Peter Bryant
Looking Forward with Concern and Hope
A Preview of the 2023 Spring ChinaSource Quarterly
The 2023 spring issue of the ChinaSource Quarterly comes out next week. Here’s a sneak peek from the guest editor.
Lead Article
A Decade of Change and Future Prospects
Bryant outlines the four areas in which China has most changed over the past decade. He discusses what these involve and their significance for the church in China.
Half a Dozen Plenums
The Sixth Plenum just finished a four-day meeting. What might the resolution that came out of the meeting mean for the church in China?
Counting by Sevens—Re-entry into China
Clearing the quarantine and monitoring requirements from arrival to residence.
The COVID-Era Preflight Checklist
We left China to make a quick trip back to the States. A “quick trip” used to be two weeks. Now it cannot be shorter than a month. The flight used to take us 24 hours door to door; this time it was 48 hours. However, what made this trip different was not the longer flight time or the total length but the ongoing uncertainty and inability to plan much beyond the next step.
China and the True Jesus
A Book Review
A fascinating look at the history of a little-known, indigenous church group in China.
We Have Been Harmonized
A Book Review
“The China we once knew no longer exists. The China that was with us for forty years—the China of ‘reform and opening up’—is making way for something new.”
Training Laborers for His Harvest
A Book Review
An exploration of William Milne’s mentorship of Liang Fa, the first ordained Chinese pastor.