A pastor who serves in an urban China in South China stress that preaching, the most important ministry, has been neglected among diverse church activities.

For many churches in China, pastoring businessmen is the most challenging ministry. Businessmen can contribute money to the church, but being shrewd, they often have many complaints and opinions about the church.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, churches have underwent organizational fission, shifting to small groups (including family support groups) simulating the early church, from the past model that all believers worship inside the sanctuary together.

Dr. Gene Wood recounted the highlights of this year's trip, his observations about churches in China, and his future plans.

Among different pastoral counseling methods initiated in the United States, biblical counseling founded by Jay Adams has had a significant impact on Chinese churches.

A house church in a southern city has explored small group structure to "ease" burdens for group leaders.

The two churches introduced in this article have indeed brought some new vitality to their congregations through their group ministries, although they are still immature.

Different churches target different groups of people. The article shares the positive explorations of four churches in serving believers or attracting newcomers.

A church core volunteer in Southeast China applies the experiential wisdom gained in the workplace to church ministry as there are still many similarities between churches and companies.

Times are changing, and so is the way of pastoring in churches. Various fellowships have formed in recent years because of the different needs of people nowadays.