Reframing the Mission
God is glorified as Christ’s followers become disciples, showing through their fruit—their true identity in him. The command here is not to bear fruit, but to abide.
ZGBriefs
ZGBriefs | June 25, 2026
News Update on Religion and Church in China, November 30, 2025 – March 20, 2026 (March 20, 2026, China Zentrum e.V.)
ZGBriefs | June 18, 2026
The Daughters Who Were Raised to Be Everything Under China’s One-Child Policy (June 6, 2026, Global Voices) When China ended the One-Child Policy in 2015, the shift was often described in demographic terms: declining birth rates, an aging population, and a policy adjustment to encourage more births.
ZGBriefs | June 11, 2026
How Emojis Have Become a Language Within a Language in China (June 9, 2026, Sixth Tone)
ZGBriefs | June 4, 2026
Secret Tunnels and Unregistered Workers: China’s Coal Mine Disaster Is a Reminder of Darker Days (May 31, 2026, BBC)
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I hope this book introduces Nee to a new generation of readers—not as a perfect figure, and not as a saint beyond criticism, but as a serious Christian thinker whose work deserves careful attention.
Listening to the Voices of Majority World Theology
We must move toward a global dialogue where the Western scholar, the African pastor, the Asian theologian, and the Latin American activist sit together as equals.
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ChinaSource is entering a new season of leadership transition.
From Tending Sheep to Shepherding Souls
Salvation, he came to see, is not the story of human beings climbing upward by their own strength. It is the story of one who is willing to descend for the lost.
How God Called Me to Mongolia
All of a sudden, what started as a random set of strangers in a country I knew nearly nothing about outside of my middle school world history class, became God’s children whom he loved and the most important people in my life.
The Problem of Language in Teaching World Christianity
If we are to truly appreciate theology from a worldwide perspective, surely we need to engage theology in other languages.
No Longer Alone
When people who have long been studying, teaching, pastoring, and serving in different contexts finally sit in the same room, what becomes visible?
Providence and Vision
My experience of the election and grace of the Triune God—the providential care of the Heavenly Father, the guarding of the Holy Spirit, and the guidance of the Holy Son—is truly a testament to what John Newton described as Amazing Grace in his hymn: “grace appeared the hour I first believed.”
If Revival Comes III
We must explore what kind of ideology the Chinese church, which developed in tandem with such a turbulent history, would adopt as it enters the church, serves the church, and envisions the future.
Narrowing the Gap by Broadening Our Mission as Chinese Christian Scholars
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