• Tue-01-2025
Religious freedom must be defended in Myanmar’s time of crisis (December 23, 2024, Mizzima News from Myanmar)

What of the global community that professes to uphold religious freedom and human rights? The response has been shamefully slow. As lives are lost daily, we cannot afford to remain indifferent. This is a moment to defend religious freedom in Myanmar with conviction, not just through words, but through tangible actions.

  • Tue-01-2025
Christianity's impact on Chepang Indigenous spirituality in Nepal (December 29, 2024, Global Voices)

The Indigenous Chepang community in Nepal, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group, has traditionally maintained a profound connection with forests and nature. Over generations, the community has developed various adaptive mechanisms and sustainable practices. However, in recent decades, significant complex social and cultural transformations are occurring within the community.

  • Tue-01-2025
Syria: Christians Facing Existential Terrorist Threat (January 3, 2024, Middle East Forum)

Just days after the collapse of the Assad regime and the formation of a new interim government led by the HTS, alarming reports of anti-Christian violence and discrimination were already spreading across Syria. Currently, the Predominantly Christian Ancient Town of Maaloula, Where the People Still Speak the Language of Jesus, Aramaic, Is Being Targeted by Islamists.

  • Tue-01-2025
Proposed regulation in Sri Lanka targets churches’ religious freedom, Evangelicals warn (December 26, 2024, Christian Post)

The Sri Lankan government’s proposal earlier this year for a new, mandatory registration system for existing Christian places of worship follows a circular issued in 2022 requiring registration for new religious centers, places of worship, prayer centers and religious symbols involving multiple bureaucratic steps.

  • Tue-01-2025
Interview: Pastors Must Step Out of Church Walls for Ministry in Workplace (December 30, 2024, China Christian Daily)

Amid the shifting tides of the times, the mode of church ministry is constantly evolving. Recently, Paul, a male pastor from a city church in East China, shared his church’s understanding of ministry. They believe that in today’s era, the workplace is the most strategic mission field. It is the pastors (rather than the believers) who must step out of the church’s four walls and earn the trust of the world.

  • Tue-01-2025
The Immigrant Church…in Southeast Asia: Part 1 (December 30, 2024, China Partnership)

As more and more Chinese leave the country, they are not only moving to the U.S. or Western countries. Many Chinese are settling in other Asian countries, places not so far from their original home, countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, and other southeast Asian destinations. Among the current diaspora are many Christians, including house church pastors.

  • Tue-01-2025
A Story Well Lived (December 30, 2024, ChinaSource)

With the homegoing of Dr. Rudolf Mak on October 1, 2024, the ChinaSource community lost a valued mentor, colleague, teacher, friend, and pioneer. Rudolf was all of these—a dear brother in Christ who left an indelible impression on those with whom he served. His vision and unstoppable determination to seek the expansion of Christ’s kingdom in China were instrumental in shaping ChinaSource into the organization it is today.

  • Tue-01-2025
A Year of Unity and Anticipation (December 27, 2024, ChinaSource)

From forming new partnerships with Chinese-led ministries to strengthening existing collaborations, we’ve seen a diversity of voices—emerging leaders alongside seasoned ministries—joining us to share their stories with the global church. These partnerships remind us that, even in a world marked by division, the body of Christ is being built and unified in powerful ways.

  • Tue-01-2025
Sharing the Gospel in a Fast-Changing Culture (December 26, 2024, China Partnership)

A lot has changed since 2018, when we first visited Chinese cities in prayer, but much has also remained the same. We wanted to close out this year of prayer by re-visiting a 2018 interview with a Xiamen pastor. This year, many pastors specifically told us that things in Xiamen grew more difficult after 2019 (a year after this interview), but there are still commonalities from 2018, specifically that Xiamen believers are focused on making money, and it’s hard for them to find time to think about deeper things.

  • Sat-12-2024
Challenges and Opportunities for the Pulpit in China’s Urban House Churches (December 23, 2024, Chinese Church Voices)

With the rapid progress of industrialization, urbanization, informatization, and globalization, on the one hand, many new urban house churches have sprung up and thrived like bamboo shoots after the rain. On the other hand, some urban house churches have gradually shrunk, stagnated, and even split apart. It is the responsibility of this generation of pastors to face the challenges of urban house churches head-on and, through faith and prayer, rely on the Holy Spirit to respond to these challenges.