In the past few years, China ministry workers have expressed a renewed appreciation for the vital role of mentoring in today’s climate of worldliness and increased government restrictions. A careful reading of Training Laborers for His Harvest will help to fuel and undergird that welcome movement.

We can thank God for Allen Yuan’s fearless witness over many decades and despite horrific suffering and then incessant harassment. Courage, zeal, and perseverance like his should redound to God’s glory and inspire us to imitate Yuan’s faith.

Tim Conkling’s important book contains valuable lessons for Christians both inside China and elsewhere.

Christians in the West can learn a great deal from China’s Coming Church, by Paul Golf. This important book gives a balanced and accurate picture of today’s urban Chinese Christians.

News of current events, coupled with two recent books about Chinese Christianity, raise several important questions about the way forward for Chinese Protestants belonging to unregistered congregations.

Sorrow and Blood: Christian Mission in Contexts of Suffering, Persecution, and Martyrdom confronts us with the stark fact that most Christians throughout the ages, and millions of believers today, face daily discrimination, denunciation, and even danger for their faith.