Thank you, Dan
Dan Kennicutt served his final day with the ChinaSource community as the ChinaSource director of finance on June 30, 2025. Dan served on the team for five and a half years and has become a close friend and colleague to us all. Dan’s portfolio extended far beyond his excellent financial oversight. He has been at the center of the ChinaSource strategic planning process and a mainstay in our internal operations, vitally laying the groundwork for the new ChinaSource vice president of operations position. Before Aaron Settle came aboard full-time, Dan kindly overlapped with him on a part-time basis in May and June to help with the transition.
Thankfully, Dan won’t be a stranger and will continue with us in an advisory as well as intercessory capacity, which is his great passion.
Dan, on behalf of the ChinaSource staff and board, I want to express our thanks for your friendship and sacrificial investment in the ChinaSource vision and mission over the last five and a half years. We’re looking forward to continuing and growing our close friendship in the days ahead!
Welcome to ChinaSource, Aaron and Kelly!
We’re pleased to welcome Aaron Settle to ChinaSource as our first-ever vice president of operations. On July 1, Aaron began working full-time on the ChinaSource team. He previously served with Elim Fellowship as the assistant director of global ministries, managing the daily operations of the global ministries office, responding to all requests on financial matters and field needs from over 100 field workers. Aaron comes to us skilled, experienced, and called to the position we have been seeking and praying to start for some time now. He will consolidate and lead internal-facing functions to better support our external-facing departments. The goal is to ensure smoother operations and clearer decision-making structures so that ChinaSource’s external work—publications, partnerships, and advancement—will thrive with strong internal support.
Next month, Aaron will introduce himself in this space, and you will see why we are so grateful he is on the team!
On July 1, we also welcomed our new assistant content manager, Kelly Carlson, to the ChinaSource team. Kelly is passionate about China, the Chinese church, and serving alongside Chinese Christians in the mainland and the diaspora. She will be collaborating with our content manager, Andrea Lee, continuing to keep our website and other platforms updated with accurate and compelling content while featuring the voices of Chinese Christianity. In the weeks ahead, we will make sure to get you acquainted with Kelly as well.
ChinaSource is all about people who are committed to the Lord Jesus Christ and to serving alongside Chinese Christians in the mainland and the diaspora. The greatest indication that we are meeting the kingdom objectives God has given us is the fruitfulness of a growing network of staff, board, and volunteers. Thank you for your prayers for the ChinaSource team—especially for Aaron Settle and Kelly Carlson in their new roles and ministries with ChinaSource.
Kerry Schottelkorb
President
Ways to Pray
Praise
- Thank the Lord for Dan Kennicutt and for the influence and impact his life and ministry have had on the ChinaSource team over the past five and a half years.
- Praise the Lord with us for our newest ChinaSource team members, Aaron Settle and Kelly Carlson. Please pray for grace and peace for them as they get acquainted with the ChinaSource community and engage in Christ’s calling for them.
- Praise the Lord for the great blessing that results when we see and value others as God does. Please see You Wouldn’t Know This, But… Ministry in a Moment, July 8, 2025 Blog Entry, by Andy Pearce.
Prayer
- We are mourning the loss of Martha Chan, founder and president of Educational Resources and Referrals-China (ERRC), even as we celebrate and remember Martha’s great life and unwavering “passion for taking the gospel to the people of China.” Please see Remembering Martha by Brent Fulton published on July 9, 2025.
- Please pray for Martha’s family and the ERRC community, that our God of All Comfort will comfort and sustain each one who is facing personal pain and loss in this moment.
- Please pray that the Body of Christ in Asia will preserve and nurture the unity in Christ that only the Holy Spirit can create. See Preserving and Nurturing Unity, July 7, 2025 Blog Entry, by Joann Pittman.
- Please pray that Christian art will become “a signal light through the fog…pointing to the God ‘who calls into being things that were not.'” Please see Chewing Pain to Mend the World: Faith, Art, and the Chinese Christian Imagination, July 1, 2025 Blog Entry, by Jiushuang Chen.
News and Notes
Online Event
On August 6, Joann will lead an online book club for ERRC. We will be discussing the book, “A Star in the East: The Rise of Christianity in China,” by Rodney Stark and Xiuhua Wang. The time is 5 pm PDT / 6 pm MDT / 7 pm CDT / 8 pm EDT. You can register HERE and purchase the book HERE. Please read the book and join us!
ChinaSource Team News
- On July 13, Kerry Schottelkorb preached at Home of Christ Church 6 English Section in Newark, California.
- On July 6, Brent Fulton preached at Home of Christ Church 6 English Section in Newark, California.
- On June 30, Christian Daily International republished Brent Fulton’s article “The End of Persecution.”
- On June 27-28, Brent Fulton gave lectures on US-China Relations and Chinese Religious Policy for the Chinese Worldview Seminar, sponsored by the China Academic Consortium.
- On June 19, Brent Fulton, Joann Pittman, and Andrea Lee participated in a Beijing Brief webinar on the Chinese Diaspora.
In Case You Missed It
A selection of recently published items:
- Identifying Needs, ChinaSource Blog, July 15.
- God’s Holistic Mission: Beyond Evangelism, ChinaSource Blog, July 14.
- The Sinicization of Christianity, ChinaSource Blog (CCV), July 11.
- ZGBriefs, July 10.
- Remembering Martha, ChinaSource Blog, July 9.
- You Wouldn’t Know This But…, ChinaSource Blog, July 8.
- Preserving and Nurturing Unity, ChinaSource Blog, July 7.
- God Has Always Been at Work, ChinaSource Blog, July 4.
- ZGBriefs, July 3.
- Chewing Pain to Mend the World, ChinaSource Blog (CCV), July 1.
- The End of Persecution, ChinaSource Blog, June 30.
- Theology in the Third Oceanic Age, ChinaSource Blog (CCV), June 27.
- ZGBriefs, June 26.
- Praying the Lord’s Prayer, ChinaSource Blog, June 24.
- Why Some Chinese Protestants Are Becoming Catholic, ChinaSource Blog, June 23.
- The Core of Chinese Mission: Piety and Suffering 中国差传的本质：敬虔与苦难, ChinaSource Blog, June 20.
- ZGBriefs, June 19.
