiritual dialogues, in conjunction with prophetic vision, pastoral integrity and brotherly fellowship;
    3. we will offer both depth of thought and reader-friendliness, in styles combining spirituality, warmth of feeling and intellectual integrity.
  • Our target readership: mission-oriented Christians witnessing in overseas Chinese churches and among Chinese scholars both inside and outside China.
  • Contents:

  • 1. Vision (50%)

    (1)Challenges and responses: how Chinese churches of the 21st century should respond to challenges in fashion, politics, science, entertainment, literature and economics;

    (2)World outlook: introduce the Biblical world-view and where it is at odds with that of humanism, materialism, evolutionism, nihilism and analyticism;

    (3)Values: how Christian values can be realized in post-modern society in terms of success, marriage, family, raising children, wealth, power, leadership, Bible study, church growth and missionary outreach;

    (4)The Chinese church (both in China and overseas): its past (retrospect and evaluation), its present (situation, case study, report and analysis), its future (directions, strategies and preparation).

    2. Service (20%)

    (1)Servants and leaders: the mindset of servants, integrity, direction, character, attitude, family life, inner healing, spiritual warfare...

    (2)Examples of servanthood in the Bible;

    (3)Models and lessons from church history;

    3. Testimonies (30%)

    (1)Testimonies of individual devotion, service and growth;

    (2)Reports of unique and creative ministries in both Chinese and Western churches.

  • Issues: Two issues will be published in 2000; possibly four issues in 2001.

  • The themes of the two issues in 2000 are:

    May 2000 Issue: No Regrets ( the deadline for contributions is January 31)

    September 2000 Issue: Roots (the deadline for contributions is May 31)

    All contributions, suggestions and support are welcome.

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