Recently, I’ve been reflecting on pastors in persecuted contexts and have been thinking about the concept of lament. As He often does, God…
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“The night before last I was taken away to the central investigation area of the Qingyang branch of the Chengdu Police Bureau. This time I…"
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The church, whether it be large or small, oblong or compact, is a vessel for the raw transformative substance of God’s Word. Scripture is our source code. Our base content. God…
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The corporate prayer life of a church must be grounded in the healthy, regular, personal prayer of its pastor and its people. In Matthew 6:5-13, Jesus instructs…
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For far too long, I lived under the strong impression that worship was an exclusive, two-way relationship between Christians and God. My idea of worship was…
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After graduating from college, I worked for a year. I came to this church when God led me to Beijing to prepare for graduate studies abroad. At that time…
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In 1998, I was sent to Okinawa as a domestic missionary of the Evangelical Free Church. Back then, the Evangelical Free Church was one of the most developed denominations in Japan. Even if they…
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Part of the challenge the church faces today is that a lot of our discourse about mission stays within the community of faith. Our engagement with culture can be on a highly-articulated, but theoretical level…
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It’s that time of year when anyone who lives in Phoenix, Arizona remembers that 118 degrees is incredibly hot and questions the logic of building a city in the middle of the desert…
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“The purpose of silence and solitude is to be able to see and hear. The Spirit speaks to us when our heart is still and silent before the Lord—not when we’re rushing about and doing our own thing in our own way.”
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"Conventional strategy isn't much help right now, as it presumes visibility that none of us have. Instead, it is a time to prototype everything.”
As I read this, it hit me. An overwhelming…
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I want to talk today about you. There are a lot of questions about what kind of unique witness should the church have at a time like this—how do you pastorally care for people who are experiencing anxiety on a unique level? But I don't want to talk about those. I want to talk about you.
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City to City has compiled these reflections by Timothy Keller in the hopes that…
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Who is a worship service for? Can a church effectively reach out to Christians and non-Christians in the same service?
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New York City presents serious challenges to the church’s call to discipleship. Shallow relationships are the norm. Work demands almost every ounce of a person’s time and energy…
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When I first became a follower of Jesus in early 2004, I didn’t know my left from my right. Because I didn’t grow up as a Catholic, I concluded I must be…
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Throughout the Old and New Testaments and church history, every spiritual awakening was founded on corporate, prevailing, intensive, kingdom-centered prayer.
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