Church Life
Listening to Pastors in China, Part 2
Chinese pastors share personal stories of how God has worked in their lives and through their ministries.
Listening to Pastors in China, Part 1
What challenges do Chinese pastors face? How do they find support in the church? From other pastors? The journal ChurchChina recently published an article detailing these issues with interviews from prominent pastors in China.
Audio Now Available for Chinese New Hymnal
The Yanjing Theological Seminary student choir singing the hymns of the New Hymnal—a resource for churches in China.
The Challenge of Contextualization
Another Perspective
In an atmosphere of increased social tightening, some younger Christians are asking whether some current expressions of the church might actually stand in the way of an effectively contextualized message that resonates with today’s urban Chinese.
What Healthy Churches Ought to Look Like
A Three-self church pastor in Wenzhou writes about four practical concepts for developing healthy churches.
Celebrating Holy Week in China
Many churches in China marked Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday with special worship services. Here are pictures from two of the services.
As the Migration Pendulum Swings
Challenges Faced by Rural and Urban Churches
The temporary shift of church members from urban to rural and back to urban again during the Chinese New Year causes a Chinese Christian to reflect on the long-term challanges of China's urban migration.
Pastoring Post-90s Christians
What difficulties do youth in China face today? How do Chinese youth pastors tackle ministry challenges? And the frustrations?