China (MNN) — It’s no secret that China has set restrictions on its Christians, whether those Christians are part of the carefully monitored registered church or the spreading underground church. But are stories of those restrictions all they’re cracked up to be? According to Erik Burklin...

By Mark Ellis – China Partner team (left to right): Rev. Frank Wang, CP director of training; Erik Burklin, Dr. Charlie & Sharon Li, CP board members President Xi Jinping has tightened his grip on the church in China, imposing restrictions that most would find objectionable in...

A few years ago I noticed this huge church, a cathedral, in down town Marburg, Germany. As I walked inside I heard a beautiful choir singing. As I listened more closely I recognized the words; they were singing the “beatitudes” of Jesus…in German. How beautiful....

“I believe in myself,” said the young teenager after asking several young people, “who do you believe in?” This is a common answer by young people in Mainland China today. They don't believe in anything…except for themselves. This is not a phenomenon only found in China....

Are you a worry worm? Do you worry about the future? Do you worry about the past…such as worrying about what could be different if you just would have made a different decision? Why do we worry so much? I believe it’s because of several reasons. •...

I don’t know about you but I LOVE breakfast. I love making it. Even better, I love eating it. I’m an early bird; always have been. I don’t know what it is but there is something special about the first part of the day. And...

I am driving in a rickety mini van (they don’t build these kind in the US; it’s way too small!) on my way to the local church in the countryside of Sichuan.  The driver has just stopped to pick up another woman; she is attending...

We are sitting in the back seat of a bright yellow VW Polo. A dear sister, who is a participant in China Partner’s training in Hubei Province, graciously drives us back to our hotel after the day’s lessons. She is in her 40’s, a Mary...

“Your teaching was fresh and new! It gave us lots to think about. Please come and stay longer so you can teach us more!” This is what a church leader told us as he drove us back to our hotel from the Bible training center...

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