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A Tour of Three-Self Churches

In the summer of 2011 I spent about two months traversing China from Kunming in the south to Hegang near the Russian border in the north visiting registered churches and interviewing the pastors.

Chinese Bible Printing in China

This year marks the 100th  anniversary of the first edition of the completed Mandarin Union Version Bible. Instrumental in the distribution of this Bible in China has been Amity Printing Press in Nanjing. 

10 Quotes about the Chinese Bible

According to Jost Oliver Zetzsche, "the first edition of the completed Mandarin Union Version was received from the printer on April 22, 1919." That is 100 years ago today!

Celebrating the First Re-opened Church

In the spring of 1979, Ningbo Centennial Church became the first church in China to reopen its doors after the Cultural Revolution. 

Left-behind Children and the Rural Church

As China develops and urbanization accelerates, so does the number of Christians flowing out of the countryside. This has left many rural churches with shrinking numbers and aging congregations.