Chinese churches in Germany often bring together people whose paths might otherwise remain separate: migrants from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia; students and businesspeople; recent arrivals and long-term residents; people carrying very different political memories and assumptions.
Following the first installment in our Stories from Inside the Church in China series, “The Pressure of Ordinary Faith”, these three stories circle around a question facing some Chinese Christians today.
Knowing our final destination is not only hope for the future—it changes how we face sorrow today.
Prompted in part by Sam Ren’s recent article, “The Displaced Minority,” these brief vignettes offer glimpses of ordinary Christian life in Mainland China that often remain unseen.
For the first time, we saw that ordinary believers could begin where they were and create connections between churches that had previously known little about one another.
The microphone had truly been placed in the hands of the next generation, allowing them to speak, think, and respond for themselves.
Disciples are made to need one another, and in their interdependence they reveal God's glory.
After leaving Kuala Lumpur, one question stayed with me: were we, throughout the conference, actually speaking about the same thing when we used the term ‘public theology’?
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.
ChinaSource is entering a new season of leadership transition.
More than an update, this is a space to listen, to learn, and to pray together.
Each member of the network plays a critical but different role in carrying out actions of loving kindness and righteousness to transform society.