Living in God's Plan in a Foreign Land (Traditional Chinese)

by Alan Suen

Leaving China is a particularly difficult decision for house church leaders, many of whom have faced increasing pressure and sometimes imprisonment at home. This meditation on Jeremiah 29 represents their heartache, as well as their desire to follow God faithfully in their new home.

Along with the article “Where Are You Running To?”, these represent two responses of house church leaders to the current climate in China.

• About the Author

  Alan Suen (pseudonym) has served as a writer, editor, translator, and professor of philosophy and religion for over 20 years. He was also a founding elder of a large house church in a major Chinese city. His primary interests are theological education and literature.

• About the Article

  • Category: Devotional

  • Date created: 2023

  • Scripture: Jeremiah 29:5-7, 10-13

  • Key terms: diaspora, discipleship, Chinese emigration