Blog Entries
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
Confucian Culture and Christian Faith
Reading Gu Hongming Today
No culture or political ideology can be equated with Christian truth. Jesus’s words—“My kingdom is not of this world”—remain a vital reminder for the church today.
Top 10 ZGBriefs Links of 2025
Find out what resonated with our ChinaSource readers in 2025 by exploring the top 10 links clicked from ZGBriefs.
The Books That Shaped My Thinking in 2025
Learning to Read Slowly in a Fast World
Keeping a record is not about accumulating more, but about digesting and sorting through. Only when we attempt to rearticulate the insights of others do they truly become nourishment for our own thinking.