“We need to have the confirmation and confidence in the Lord that our first identity is as followers of Jesus, not as Chinese immigrants, businessmen, elders, founding pastors, or church-building pastors. Our most important identity is in our union with Christ.”
Readers’ most-clicked ZGBriefs links of 2022.
China is…in the midst of a religious boom, which the government is trying to use to further its grip on power… But can authoritarianism and religious life coexist?
I was once lost but was bought by God at great price. I had been a confused Christian for many years, and there was no change in my life until God opened my spiritual eyes and made me see.
Our assistant content manager shares the blog posts that most impacted her last year. What were your favorites?
As we begin the new year, let’s lift our eyes to the God of the nations and together worship him. And pray . . .
No matter what is happening, God is always on the move.
International mission agencies can offer guidance. We need guides. I don’t mean a simplistic, short-term orientation course. But neither do we need a boss who only gives commands and does not truly walk with us. I mean each missionary needs a genuine guide.
The promise of Christmas is not that everything changes tomorrow, but that change is possible through Christ…It begins with the transformation of human hearts.
My vision is for training with the goal of fruitfulness. There is a great movement happening in the Chinese church, but there isn’t a great deal of actual church planting happening. How do we help them to bear fruit?
A paradox—closed, yet an openness that I’ve never encountered before.
As the Lord leads ChinaSource into new opportunities for fruitful partnerships in 2023, please consider how you might be able to support those opportunities.