How do Chinese Christians share their calling and gifts? In Chinese Christian circles, if you introduce yourself or advertise yourself, they usually don’t want you. Or, if you are known as certain title, they will limit you in that particular category. They will be very skeptical about you if you do anything else, even if you are exceptionally good at it because they don’t believe that anybody can do more than one thing well. To develop your ministry, you have to “Wai, Wai, Wai” (唯威喂) [1] and pretend or display “Christian humility,” and act like a “humble big shot” and “humbly” blow your horns as a “Scientist’, or a “rich ($$) Christian,” a medical doctor, or a well educated man with highest degrees. (in most cases, only Ph. Ds. are respected) in order to get respect [2] and more appointments. (ministry opportunities, which they called “calling.” ) And they call that being spiritual!! When you had to apply for a position, they only want full-time servants (ministers) whether you are paid or not, called as full time or not. [3] And your boss, [4] will most likely lord over you and show no mercy if you do not practice PC with them, (political correctness) but nobody can “speak the truth in love.” [5] without being cast out. Continue reading →

Faithful and good pastors or not, in the beginning, most every person called of God to the ministry are sincere, (every believer is called to the ministry, only these folks think they are special, and “full-time,” “separated out,” “unconteminatable,” “clean/holy hands,” “won’t work for their keeps,” “only the Lord is their boss.”) unless their calls are clouded by the desire to emigrate to the US or any other “better” country. (So what!!? Shouldn’t everybody aim higher to develop their careers?) Otherwise they would start humbly ministering (serving as a servant) with their God given gifts, if any. (God will equip those whom He calls, full time or not, this doesn’t mean anyone who is a failure in real life should feel the holy call of God to full-time ministry, Paul made tents, Jesus worked as a carpenter till He was 30 Yrs old) Continue reading →