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YouVersion Bible App Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) Version in the Making
Just a month after YouVersion.com Bible app reached its milestone of 10 million downloads, YouVersion.com released its Chinese (Simplified and Traditiona) versions for online users, and the Chinese version for the Bible app will be available soon. "YouVersion4China" or "YouVersion4Chinese project", a volunteer-based project, is a partnership effort between jidutu-wiki, an independent team of Chinese developer, and YouVersion to finish the YouVersion localization as a community effort, said Jerry
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10,000 Christians in Hong Kong Pray for Youth Drug Problems
The 14th annual million hour prayer movement “Do This Prayer” was held last month at the Hong Kong football stadium, which drew over 10,000 believers from throughout Hong Kong. With the theme “Stop, Think – Prayer, Life, Positive Energy”, the organizing committee - Hong Kong Jireh Foundation and Hong Kong Campus Crusade for Christ – has placed this year's focus on youth’s saying no to drugs. The speakers for this year’s venue were Rev. Ping-Kwong Li, chairman of the Hong Kong Church Network for
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Hong Kong Pastor Writes Spring Couplets, Blessing Public on Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year, the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays, has started in Asia on February 3rd, 2011 – the Year of the Rabbit. Chinese Christians were encouraged to use this time of family reunion to witness and reconcile with their families.
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Logos Evangelical Seminary Hosts ''Chinese Christian Mental Health Seminar''
Chinese pastor, seminary and university professors, missionary and clinical psychiatrists mutually agree that a strong conviction of faith in God mixed with a bright and optimistic outlook on life are greatly beneficial to one’s physiological, mental, and spiritual health.
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Taiwan Good TV CEO Invites North America Chinese Churches for Partnership
Good TV CEO Tzeng Guo-Sen urged the Chinese church leaders in Los Angeles to together participate in the spreading the gospel through mass media, for it is a breakthrough from traditional ways of proselytization, wielding much wider influences.
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A church in South Korea’s Guri City suffers fire damage, no injuries reported
A church in Guri City, near Seoul, South Korea, experienced a fire on July 3 that caused damage to parts of its main sanctuary building
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Bible scholar suggests ‘Mark of the Beast’ may not be 666 after all
Canadian Bible scholar Wes Huff is encouraging Christians to reexamine a widely held assumption about Revelation 13:18—that the number of the beast is definitively 666. According to Huff, some of the earliest and most respected manuscripts suggest a different number altogether: 616.
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‘Squid Game’ Season 3 raises spiritual questions about trust, despair, and redemption
In a recent column for Christianity Today, Michelle Park explores Squid Game: Season 3 through a biblical lens, arguing that the show’s narrative highlights not only societal decay but also a deeper, often unspoken, yearning for redemption and trust.
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“Sinners”: Gospel distorted by ethnicity and regionalism
In the latest installment of his Bricolage in the Movie series, Dr. Ukjoo Park offers a cultural-theological reading of Sinners, a supernatural drama directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in the racially segregated 1930s Mississippi Delta, the film follows two Black brothers who operate a juke joint while battling vampires—and racism.
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27 girls and 1 counselor missing after flash flood hits Texas Christian Camp
A sudden flash flood swept through a Christian summer camp in Texas early Friday morning, leaving 27 girls and one adult counselor initially unaccounted for, with 12 still missing as of Sunday.
