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A black and white street view in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. How are churches inside China discerning faithfulness amid shrinking space? And how should we learn to listen, respond, and accompany—without assuming a clarity we do not possess?

When It Finally Happens

How are churches inside China discerning faithfulness amid shrinking space? And how should we learn to listen, respond, and accompany—without assuming a clarity we do not possess?

Andrea Lee • January 23, 2026 •

Woman in church praying, Surveying the fraught relationship between church and state in China, the late Chinese church historian Daniel Bays asserted that government control of religion has been a constant feature from Imperial times to the present.

State Dominance of Religion

Surveying the fraught relationship between church and state in China, the late Chinese church historian Daniel Bays asserted that government control of religion has been a constant feature from Imperial times to the present.

Brent Fulton • September 29, 2025 •

A solitary person walking along the crest of a wind-swept sand dune under a vast, cloud-streaked sky.

The End of Persecution

The persecution story may be unending, but neither is persecution the end of the story.

Brent Fulton • June 30, 2025 •