Faith in the Wilderness: Words of Exhortation from the Chinese Church
Hannah Nation · Simon Liu
Apr 2022 · Baker Books
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2022 Christianity Today Award of Merit, Missions & Global Church
"A powerful and moving collection of sermonic letters" --Tim Challies
"If we want revival in our communities, then let us learn from those being revived." For many Western Christians, the experience of suffering and persecution is remote. For Chinese Christians, on the other hand, persecution is a regular aspect of the Christian life. If a Christian from the West is transported to a Chinese house church, the topic of suffering would be ever-present in preaching and conversation. With decades of persecution under government oppression and a rich theology of suffering, the Chinese house church movement has much to contribute theologically to the global church.
In Faith in the Wilderness, editors Hannah Nation and Simon Liu pull together the insights of the Chinese church for the West. These sermonic letters form Chinese Christians pull back the curtain on the pastoral heart and the hope behind the house church's remarkable faithfulness, awakening readers to the reality of the gospel--the ground of our hope--in the midst of darkness. Readers will be convicted, encouraged, and edified by the testimony of these Chinese Christians.
"Let us learn from the witness of our Chinese brothers and sisters so that we can stand fast all the better as we face trials wherever we live." --Timothy Keller, from the foreword
"A powerful and moving collection of sermonic letters" --Tim Challies
"If we want revival in our communities, then let us learn from those being revived." For many Western Christians, the experience of suffering and persecution is remote. For Chinese Christians, on the other hand, persecution is a regular aspect of the Christian life. If a Christian from the West is transported to a Chinese house church, the topic of suffering would be ever-present in preaching and conversation. With decades of persecution under government oppression and a rich theology of suffering, the Chinese house church movement has much to contribute theologically to the global church.
In Faith in the Wilderness, editors Hannah Nation and Simon Liu pull together the insights of the Chinese church for the West. These sermonic letters form Chinese Christians pull back the curtain on the pastoral heart and the hope behind the house church's remarkable faithfulness, awakening readers to the reality of the gospel--the ground of our hope--in the midst of darkness. Readers will be convicted, encouraged, and edified by the testimony of these Chinese Christians.
"Let us learn from the witness of our Chinese brothers and sisters so that we can stand fast all the better as we face trials wherever we live." --Timothy Keller, from the foreword
2022 Christianity Today Award of Merit, Missions & Global Church
"A powerful and moving collection of sermonic letters" --Tim Challies
"If we want revival in our communities, then let us learn from those being revived." For many Western Christians, the experience of suffering and persecution is...
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Hannah Nation has served the church in China for two decades. She is managing director for the Center for House Church Theology and editor of Faithful Disobedience and Faith in the Wilderness.
Hannah Nation has served the church in China for two decades. She is managing director for the Center for House Church Theology and editor of Faithful Disobedience and Faith in the Wilderness.
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