Rides, Tables, and Tensions
Learning to receive one another amid our differences while holding fast to truth may be a discipline the entire Chinese church must continue to practice.
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When Public Theology Meets the Chinese-Speaking World
In mid-July 2026, Chinese Christian scholars and pastors from various denominational backgrounds in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the three-day Third Public Theology Conference.
CCCOWE Is Finding New Ways to Speak
What was most noteworthy about this congress was not only what it said, but also how it was experimenting with new ways to speak, lead, communicate, and understand the next generation.
Salt and Light: Rethinking Chinese Public Theology in Kuala Lumpur
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’?
Bringing Incarnational Faith into Public Life
Does the gospel of Christ also concern a nation's public life: justice, poverty, corruption, the environment, refugees, and people suffering in disasters? I believe the answer is yes.
From the Enlightenment to the Digital Age
The public witness of the church is not to win political power or cultural hegemony in this “competition of gods.” Rather, it is to imitate Christ, seeking the peace of the city in exile, living out embodied love in the virtual, and witnessing to the eternal kingdom in suffering.
Public Theology Begins with God
Like all theology, public theology begins not with issues, but with the knowledge of God.
Public Mission in a Pluralistic Social Context
Can the Malaysian Chinese Church shift from a community primarily concerned with its own survival to one that participates in the holistic mission of God and seeks the peace of this land?
A Reading Guide to Chinese Public Theology
Resources for Chinese Public Theology
Becoming an Alternative Community
The thoughtful and wide-ranging contributions in this issue of ChinaSource Journal are particularly relevant to where China’s church finds itself today.
After the City on a Hill
By looking not only at the church in China itself but also to Christian communities in the global Chinese diaspora, these scholars offer both cautionary tales as well as hopeful visions of what it means to be a witness to the “public God.”
A Divine Displacement
The Chinese diaspora in Europe is transitioning from being a “mission field” (the recipient of gospel activity) to a burgeoning “mission force” (the agent of missional change).