Chinese Christians in the US

Chinese Christians in the US are a minority group which has been assimilated into the cultural diversity of America. This group depicts the integration of various groups into the American community and dominant way of life. This group has shown high levels of adaptation as shown by their operations in the US. Though the Chinese living in China were poorly informed on Christianity, they adopted Christian as their religion which differentiated from the others in China. Although group retained most of the Chinese identity or culture, their Christianity identity adopted in the US came out clearly making them important part of the American society.

However, this important group did not fully adopt or reflect the America culture, and this made them to be a subculture within the Americans. The subculture was provided by the norms, acceptance and practice of Christianity by these Chinese in US. Chinese Christians in US have different unique practices which can enable them to be easily identified from other cultures within the region. The uniqueness of this group has been one notable factor which has attracted various studies. From the information gathered from the group in US, it is clear that the Chinese Christians in this part of the world enjoy unique practices which only themselves can help others understand. The implications of these practices can only be explained by themselves and no individual from the outside culture can understand and explain on such ways of life and practices.

The world is characterized by diversity which has seen most countries adopt different ways of doing things and cultures of the world. Despite the global diversity, the Chinese Christians in the US have managed to build unity out of this diversity in the...

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...ristianity a new look, which involves biblical teachings and other important Chinese ideologies thus making it appealing and interesting to other members of the Chinese to dig deep into Christianity.

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