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July 2022

July 05, 2022

Chinese Christians Have Faith in the Wilderness. Will We?

We made the heart-wrenching decision to close the China chapter of our lives. Twenty years...

May 2021

May 11, 2021

The Ministry of Women in the Chinese Church

The recent issue of ChinaSource Quarterly reflects on women’s contribution to the Chinese church. This...

July 2019

July 03, 2019

The 5 Most Pressing Needs of the Chinese Church

The most pressing needs of the Chinese church are theological, missiological, and familial. What does...

May 2019

May 08, 2019

7 Reasons Why Sinicization is Not Rhetoric This Time

Some people have expressed their doubt about China’s recent initiative to “Sinicize” Christianity. They suspect...

April 2019

April 11, 2019

Writing Worship Songs in Chinese (when it’s your second language)

Contextualization involves more than sound theological doctrine or effective ministry strategies. One area of contextualization...

March 2019

March 20, 2019

“Sinicized Christianity” is Not Christianity

Last year, I suggested that China’s 5-year plan to Sinicize Christianity is political, not biblical....

December 2018

December 13, 2018

Video Captures Police Crackdown on Wang Yi’s Church

The South China Morning Post uploaded a series of phone videos capturing the scene of...

December 13, 2018

Part 2 of Pastor Wang Yi’s Open Letter Released after His Arrest

This is the second article where I post Pastor Wang Yi's open letter with my...

December 12, 2018

My Take on Wang Yi’s Letter Concerning Civil Disobedience in China

Pastor Wang knew this day was coming. He wrote a letter to be released in...

June 2018

June 14, 2018

ChinaSource looks at denominations in China and its churches

Last week, I wrote a post explaining the structure of many Chinese churches and the...

May 2018

May 23, 2018

China’s Five-Year Plan for Adapting Christianity to Chinese Socialism

Many people have heard about China's plan to "sinicize" Christianity. What does that mean? The...

March 2018

March 21, 2018

Recent ChinaSource Quarterly focuses on contextualization in China

This most recent issue of ChinaSource Quarterly is dedicated to the topic of contextualization. I...

October 2017

October 04, 2017

What the Chinese Church Teaches Me About Obligation and Love

We Americans charge the hill while screaming, “You can’t tell me what to do!”

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Reflections on the Reformation 500 and the Gospel Conference

Over four-thousand Chinese leaders and mission workers from around the world recently met in Hong...

May 18, 2017

Online Chinese Christianity Collection

I recently found out the Online Chinese Christianity Collection (OCCC) is now accessible. It is...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

Can Christians eat blood?

An oft debated question among Chinese Christians is this, “Can Christians eat blood?” For some, the...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

If We Say Chinese Have No Sin, We Deceive Ourselves

It began last summer. I awoke to read an email suggesting that Danny Hsu’s article...

March 23, 2017

Is the Chinese Church a Test-Case for “The Benedict Option”?

If you’ve been on the web but haven’t heard of Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option,...

March 17, 2017

What Christianity in China Is Really Like (recommended reading)

The Gospel Coalition has a good introduction to Christianity in China. I love Colin Clark's...

March 01, 2017

Individualism with “Chinese Characteristics”?

“Traditional” views of Chinese culture as so Qing dynasty. That’s what Danny Hsu argues in...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Let Us NOT Praise Famous Men: Success in Ministry

Today's guest post comes from ANDREW T. KAISER, PhD, author of Voices from the Past...

February 22, 2017

Learning from the Past: Language Study

Today's guest post comes from ANDREW T. KAISER, PhD, author of Voices from the Past...

February 07, 2017

Educated Chinese Christians and Wang Mingdao’s Popular Theology

Why do educated Chinese Christians both believe and leave the church? And does Wang Mingdao's...

January 2017

January 17, 2017

Contextualizing Christmas in China

If you are interested in contextualization in China, you might want to check out Ruth...

November 2016

November 02, 2016

Must Chinese elders have believing children?

What qualifies a person to be a pastor? Are you aware of a controversial translation...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

If you give praise, you and they will lose face.

Working in strong honor-shame cultures should make us rethink assumptions about leading others. For example,...

October 2015

October 07, 2015

Pastor Centered Chinese Churches

What image comes to mind when you think of a Chinese pastor? Meek and mild?...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Nik Ripken on the Chinese Christian Context

Nik Ripken offers a rather succinct but helpful summary of the situation many Chinese Christians...

January 08, 2015

Why Chinese don’t contextualize theology

I often hear people say that missionaries are not the people who should be doing...

July 2014

July 10, 2014

Does God have a wonderful plan for your life?

If we tell someone, "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life,"...