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In Hannah Nation's podcast episode, uncover the compelling central conflict between the Chinese house\nchurches' global identity and the Chinese authorities' nationalist agenda, as the Hannah Nation explores the\nidea of persecution as an apologetic moment.\n"God is not dependent on political rights to grow his church. Do political rights help? Yeah, I think\noften they do. Are they important? Yeah. I'm not going to go out and give up what I think is an\nimportant part of America and American life. That being said, God doesn't need those things in order\nto grow his kingdom. His kingdom grows however he wants it to grow, and it is Him who will grow it,\nnot our political powers and the rights that they\nHannah Nation is the Managing Director of the Center for House Church Theology and a graduate of\nCovenant College and Gordon Commonwealth Theological Seminary. She has written for Christianity Today,\nthe Gospel Coalition, Plough, and has edited several books, including Faithful Disobedience Writings on\nChurch and State from a Chinese House Church Movement.\nIn this episode, you will learn the following:\nChurch and State perspective from a Chinese House Church Movement.\nHannah Nation's unexpected journey to the Great Wall of China changed her outlook on life and faith forever.\nAfter discovering the Chinese house church writers and their hard-to-access writings, she was inspired to make a contribution to the global audience. With a unique perspective on post-colonial theology, she encouraged others to prioritize Jesus and the global reality of the Kingdom of God. Despite persecution and fear, Hannah inspired the Chinese church to use their suffering as an opportunity to testify to the power of God and repent of their own idols. Through her work, she showed that faith can thrive even without political rights.\n1. How has the Chinese house church developed its own unique theology without outside influence?\n2. How can persecution be seen as an opportunity to share the good news of Jesus?\n3. How has the Chinese church grown exponentially in the face of political opposition?\nResources:\nOther episodes you'll enjoy:\nCraig Greenfield on Subversive Mission\nJessica Stone on Jounalism in Asia\nConnect with me:\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aworldof.difference/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/A-World-of-Difference-613933132591673 /\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aworldofdifference\nTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/@awodpod\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aworldofdifference/\nWebsite: https://www.aworldofdifferencepodcast .com\nLoved this episode? Leave us a review and rating. Click here to review\nChapter Summaries:\n[00:00:02]\nHannah Nation has edited a book called Faithful Disobedience writings on Church and State from a Chinese\nhouse church movement. This book brings for the first time to English readers his writings, some of his\nsermons. We'll talk about some of the big changes that are happening behind the scenes in China.\n[00:02:31]\nHannah Nation joins A World of Difference to talk about her new book. Tell us a little bit about yourself and\nwho is Hannah Nation?\n[00:03:17]\nI consider myself a Pittsburgh native, although I wasn't born here. My parents were living in Illinois when I\nwas born, and we didn't move here until I was ten. I currently live here with my husband Trey and our two\nkids. It's always so amazing to meet people who've lived in a lot of other places.\n[00:05:21]\nKovac: What started your interest in China specifically? It was honestly kind of a fluke. Having lived in Asia\nfor 20 years, so many people end up being fascinated with China and the Chinese culture. Faithful\nDisobedience has done a good job of helping us understand what is going on in China.\n[00:10:17]\nFaithful Disobedience is a collection of writings from a well known house church pastor named Wang Yi. A lot\nof what he has to say is very applicable for people all over the world. These are very human problems that\nwe all have in common.\n[00:13:31]\nThis is the first book like this from a Chinese house church writer. The voices of the Chinese house churches\nhave been very hard to access. This is one of the first books like this where we've been able to translate and\npublish writings from a very prominent pastor.\n[00:19:00]\nWang Yi is a postcolonial theologian. He's always speaking to his own government. His ideas are very\nChinese. The authorities that he's in conflict with are Chinese. What does this bring to the decolonization\nconversation in Christianity?\n[00:23:34]\nHe's very concerned about the global reality of the church. Much of what China's authorities feel concerned\nabout with regards to religious practice is affiliation with outside religious organizations. I really appreciate his\nperspective on that. We do appreciate the prayers. Definitely the United States needs them.\n[00:26:45]\nWang Yi believes that nationalism is always at its heart synchronistic. He says persecution is a time for us to\nrepent of our own idols. There's so much we can learn from brothers and sisters around the world about how\ndo we act when persecution comes.\n[00:36:59]\nHannah Nation serves as the Center for House Church Theology\u2019s Managing Director. She is a graduate of Covenant College and received her Master of Arts in Church History from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. As a student of missions history and World Christianity, she is inspired by this historical moment and the privilege of witnessing a new chapter in church history unfold across China. She has written for Plough,\xa0Christianity Today, and The Gospel Coalition, and edited several books, including Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement by\xa0Wang Yi\nVisit her website at\xa0hannahnation.com.\nFollow her on Twitter:\xa0@HannahFSNation\nThroughout China's rapidly growing cities, a new wave of unregistered house churches is growing.\xa0They are developing rich theological perspectives that are both uniquely Chinese and rooted in the historical doctrines of the faith. To understand how they have endured despite government pressure and cultural marginalization, we must understand both their history and their theology.\nIn this volume that Hannah discusses, key writings from the house church have been compiled, translated, and made accessible to English speakers. Featured here is a manifesto by well-known pastor Wang Yi and his church, Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, to clarify their theological stance on the house church and its relationship to the Chinese government. There are also works by prominent voices such as Jin Tianming, Jin Mingri, and Sun Yi. The editors have provided introductions, notes, and a glossary to give context to each selection.\nThese writings are an important body of theology historically and spiritually. Though defined by a specific set of circumstances, they have universal applications in a world where the relationship between church and state is more complicated than ever. This unique resource will be valuable to practical and political theologians as well as readers interested in international relations, political philosophy, history, and intercultural studies.\nBecome a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. 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