Grief is essentially a process of saying goodbye to someone or something we love. When we can say goodbye in a healthy way, we open ourselves up to a new beginning.

On Holy Tuesday, the Lord Jesus engaged in discussions with the Pharisees, Herodians, Sadducees, and teachers of the law, responding to their challenges while teaching the people through precepts and parables. In commemoration of this day, Chongwenmen Church in Beijing held a worship service to reflect on the Greatest Commandment.

Wang Shengjun, an assistant pastor from a church in Anshan, Liaoning Province, is one such minister devoted to serving the deaf. He has been involved in this ministry since 2009, accompanying deaf believers for 16 years. Recently, Gospel Times spoke with Pastor Wang to gain insight into the spiritual lives of deaf Christians and to learn more about his current pastoral approach and reflections.

On April 13, Palm Sunday, Chongwenmen Church in Beijing held its fifth Palm Sunday worship service, urging believers to follow Jesus as he entered the holy city, to triumph over sin, suffering, and even death, and to rise with him in resurrection.

Once struggling with feelings of inferiority and depression due to his impaired hearing, Assistant Pastor Wang Shengjun never imagined he would encounter the gospel, let alone become a close spiritual partner and coworker within the deaf Christian community.

Amid growing concerns over declining sermon quality, a grassroots pastor with over thirty years of preaching experience shares his insights on revitalizing sermons through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Healthy, thriving churches, even in challenging times, share a common trait—a well-functioning ecosystem. In this system, the church provides pastors with holistic support for their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, while pastors focus on shepherding and delivering quality spiritual nourishment, creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.

In a church in eastern China, the elderly members who join ministries outnumber the younger generation. It claims, "If the church can systematically plan senior believers' training programs, it will continuously attract human resources in ministries unprecedentedly. With such fresh human resources, the church can expand old ministries and develop new ones."

On Pentecost, a Chinese pastor preached about self-control, which is the ninth fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Three grassroots pastors in North China express different emotions, but behind this sad or anxious mood is actually the realistic and complicated situation that the grassroots church is experiencing.