The author provides an overview of women’s roles in the church over the past 40 to 50 years of its relatively open development in China. She notes the meaningful contributions women have made, challenges they face, and suggestions for dealing with them, as well as the role of outsiders.
Lian Xi recounts the story of a Chinese, Christian, political dissident during the Mao era. Imprisoned, tortured, and then executed in 1968 at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Lin Zhao wrote from prison using her own blood. The author draws on these writings as well as a wide range of interviews to tell her story.
From the desk of the guest editor.
ChinaSource Vice President of Partnership and China Engagement, Joann Pittman, recounts her observations of women in ministry over her 20 years spent in China.
Because that’s how grief works. It is not just a once in a lifetime thing, it comes back at unexpected moments.
"A colorfully descriptive and meticulously documented" biography of John Song.
A ChinaSource Perspective on the coming 2021 spring issue of CSQ, "Women and the Missio Dei in China."
Many churches in China are still unable to meet in person. However, this church was able to resume its services in time for Palm Sunday and Holy Week.
For those of us in the Protestant community who are engaged in serving the church in China, it is easy to focus on our corner of Christianity, however it may be defined, and completely miss the Catholic experience. This webinar helps broaden our understanding.
“He’s the Lamb! They always killed a lamb at that time! He died at that time. He’s the Lamb that died—but he came back to life!”
These narratives can also have a distorting effect upon those who employ them, for our China stories speak to more than simply what we think about China; they also reveal what we desire.
Four young Christian women with physical disabilities share how they run the Bread of Life Bakery.