How does East Gates work strategically in China?
Someone once said “It’s hard to move forward when you are looking in the rear view mirror” too many people today spend valuable time “looking in the rear view mirror” instead of looking ahead with vision and flexibility. As times change in China, the strategies that Christian ministries employ in building the Kingdom of God need to change as well. There is now the opportunity in China to work both with integrity, openness, transparently and also within the scope of Chinese law. Many of the ministries focusing on China today have gravitated towards illegal activities such as smuggling Bibles and literature (courier work), underground training of pastors without the governments approval. These activities continue to reinforce China’s long held view that Christianity is, in effect a projection of western imperialism and colonialism. East Gates is attempting to rectify this belief by demonstrating that Christianity is not western, is not political in nature and can have a positive impact o
