The Lamp That Never Went Out
In northern China, there is a large family that has followed Christ for nearly a century and has given birth to preachers for four consecutive generations.
通过信徒、牧者、事工同工与研究者的观察,了解中国境内基督教的历史、信仰生活与当代处境。
In northern China, there is a large family that has followed Christ for nearly a century and has given birth to preachers for four consecutive generations.
In an era of accelerating change, ChinaSource continues its twenty-eight-year legacy as the vital connection point between China's believers and the worldwide Christian community.
Good missiology and partnership with Africans that is more equal and mutually instructive to one another is a partnership that values the voices and contributions of both parties in theological understanding, finance and time, culture and our lives.
在国族危机与新思潮交锋的年代,基督教既被视为外来势力的象征,也透过教育、医疗与慈善走进中国社会。面对质疑与接纳,中国基督徒如何逐渐找到自己的声音?
Somewhere between Kunming and Beijing, between my father’s clickety-clack and this near-silent glide, I realized how much the world can change in a lifetime—and how faith, like memory, must find its voice again amid the noise and speed of progress.
Contact between Africa and China occurred from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD through the Silk Route but even earlier, the “Han (202 BCE-220 CE) had been in contact with Africa” through trade.
His story reminded me of my mother’s perseverance through her own trials—a resilience that rarely announced itself but became a legacy to the next generation.
In Chinese culture, perhaps no circle is more cherished than the full Mid‑Autumn moon. Reunion is the heartbeat of this festival, and the moon’s flawless face is its emblem.
The utilization of diverse resources is needed if we are to effectively and robustly train Chinese missionaries and churches to be an invaluable contributory force to Christian mission.
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.
中国朝廷看到的是钟表,宣教士带来的却是要理问答。从最初的好奇,到后来对「外来宗教」的疑虑,基督教与传统中国的相遇,远比接受或拒绝更加复杂。
When we peel back the layers of opposition we face in ministry, we often find something nasty and dark disguised within ourselves, calling out for “innocent clout,” legitimate influence, or ministerial camaraderie, but is it really just that we want to be liked?