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A sign with the word “Love,” with a heart for the O, and the Chinese character for love below. The journey of identity for Christians on both sides of the strait is to "leave the old identity" and experience a journey of a new identity, no longer bound by the unchangeable "past determining the future" but renewed in the light of the gospel.

Identity Beyond Nationalism

The journey of identity for Christians on both sides of the strait is to "leave the old identity" and experience a journey of a new identity, no longer bound by the unchangeable "past determining the future" but renewed in the light of the gospel.

A young man looks at a departure and arrival schedule in an airport. China is creating the avenues for people-to-people, education, and cultural exchanges. Christians should be among the first to respond to openings like this.

Come and See: Welcoming 50,000 Youth

China is creating the avenues for people-to-people, education, and cultural exchanges. Christians should be among the first to respond to openings like this.

An image of a Church of the East cleric from a mural in the Palace of al-Mukhtar, dated to 837 to 839 AD. In AD 781, during the reign of Mahdi, the third of the Abbasid caliphs at Baghdad and spiritual and temporal head of the Muslim religion, Timothy and the caliph convened for a two-day dialogue in Arabic with portions in Syriac. The fraternal dialogue format with the caliph was in the form of questions and answers.

Ministering to Muslims: The Dialogue between Timothy I and the Caliph Mahdi

In AD 781, during the reign of Mahdi, the third of the Abbasid caliphs at Baghdad and spiritual and temporal head of the Muslim religion, Timothy and the caliph convened for a two-day dialogue in Arabic with portions in Syriac. The fraternal dialogue format with the caliph was in the form of questions and answers.

People examine tables full of books in an open-air market. Looking for a good end-of-summer book? Check out this roundup of the book reviews we’ve done over the last year, from memoir to biography to in-depth history to analysis of the current situation in China.

Summer 2024 Reading Recommendations

Looking for a good end-of-summer book? Check out this roundup of the book reviews we’ve done over the last year, from memoir to biography to in-depth history to analysis of the current situation in China.

A multicultural group of people put their hands together for a common work. Daniel's wholehearted sincerity and purity made him distinguishable among all officials. This purity of Christ's love in our hearts can also make our non-profit organizations stand out, even under governmental restrictions.

Navigating Faith and Governance

Daniel's wholehearted sincerity and purity made him distinguishable among all officials. This purity of Christ's love in our hearts can also make our non-profit organizations stand out, even under governmental restrictions.

A smiling elderly Asian woman sits on a bed. Churches across varied regions are providing diverse elderly care services to their local communities… However, they still face challenges such as difficulties in management and operations, insufficient professionalism among service personnel, and overall low service levels.

Learning to Care for the Elderly

Churches across varied regions are providing diverse elderly care services to their local communities… However, they still face challenges such as difficulties in management and operations, insufficient professionalism among service personnel, and overall low service levels.

A bookshelf full of books with colorful spines, all commentaries on the Gospel of John. Their critical contextualization of who belonged in Jesus’s kingdom, who were the real Christians, freed the gospel from ethnic cultural imprisonment, and opened the door to for an all-peoples Church.

Crossing Cultures: Theology versus theology

Their critical contextualization of who belonged in Jesus’s kingdom, who were the real Christians, freed the gospel from ethnic cultural imprisonment, and opened the door to for an all-peoples Church.

An illuminated Gospel of John, hand-written in Greek, lies open behind glass. There is an icon of St. John on the left. Viable parallels exist between ancient Christian learning and life with Chinese Christianity, and part of the purpose of our writing these series of presentations is to identify what those are in the best way we know how.

The Legacy of Ancient Christianity for China

Viable parallels exist between ancient Christian learning and life with Chinese Christianity, and part of the purpose of our writing these series of presentations is to identify what those are in the best way we know how.

A young Asian man works with a little girl looking over his shoulder. People have never been so eager to hear about the gospel because their lives and hopes have never been so damped in the past four decades.

Generation to Generation

People have never been so eager to hear about the gospel because their lives and hopes have never been so damped in the past four decades.

A girl looks at suitcases hung from the ceiling. Looking back now, the formation of the Mobile School was not man-made but arranged. We only needed to follow the guidance resolutely. Although the "Long March" has just begun, "a single spark can start a prairie fire!"

The School on the Move—A New Long March

Looking back now, the formation of the mobile school was not man-made but arranged. We only needed to follow the guidance resolutely. Although the "Long March" has just begun, "a single spark can start a prairie fire!"