When Paul writes to believers from prison, we see a pastor who has lost everything the world has to offer, yet through suffering has gained true glory. Paul demonstrates the heart of a pastor and the kind of service God requires. In the context of Xi Jinping’s China, where faithful pastors face imprisonment rather than worldly success, Paul’s words are particularly relevant.

For a house church leader, there are many reasons to seek a seminary education in the West. However, it may come as a shock how much Western seminaries have been influenced by a secular post-Enlightenment culture. This blog post by a house church leader and former seminary student honestly describes the dangers of going abroad for a seminary degree.

Theological education is not only the transmission of knowledge and the acquisition of skills, but also the formation of people and the transformation of life. In this paper, a female leader discusses the challenges facing house church seminaries and offers suggestions for how seminaries can better prepare leaders in any context.

The Bible intentionally uses—and subverts—political terms like "army," "kingdom," and "justice." It is vital that we understand the church as a new world order that supersedes and challenges all worldly politics, so that we ourselves do not become agents of worldly causes rather than God's people.

Written by a lay elder of a baptist church in China who has studied Western political thought, this exposition offers a deeply biblical and countercultural meditation on worldly politics.