Xi’an Stele

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A group of students laughing while eating snacks and having fun. It might seem like a small thing but that is a refreshing contrast to the hostile rhetoric, and uninformed animosity that students see and hear all too often these days.

The Second Time, I Didn’t Come Alone

It might seem like a small thing but that is a refreshing contrast to the hostile rhetoric, and uninformed animosity that students see and hear all too often these days.

Jon Kuert • June 13, 2025 •

Nestorian? Or Not?

But the question is: should we still use the term "Nestorian" to refer to this early Chinese Christian movement?

Joann Pittman • March 7, 2025 •

A mural probably depicts Palm Sunday, from a Church of the East temple in Qocho, Chinese Turkestan, dating to the 7th–9th century. Deeply committed Syrian Christians traveled thousands of miles to plant a church in China, enjoyed a season of imperial favor during which the gospel took root and spread, and succeeded in communicating the essential message of Christ’s suffering for the salvation of the world and his resurrection from the dead.

Collective Misunderstanding

Deeply committed Syrian Christians traveled thousands of miles to plant a church in China, enjoyed a season of imperial favor during which the gospel took root and spread, and succeeded in communicating the essential message of Christ’s suffering for the salvation of the world and his resurrection from the dead.

Brent Fulton • June 26, 2024 •

Jingjiao—Not Nestorian

In AD 635 Christian missionaries whose worship language was Syriac traveled thousands of miles down the Silk Road to plant a church in China. The imperial officials examined their teaching and issued a decree (preserved in the stele) allowing the church to be established.

Glen Thompson • April 23, 2024 •