Resources from 2021
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Lead Article
Women in Ministry in China
The Past 50 Years
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.
Book Reviews
Poetry in Blood
A Book Review
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.
ChinaSource Perspective
Tea and Evangelism
ChinaSource Vice President of Partnership and China Engagement, Joann Pittman, recounts her observations of women in ministry over her 20 years spent in China.
It’s Easter. It’s Been a Long Time. Why Am I Still Hurting?
Because that’s how grief works. It is not just a once in a lifetime thing, it comes back at unexpected moments.
John Song: Modern Chinese Christianity and the Making of a New Man
A Book Review
"A colorfully descriptive and meticulously documented" biography of John Song.
ZGBriefs | April 8, 2021
China’s expat tax reform could see more than a third of American firms leave Shanghai, AmCham says (April 1, 2021, South China Morning Post) More than a third of multinational firms in Shanghai are considering moving all or part of their operation out of China or to another Chinese city when tax exemptions on allowances for foreign employees expire next year…
Reflecting on Tea and Evangelism
A ChinaSource Perspective on the coming 2021 spring issue of CSQ, "Women and the Missio Dei in China."
Celebrating Palm Sunday in Gansu Province
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.