Beyond Proclamation
It is the beauty of a transformed life that gives credibility to our words and vitality to our witness.
It is the beauty of a transformed life that gives credibility to our words and vitality to our witness.
As the nations gather in Taiwan through study and work, churches are called to welcome, serve, and partner across cultures in this pivotal missional moment.
How can the joy and festivity of the New Year blend with the sorrow and self-denial of Lent?
Wherever Spring Festival is celebrated, Chinese communities are present. This worldwide cultural mosaic is more than an expression of ethnic identity. It can also become a spiritual map—guiding communities rooted in tradition toward a living encounter with the truth of the gospel.
The qualities often celebrated through the horse in Chinese culture—strength, perseverance, diligence, endurance—may rightly be received as genuine gifts of common grace. And yet Scripture insists on a boundary we forget at our peril: the horse cannot save.
The church does not need dominance to love neighbors—it needs faithfulness.
Does a person really need faith? And if so, what exactly is faith?
Over the past year, Ritual Studio has had the privilege of walking alongside the ChinaSource team as they reflected on how this work is presented and carried forward. Our role has been a supporting one—listening carefully, learning the history, and helping give form to values that have long guided ChinaSource’s work.
A new ChinaSource website is coming—shaped by listening, conversation, and a shared desire to explore Chinese Christianity together.
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.
As 2025 comes to a close and we anticipate with excitement the arrival of 2026, let’s take time to reflect on some highlights from the last 12 months.
Two tracks took root: social modernizers built schools and bridges; evangelists planted chapels and courage. China’s church still needs the gifts of both.