Editorial reflection and analysis on issues shaping Chinese Christianity.
If Chinese Christians can develop robust local sources of information and reflection, they can move away from a “nervous” existence and learn to navigate risks, mitigate pressures, and live out their faith meaningfully within the land they inhabit.
I hope this book introduces Nee to a new generation of readers—not as a perfect figure, and not as a saint beyond criticism, but as a serious Christian thinker whose work deserves careful attention.
We must move toward a global dialogue where the Western scholar, the African pastor, the Asian theologian, and the Latin American activist sit together as equals.
If we are to truly appreciate theology from a worldwide perspective, surely we need to engage theology in other languages.
A decade ago, there was a groundswell of discussion and activity among global Christian organizations around how best to partner with China’s emerging mission…
When people who have long been studying, teaching, pastoring, and serving in different contexts finally sit in the same room, what becomes visible?
We must explore what kind of ideology the Chinese church, which developed in tandem with such a turbulent history, would adopt as it enters the church, serves the church, and envisions the future.
The conference, "Chinese Christian Scholarship and the Church in Global Perspective: Review and Prospect," organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies of Chinese Christianity (IASCC) was certainly a fruitful event.
The universalizing claims of the Gospel about an unchanging God are spoken of in tension with the subjectivizing conditions of our lives in an ever-changing world.
Prayer is a way we can all draw closer to Christ and be a more unified church. This moment is not only about China or the United States. It is also about how the global church, as the body of Christ, remembers those who suffer, prays for those in power...
The Chinese church is gradually moving from numerical breadth to intellectual maturity—from movement-driven growth to the building of institutions and a knowledge tradition.
These sessions showcased the intensity and seriousness with which this generation is pursuing in-depth knowledge with academic integrity, intellectual purpose, and faith.