From Tending Sheep to Shepherding Souls
Salvation, he came to see, is not the story of human beings climbing upward by their own strength. It is the story of one who is willing to descend for the lost.
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How God Called Me to Mongolia
All of a sudden, what started as a random set of strangers in a country I knew nearly nothing about outside of my middle school world history class, became God’s children whom he loved and the most important people in my life.
The Problem of Language in Teaching World Christianity
If we are to truly appreciate theology from a worldwide perspective, surely we need to engage theology in other languages.
Reframing the Mission
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…
No Longer Alone
When people who have long been studying, teaching, pastoring, and serving in different contexts finally sit in the same room, what becomes visible?
Providence and Vision
My experience of the election and grace of the Triune God—the providential care of the Heavenly Father, the guarding of the Holy Spirit, and the guidance of the Holy Son—is truly a testament to what John Newton described as Amazing Grace in his hymn: “grace appeared the hour I first believed.”
If Revival Comes III
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.
Narrowing the Gap by Broadening Our Mission as Chinese Christian Scholars
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.
Theological Negotiations in World Christianity
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.
As Trump and Xi Meet
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 Theological Coming of Age of the Chinese Church
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.
Traveling to China
If you’ve been thinking about visiting China and wondering if you should go, I say DO IT!