There are three brothers who were once influential pastors but have now taken on roles as migrant workers or street vendors. The transformative effects of the three-year pandemic have not only impacted their daily lives but have also altered social dynamics.

Two young preachers were once asked how to survive if their church was closed down amid another possible wave of pandemic and preaching on the Internet was no longer permitted. They said frankly, "Except for serving in the church and preaching, we could do nothing else."

Although both China and the West acknowledge the dark consciousness of human nature, the ways to overcome it are different, which leads to different civilizations and social and political systems.

The “last mile” problem exists on the road between church and society, and this “last mile” is by no means easy. There is probably no better way to deal with it than to study.

After thousands of years of development, can Christianity no longer break through its own bottleneck? Obviously not so.

In my opinion, distinguishing and understanding Christian culture and civilizations is one of the few important ways to solve answer this.

Rather than considering the conversion between underground and going public, we need to let the gospel itself play the reading role and go to our communities and neighbors with the good news.

In today’s era, for Chinese Christianity, crisis and opportunity coexist, which is both the worst and the best, because when the new wine is brewing and the new leather bag is being made.

For the past year, and even for a foreseeable future, Christianity in China will be in a state of silence. However, just like the seeds that are being bred under the earth in the cold springtime, behind this silence, hope is slowly growing. And when the sun warms up, flowers will surely flourish.

After the decline of Christianity’s vanity, is it possible that the future development of Christianity is still a flashy mode of pursuing “grandeur”? We can only hope for the rise of a new generation of believers.