Shangdong CC&TSPM held an online lecture on the theme of "Tian Feng in the eyes of Tian Feng people" to introduce its history and current content.
According to the report by the CCC&TSPM, Pastor Zhiqiang Hao, editor-in-chief of Tian Feng magazine, as the guest speaker, outlined the timeline of the development of Tian Feng, or Heavenly Wind, the magazine of the TSPM church in China on May 25, 2022.
He introduced main Chinese Christian leaders and former senior editors’ comments to this magazine, sorted out its history — the only journal of Chinese Christianity that is publicly issued at home and abroad, and shared the magazine's founding positioning, development process, ideological position, way of expression, responsibility, and mission.
Having been Tian Feng’s editor-in-chief since the beginning of 2020, Pastor Hao, in the face of the new situation and new challenges in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 pandemic, took the lead in using the blockchain concept in the field of information technology to build the framework for integrated Christian media in China, bridging between the magazine’s authors, editors, and readers. .
Pastor Hao stated that the TSPM flagship magazine represented the position of Christianity in China, “insisting on bearing witness to the truth, keeping close to social reality, preaching the message of the current time, pastoring and uniting believers, and actively promoting the unity of the church, religious solidarity, and social harmony”.
In the lecture, Pastor Hao not only showed the historical mission of Tian Feng, but also explained in detail the reason and process of how this magazine had become an important media tool for patriotism and religious devotion, as well as an important window for Chinese society and the world to know Chinese Christianity. He added that since its founding 77 years ago, the magazine has promoted the message of patriotism and guided Christians to know the society, constantly adapting to the socialist society, and contributing to the healthy development of Christianity in China.
Pastor Gao Ming, chairman of TSPM of Shangdong, said Tian Feng’s current layout and column structure had “distinctive features and rich content”, which “provides churches across the country the direction of sinicizing Christianity and believers the correct guidance to adapt to the socialist society”.
- Translated by Katherine Guo
