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Exploring Chinese Christianity Together

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A collection of interesting China-related news stories and essays from around the World Wide Web! chinasource.org/newsletters/…
ZGBriefs | November 12, 2026

ZGBriefs | November 12, 2026

I Just Wanted a Mooncake. What Happened to the Economy? (September 30, 2026, Road to Hainan via Substack)…

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"With multiple Christian networks asserting their own distinctive claims, the map of global Christianity is becoming more polycentric, not less." chinasource.org/articles/cat…
Catholicity in the Making

Catholicity in the Making

Being at home and yet a stranger turned out to be a useful position from which to listen. Much of what I heard over three days sounded familiar; some of it did not.

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"Two papers in neighboring rooms, or even in the same room, might be separated by a thousand years or half the globe, and yet both spoke of Chinese Christianity." chinasource.org/articles/cat…
Catholicity in the Making

Catholicity in the Making

Being at home and yet a stranger turned out to be a useful position from which to listen. Much of what I heard over three days sounded familiar; some of it did not.

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"If Chinese ecclesiology is, as the conference’s subtitle says, in the making, so too are the connections between the churches of Asia." chinasource.org/articles/cat…
Catholicity in the Making

Catholicity in the Making

Being at home and yet a stranger turned out to be a useful position from which to listen. Much of what I heard over three days sounded familiar; some of it did not.

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Catholicity in the Making

Catholicity in the Making

Being at home and yet a stranger turned out to be a useful position from which to listen. Much of what I heard over three days sounded familiar; some of it did not.

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Does the Great Commission disappear when things become difficult? chinasource.org/articles/res…
Resilient Faith

Resilient Faith

Political systems change. Governments impose restrictions. Foreign Christian workers come and go. Yet God’s purposes continue.

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Does greater government pressure automatically mean a weaker church? chinasource.org/articles/res…
Resilient Faith

Resilient Faith

Political systems change. Governments impose restrictions. Foreign Christian workers come and go. Yet God’s purposes continue.

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“When the government closes the door, Jesus opens a window.”(a Chinese pastor). chinasource.org/articles/res…
Resilient Faith

Resilient Faith

Political systems change. Governments impose restrictions. Foreign Christian workers come and go. Yet God’s purposes continue.

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Resilient Faith: What the Church in China is Teaching Me chinasource.org/articles/res…
Resilient Faith

Resilient Faith

Political systems change. Governments impose restrictions. Foreign Christian workers come and go. Yet God’s purposes continue.

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"Perhaps the heart of Pentecost was not only that people spoke different languages, but that they were able to hear the languages of others." chinasource.org/articles/my-…
My Chineseness May Be Different from Yours

My Chineseness May Be Different from Yours

Whether I called myself Chinese, Korean, or Taiwanese, none of these identities seemed capable of describing me fully.

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"Theologically, the Church may be understood as a people called by God out of conformity with the world and gathered into a community of allegiance to Christ." chinasource.org/articles/nei…
Neither Church nor Sect

Neither Church nor Sect

For more than a century, scholars have often used the terms “church” and “sect” to describe different kinds of Christian communities. The distinction is especially associated with Max Weber and Ernst…

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"This calling does not require withdrawal from society, but faithfulness within it, including the refusal of practices that compromise Christian discipleship." chinasource.org/articles/nei…
Neither Church nor Sect

Neither Church nor Sect

For more than a century, scholars have often used the terms “church” and “sect” to describe different kinds of Christian communities. The distinction is especially associated with Max Weber and Ernst…

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Calling a Christian community a “sect” may sound like a sociological description. But what happens when that description becomes a theological judgment? chinasource.org/articles/nei…
Neither Church nor Sect

Neither Church nor Sect

For more than a century, scholars have often used the terms “church” and “sect” to describe different kinds of Christian communities. The distinction is especially associated with Max Weber and Ernst…

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Was it a Chinese conference or a Western conference? Depends on who you're asking! chinasource.org/articles/per…
Perspective Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Perspective Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Overall, the conference featured not only an array of varying perspectives on Chinese ecclesiology—some stretching the interpretation of that term to its limits—but also diverse approaches to the…

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What happens when Chinese and Western scholars meet to discuss Chinese ecclesiology in Cambridge? chinasource.org/articles/per…
Perspective Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Perspective Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Overall, the conference featured not only an array of varying perspectives on Chinese ecclesiology—some stretching the interpretation of that term to its limits—but also diverse approaches to the…

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This looks like a fascinating lecture. Watch live on Thursday, November 5. mcgrath.nd.edu/events/lectur…. .
Syriac Christians in Tang China (7th-10th centuries AD) LIVESTREAM // McGrath Institute for Church...

Syriac Christians in Tang China (7th-10th centuries AD) LIVESTREAM // McGrath Institute for Church...

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chinasource.org/articles/nei… Are the terms "church" and "sect" sociological or theological?
Neither Church nor Sect

Neither Church nor Sect

For more than a century, scholars have often used the terms “church” and “sect” to describe different kinds of Christian communities. The distinction is especially associated with Max Weber and Ernst…

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What does faithfulness to Christ require in a particular historical setting? chinasource.org/articles/nei…
Neither Church nor Sect

Neither Church nor Sect

For more than a century, scholars have often used the terms “church” and “sect” to describe different kinds of Christian communities. The distinction is especially associated with Max Weber and Ernst…

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What is the identity and calling of the ekklesiaas presented in Scripture? How were these convictions embodied in the life of the early Church? chinasource.org/articles/nei…
Neither Church nor Sect

Neither Church nor Sect

For more than a century, scholars have often used the terms “church” and “sect” to describe different kinds of Christian communities. The distinction is especially associated with Max Weber and Ernst…

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Glorifying God among the nations is not just about what we do, but about how we show up in the world. - @BrentSFulton chinasource.org/articles/ref…
Reframing the Mission V

Reframing the Mission V

Discipleship does not scale. When making disciples is reduced to the realm of activity, the church loses sight of the essential relational nature of its mission.

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