Others also ask if some parts of Scripture or some sermon themes are forbidden. As long as such questions arise then the best thing to do is to visit the Chinese church and get the answers for ourselves. Secondly, we need to listen respectfully to the voices of the leaders and believers within the Chinese church, listening attentively to what they want to say to us. Some people, even though they have visited China, still harbour preconceived ideas and prejudices about it, and they only seek to confirm what they have heard gossiped and rumoured about China. Therefore, they deliberately seek out a few phenomena within the Chinese church which are not good or ideal, and then they write reams of articles about these and grossly exaggerate the facts.
China is a vast place and the number of churches is enormous.
All kinds of phenomena can appear in such a large place, and we admit that the church there isn't perfect. There are still many places where improvements need to be made, but we should certainly not take a few individual cases and then generalize them as common and widespread phenomena. We can go and ask about the things we don't understand with an open mind and go and learn about the difficulties facing the Chinese church, getting to know the needs of the Chinese church. Therefore, listening to the voice of the Chinese church is extremely important. There are also some people who come to China and have a lot to say, telling the Chinese church that they should do this or that, that they should do things this way or that way, or else they start finding fault and criticizing.