For Christians, prayer is like spiritual breathing, making it essential to understand and practice it correctly. A seasoned Chinese elder highlights three "ridiculous" prayers as a reminder of how believers should pray properly.

Sister Lu, a grassroots preacher from East China, shared her faith journey to becoming a full-time preacher and the impact of her family's faith on her life. She believes that a family’s faith culture and history are essential in shaping the faith of younger generations.

Mingjie, a typical Gen Z believer with a science-oriented mindset, grew up in a Christian environment, attending Sunday school and student fellowships. Despite God's protection throughout his life, his faith often stagnated at the level of legalism, struggling to move into a relationship of love and trust. Recently, however, his spiritual journey took a turn, thanks to the help of an AI tool, ChatGPT.

Recently, Paul, a male pastor from a city church in East China believes that in today's era, the field of ministry lies in the workplace. It is the "pastors" (rather than the believers) who must step out of the church’s four walls and earn the trust of the world.

Luo, a pastor serving in an urban church in western China, has encountered many Christians who appear outwardly mature but lack spiritual growth. Often unwilling to take responsibility, he describes them as 'spiritual giant babies.' To address this, he has explored various approaches to help them "grow up."

Terry Parkman landed in China for the first time to adopt his first daughter. In October 2019, just before the COVID-19 lockdown, he and his wife Christina returned to adopt their second daughter. The couple’s commitment to adoption is rooted in God’s calling and their submission to Scripture.

Terry Parkman, a NextGen pastor at River Valley Church in Minneapolis, works primarily with Generation Z and Generation Alpha. He and his wife Christina are raising two daughters. Drawing from his personal experience, Parkman encourages parents to take responsibility for discipling their children, emphasizing that parents need to "be the church they go to."

Anxiety is a universal human emotion that arises when we, as finite beings, are confronted with the infinite and uncertain. Philosophically, anxiety is an essential state of human existence. The Bible also addresses anxiety extensively, acknowledging its universality while urging us not to let it dominate our daily lives, “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew 6:34). Scripture also teaches that trusting in God can help us overcome anxiety: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6).

The modern era, marked by multiculturalism, postmodernism, and the rise of the Internet, has brought deconstruction across fields. Churches face tensions between tradition and modernity, as well as generational divides, with few solutions in sight. A pastor shares how his conservative church journeys toward openness.

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.