Shanghai: Traditional Culture, Human Sin
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Editor’s note: In May, China Partnership is praying for the city of Shanghai. As we focus on the particular issues Shanghai people face, we wanted to re-run an older interview we previously published with a Shanghai pastor. In this interview, he considers how he himself has changed after becoming a Christian. He received a traditional […]
Why Should I Love My Enemies?
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Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a sermon Wang Yi, pastor of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, preached on Matthew 5:38-48 before he was imprisoned in 2018. Over the next weeks, we will eventually publish the entire sermon, which is an in-depth meditation on what it really means to love those who hate […]
The Internal Cross: A Pastoral Letter
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Editor’s note: This pastoral letter, from February of this year, encourages and commends believers for the way they have borne up under the outward persecution of recent year. Yet, in the second half, he urges them to take up and bear their “inner” cross: to die to themselves and lay down their lives in their […]
The External Cross: A Pastoral Letter
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Editor’s note: This pastoral letter, from February of this year, encourages and commends believers for the way they have borne up under the outward persecution of recent year. In this first half of the letter, Elder Li Yingqiang praises his congregation for their fortitude under pressure, for the love they have shown others in their […]
Qingdao: How to Pray
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Editor’s note: This April, we are praying for Qingdao. Qingdao is a city of about 9 million, and is a well-known tourist spot and important seaport in northern China. To help us pray for their city, several Qingdao pastors shared some of their thoughts on the people and culture of Qingdao, as well as the […]
Qingdao: Locals and Outsiders
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Editor’s note: This April, we are praying for Qingdao. Qingdao is a city of about 9 million, and is a well-known tourist spot and important seaport in northern China. To help us pray for their city, several Qingdao pastors shared some of their thoughts on the people and culture of Qingdao, as well as the […]
Qingdao: Good Soil for the Gospel
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Editor’s note: This April, we are praying for Qingdao. Qingdao is a city of about 9 million, and is a well-known tourist spot and important seaport in northern China. To help us pray for their city, several Qingdao pastors shared some of their thoughts on the people and culture of Qingdao, as well as the […]
Qingdao: Managing Rapid Growth
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Editor’s note: This April, we are praying for the city of Qingdao, a major Chinese seaport and important cultural center just across the Yellow Sea from South Korea. The city, in eastern Shandong Province, is a popular tourist destination. This interview with a Qingdao pastor was originally published in 2019. Pastor Zhu shares about how […]
Obstacles to Belief: Interview with Shenyang Academics
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Editor’s note: This interview with two Shenyang believers was originally published in 2019. Brother Li and Sister Cai are lay leaders in their church, which is made up of busy graduate students at one of Shenyang’s prestigious science institutes. In this second part of the interview, Li and Cai talked about some of the obstacles […]
Busy Intellectuals: Interview with Shenyang Academics
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Editor’s note: This interview with two Shenyang believers was originally published in 2019. Brother Li and Sister Cai are lay leaders in their church, which is made up of busy graduate students at one of Shenyang’s prestigious science institutes. Because they minister mainly to scientific intellectuals, finding time for both evangelism and discipleship are big […]