Chinese Christians “Looking East”: The Empirical Evidence 华人基督徒的 “东方情结”
The Orthodox tradition has something meaningful to offer Chinese evangelical churches—not necessarily as a replacement, but as a resource for reflection and renewal.
Christian Life
Latest
Prayer Walking as a Rhythm of Life
JD has put together a two-page Prayer Walking Launch Guide to help people get started. If you’re in China, it’s a great resource to help you pray for the city in which God has placed you, either by birth or by a call to sojourn.
Crossing the Divide
Looking back, Liu sees his Catholic journey as a shift away from a faith centered on outcomes toward one centered on God himself.
Standing in the True Light 肃立在光中
For him, Orthodoxy is not about changing churches. It’s about rediscovering what was once central to the early Christian faith—a truth, he believes, that continues to burn.
Work as Worship
Work isn’t just a job—it’s a calling. Whether you are teaching, caregiving, coding, or cooking, your work matters to God.
Ink That Binds
This simple act—pen on paper, word by word—became a form of worship. It became a way of remembering, of re-centering, and most unexpectedly, of reconnecting.
Operation World
From that humble beginning, a worldwide prayer movement was launched.
How the Global Church Remembers
In response to this same central narrative—the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ—Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant communities have developed remarkably different expressions of remembrance.
Prayer Resources—China Partnership
China Partnership is a US-based organization that supports “an indigenous gospel movement in China.” They serve a network of urban churches that are able to provide timely and firsthand requests for prayer.
Peacemaking Across Cultures
Changing Normal has become 《和好如初：打破人际关系中的僵局》, currently available as an e-book, with paperback editions expected in late summer 2025.
![The website banner of prayforchina.us. B.F. Weston has recently started a website called PrayforChina.us, with the goal of “promote[ing] prayer from every US state for every Chinese province (and county).”](https://media.chinasource.org/uploads/2025/02/BL250224-ChinaSource-Chinese-Christianity-Pray-for-China-United-States-Pray-for-Gansu-Gansu-Prayer-300x150.jpg)
Pray for China: A Guided Prayer Resource
B.F. Weston has recently started a website called PrayforChina.us, with the goal of “promote[ing] prayer from every US state for every Chinese province (and county).”
“Shrewd as Snakes”?
Just as the serpent maneuvers and weaves through its environment, we can adopt an outward appearance of compliance while preserving inner principles.