Blog Entries by Kerry Schottelkorb
Rev. Kerry Schottelkorb is the president of ChinaSource.
For twenty years Kerry was involved in local church planting and youth ministry, both in the US and Hong Kong. He was the founding pastor of the Cle Elum Alliance Church in Cle Elum, Washington and one of two founding pastors of Evangelical Community Church in Hong Kong.
Kerry subsequently served as Vice President for Advancement for English Language Institute in China (ELIC) and the North American Director of Christian Action Asia.
Over the past 33 years, Kerry has been involved in ministry across China as a founding pastor of Evangelical Community Church in Hong Kong, Vice-President of Advancement for English Language Institute in China and the North American Director of Christian Action Asia. In these positions, Kerry has cultivated a keen love for China and Chinese ministry and developed a broad and diverse set of relationships across the US and Asia.
Kerry and his wife Debra began BridgeLives in 2007, providing leadership and team development to those primarily serving in an Asian context.
Kerry has a BA degree in history from Simpson College and an MA in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary.
Kerry is an encourager with a longstanding love for China and a passion for the nurturing and development of collaborative leaders.
The Schottelkorbs live in Los Angeles and have two children and nine grandchildren.
A Year of Unity and Anticipation
Stepping into 2025 with ChinaSource
This past year has been extraordinary for ChinaSource—a season marked by remarkable kingdom partnerships and unity that point directly to God’s faithfulness. Reflecting on the milestones of 2024, one phrase captures the essence of this journey: “unprecedented territory.”
Thank You, Father! Thank You, Dad!
Being thankful and saying thank you is important any time of year. Certainly in this Thanksgiving season I want to say thank you to the ChinaSource community for your friendship, love, and sacrificial involvement together with us.
Drinking from a Deep Well
A taste of the 2022 winter issue of ChinaSource Quarterly, "Chinese Christians in the New Era."
Pausing to Say Thank You
And so, we give thanks for you. Whether you are a reader, a writer, an advisor, a financial partner, or a person of prayer, we are grateful for you!
Gaining Perspective on the Chinese American Christian Diaspora
We are grateful to the contributors of the winter ChinaSource Quarterly for providing us the opportunity to be richly informed in such a crucial season. I hope we can all come to this reading as humble learners, challenged to seek, understand, and grow.
Seeking Redemptive Recovery
A challenge and prayer for each of us seeking the God of recovery and revival.
In the Valley of Vision
Humbled Before Him
The Puritans described it as the place “where I live in the depth, but see thee in the heights . . . that valley is the place of vision.”
For Such a Time as This in Real Time
Even as the world is facing the worst pandemic in a century, I believe the Lord has given ChinaSource an important calling to continue helping forge collaborative oneness in Christ between the church in China and the global church, while amplifying Chinese church voices and bringing understanding to the church in the West.
Waiting, Praying in His Embrace
It is a time to wait on the Holy Spirit as we seek him in the name of our Savior and by the power of his word, to inform, guide, strengthen, and sustain his “called out ones” and to pray for healing and protection for those who have been afflicted or are vulnerable.
The Challenge of Ethical Leadership in the Church
Looking ahead to the 2019 summer issue of ChinaSource Quarterly, "Leadership Ethics."