Blog Entries
The New ChinaSource Website Is Coming
Let’s Explore Chinese Christianity Together
A new ChinaSource website is coming—shaped by listening, conversation, and a shared desire to explore Chinese Christianity together.
Rethinking Chinese Christianity through a Pentecostal Lens
A Book Review of Spirit(s) and Chinese Religiosity: Retelling the History of Chinese Christianity from a Pentecost Perspective
Feng’s work has given us a firm and crucial reminder that the Holy Spirit has always been at work throughout the world, from the time of common grace until his public outpouring in Acts 2.
Narrating Persecution
Mythmaking and Media Across Cultures
The journey from mythmaking to mission entails putting aside our chosen metanarratives, seeing with fresh eyes and listening with fresh ears, not only to the facts as we perceive them but also to the narratives of those in the stories as they interpret their own reality.
When It Finally Happens
Reflections on the Events at Zion Church and Beyond
How are churches inside China discerning faithfulness amid shrinking space? And how should we learn to listen, respond, and accompany—without assuming a clarity we do not possess?
Onward to Make Him Known
A Book Review of Chinese Christian Witness: Identity, Creativity, Transmission, and Poetics
Chinese Christian Witness is a heartening collection of reflections which cannot—but help—drive onward the movement of God’s Chinese children in response to his command to make him known.
Urbana 2025: Gen Z, Global Mission, and the Chinese Church
In a world marked by conflict and chaos, Urbana 25 revealed a generation still willing to say yes to God—and place their lives in his hands.
Good News of Great Joy
Seeing any aspect of our faith through others’ eyes—especially in another culture, is like a set of new glasses. The questions, the doubts, the rejection, the wonder and yes, the amazement force one to look anew at what might be treasured but unchallenged.
Slow Growth and Nurtured Faith
A House Church’s Seven Year Journey of Cultivating Commitment
There is no cross, no pulpit, and no choir. Three chairs surround a small tea table, a phone plays hymns, and a well-worn Bible rests nearby—the humble beginnings of a church.
Since 1949—Policy Swings and the “Christianity Fever”
China and Christian Faith (Part 5)
What matters most is not only the dates, but the habits Christians learned for living between lines.
A Testimony of Transformation
From Monk in Training to Pastor
It is hard to imagine that this pastor—now fluent in Scripture and prayer—had once devoted years to Daoist medicine and Buddhist practice, even preparing to become a monk