If Revival Comes—A Major Shake-Up Awaits China’s Church
Before the next revival, today’s church in China will inevitably enter a process of upheaval, reorganization, and re-stabilization.
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Editorial reflection and analysis on issues shaping Chinese Christianity.
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When “Don’t Air Dirty Laundry” Hurts the Chinese Christian Community
In Chinese culture, it is challenging to bring domestic violence into the light.
China and Beyond
Advancing the Gospel in this generation requires that God’s people around the globe join hands and work together. ChinaSource helps enable the church in China to be part of this process, ensuring that the voice of our Chinese brothers and sisters is included in the global conversation.
Lessons from Mount Athos and the Desert Fathers
Strolling through this evergreen spiritual meadow on Mount Athos, at each monastery I visited, I felt as though I were seeing a spiritual rose blooming for a thousand years, clearly exuding the fragrance of truth.
The Beauty That Persuades
The call of cultural apologetics, I realized, begins with repentance: before we can witness to truth in the world, our own loves must be reordered by grace.
Preparing Our Hearts
We’re grateful to once again offer an Advent calendar—inviting believers around the world to join together in asking for God’s mercy and giving thanks for his blessings on Chinese Christians.
Our Generational Stories
Understanding China today requires a sense of where China has been.
Bridging Theology and Church Life
How can theology once again become the heartbeat of the church?
Christian Witness in Chinese–African Encounters
Good missiology and partnership with Africans that is more equal and mutually instructive to one another is a partnership that values the voices and contributions of both parties in theological understanding, finance and time, culture and our lives.
Crisis and Critique, 1862–1927
From 1862 to 1927, China’s crises produced both scapegoats and gifts: Christianity was resisted as foreign and embraced in service—while new ideologies recast the debate.
What the Chinese Mission Movement Means for the Global Church
As the Chinese mission movement collaborates with the rest of the global church in mission, how will it reshape global Christianity?
The Water We Swim In
We bring to China our view of the world and our place in it, our sense of “the way things ought to be,” our values and priorities. Through this lens, we try to make sense of a culture and people very different from ourselves.