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The Catholic Church Goes to China Online

Posted by John Saddington on Mar 16, 2009

chineseinternetI applaud the Catholic Church and their attempts to move into spaces where they might not be so welcome.

It’s definitely more than can be said for a number of other institutions.

But at least they are trying, and that’s good. They’ve done their research.

Launching a Chinese Website for the Catholic Church could be huge.

China is one of the fastest growing areas from an online perspective. I’ve already blogged about how China Needs Some Missional Bloggers because of their fantastic growth rate.

It makes complete sense that organizations, both the secular and non, should jump right in and take advantage of the boom.

Even if they get perma-banned on launch.

But the message that they are bringing is worth the risk.

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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5 Responses to “The Catholic Church Goes to China Online”

  1. Aaron
    Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:35 am

    I wonder how that is going to work out for them when the Chinese government decides to firewall their website…

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  2. Scott Fillmer
    Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:43 am

    I need to connect you with a guy from our church who lives in China, I'll send him your site in case he doesn't already read it but he is pretty deep into the church culture in China.

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  3. Jim
    Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 5:17 am

    that's a good connection,

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  4. Jim
    Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 5:20 am

    I'll go a step further to say that I'd love to find a way to sponsor someone who is a techno wiz/evangelist who has a heart for China. We need a Hudson Taylor meets techno-evangelist. Set them up with a consulting type gig and play undercover brother for a few. I've got some peeps in N. Africa and Mongolia that started companies as evangelical platforms.

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  5. human3rror
    Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 2:01 am

    that would be awesome.

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