Data from public records and official statements between 2023 and 2025 show that the total volume of international exchanges in 2025 declined significantly. Rather than broad-spectrum engagement, the pattern moved toward more focused interaction, prioritizing specific multilateral platforms and regional partnerships.

Since the Code was issued, some Three-Self Church pastors have deleted previous articles from their WeChat public accounts, while new posts shifted focus to church history or personal reflections. Some preachers canceled their official accounts. In one urban church, a Sunday service report advised congregants not to evangelize outside religious venues.

According to Pew's recent report, 1.3 billion people in China—90% of the population—identified as religiously unaffiliated in 2020, making China the country with the largest unaffiliated population in the world. Meanwhile, China’s Christian population remains outside the world’s ten largest.

"Our lives are like a rehearsal for eternity," a pastor said, urging Christians to rehearse eternity by faith—transforming weakness into strength and maturing in faith to reach completeness.

Pastor Fang used two thought-provoking statements to describe how believers relate to the Holy Spirit: "I don't know that I already know," and "I don't know that I actually don't know."

A megachurch pastor cautioned congregants on a Sunday against turning moral expectations into rigid rules, which become moral coercion. “It suppresses individual freedom and can distort the true meaning of morality.”

In two sermons on Sunday on the topic of "loving one's country," Beijing Chongwenmen Church ministers taught that Christians should submit to governing authorities as an act of submission to God and are called to live out their faith as the light of the world, bringing glory to God's name.

The growing trend of young people burning incense reflects their spiritual needs to some extent. Faced with the pressures and challenges of real life, some turn to traditional folk rituals to seek comfort and strength. Some churches and Christians have reflected on the deeper spiritual needs behind this phenomenon, emphasizing the importance of addressing young people’s real-life struggles.

Two Christian relief organizations are raising concerns over the growing use of technology to monitor and control the religious practices of Christians in China. Surveillance systems are being increasingly deployed to track individuals, especially those associated with unregistered churches, making it harder for believers to freely practice their faith without facing state intervention.

On the 2025 World Watch List released by Open Doors on Wednesday, China ranks 15th on the list of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution—a four-place rise compared to last year.