Since arriving in Taiwan on April 25th, I have seen abundant evidence to confirm my previous belief that this island plays a strategic, even vital, role in the building of God’s church in China.

Short-term trips can promote the Gospel among Chinese if they build on existing relationships, increase our knowledge, contribute something useful, and lead us to pray.

Chinese marriages are in trouble. When I asked a Chinese pastor how the couples in his church were doing, he replied, “Worse even than American Christian marriages.”

The presence of Chinese students and scholars living abroad represents the most important arena for outreach to Chinese worldwide.

The past year has seen mammoth changes, and 2009 opens fraught with uncertainty and danger...We expect to advance, not retreat, in 2009, but we rely upon your faithful intercessions for us, and thank you in advance for this vital assistance.

By any measurement, the first eleven months of this year have been extraordinary.

As the world sinks into recession, perhaps even depression, some types of Christian ministry become too expensive to continue. Not so the Internet! All over the world, including China, people can access the Internet either free or almost so.

No one person, church, or organization can hope to evangelize China’s vast population or edify the growing number of Christians, or equip church leaders. This task is so huge that the entire church around the world must be mobilized to fulfill the Great Commission as it refers to the Chinese.

With many restrictions on Christian activity still in place within China, extending a warm welcome to Chinese in your area might be the most risk-free way for them to become acquainted with the Gospel.

In the past, and up to the present, Western Christians have sought to evangelize China by proclaiming the message of salvation.