They walk a fine line between governmental pressures on one side and the needs of a diverse Christian constituency which has only recently emerged from the terror of the Cultural Revolution on the other. They need our prayers and encouragement more than our criticism. Professor Diane Obenchain, visiting professor of religion at Peking University for the last 12 years, is in a unique position to serve as an objective observer of the religious scene. This is not to say that there aren't negatives. There are persecutions of innocent people, but I would insist that we on the outside do not always know all the reasons why.
China is a complex culture and has a complex recent past . . . .
XXI, No. 2, p. 194. This past summer they received Presbyterians for Renewal's Bell-Mackay Prize. Send your comment on this viewpoint to The Outlook . Please give your hometown and state the subject of the viewpoint you are replying to.