In mid-July 2026, Chinese Christian scholars and pastors from various denominational backgrounds in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the three-day Third Public Theology Conference.
PLA 99th Anniversary (August 4, 2026, South China Morning Post - China Series) The People’s Liberation Army marks its 99th anniversary on August 1.
The Human Faces of China’s Belt and Road Strategy, Through Liu Heung-shing’s Lens (July 16, 2026, South China Morning Post)
Ten Years After the Charity Law: Whither Chinese NGOs? (July 21, 2026, Made in China Journal) While the Party-State’s firm grip on civil society has long rested on its formidable coercive capacities, it has increasingly sought to complement regulatory control with ideological legitimacy.
Unlike Their National Team, Chinese Fans Never Miss the World Cup (July 10, 2026, The World of Chinese)
We long for every article and resource we produce to serve as a catalyst that helps us pray with greater depth and focus.
Those who want to walk alongside the church in China need to understand not only the suffering it produces, but the architecture that produces it.
For ChinaSource readers, the story invites us to remember Chinese Christianity not as a simple one-directional story of Western missionaries going to China, but as a deeply interconnected history of receiving, translating, indigenizing, and sending.
We rejoice with Pastor Jin and his family and join him in praying for those remaining in prison, along with the families of those detained.
To serve effectively in a Chinese American church, pastors must address a more fundamental issue: securing a legal status that allows them to live and minister in the country.
May we carefully nurture these cherry-blossom seeds in the sweet potato field until, in the love of Christ, they flower and bear fruit, becoming gospel pioneers who will help shape the future of both Taiwan and Japan.
What happens to faith when the structures that once sustained it become uncertain?
The thoughtful and wide-ranging contributions in this issue of ChinaSource Journal are particularly relevant to where China’s church finds itself today.
Resources for Chinese Public Theology
Who Is the Prophet of Our Time?: The Public Theology Praxis of Martin Luther King Jr. and Billy Graham is undoubtedly a landmark work of Chinese-language public theology.
“Many Chinese churches place great emphasis on ‘truth’ and ‘goodness’ in their teaching and practice, yet they pay less attention to ‘beauty.’” Complaints of…
