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Firsthand accounts of faith lived out in the context of Chinese Christianity.

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A beautiful Mongolian scene with a statue of a horse.

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.

Light streaming through the curved stained-glass windows of a church.

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.”

A photo of Rev. Joseph Tong.

Remembering Rev. Joseph Tong

His life is remembered not only in the seminaries he helped build or the roles he held, but in the people he shaped, the faith he carried through hardship, and the conviction, tested across decades, that God’s work is not sustained by wealth, but by grace.

A church building in China. In 2025, these completed projects marked moments of arrival, where faith that had long been practiced in provisional settings was finally given a place where that faith can endure.

Building Faith in Place

In 2025, these completed projects marked moments of arrival, where faith that had long been practiced in provisional settings was finally given a place where that faith can endure.