This text addresses the history and future of homegrown, mass Chinese Christianity. Drawing on a collection of sources, the author traces the transformation of Protestant Christianity in the 20th-century China from a small 'missionary' church buffeted by antiforeignism to an indigenous opular religion energized by nationalism.

John Piper pleads with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry.

They weren't superheroes. Some weren't even sure whether they were meant to be missionaries. But these ordinary men and women obeyed God's call to make disciples of all men. With great dedication and deep passion, they committed their lives to bring the gospel to the Asia Pacific, where an extraordinary God enabled and empowered them to carry out His mission of drawing generations of people to His saving grace. What made these men and women leave their homes for faraway lands in spite of their doubts, fears, and inadequacies? What made them keep sowing even when their message of salvation was rejected? Read their stories and discover the defining moments that transformed these ordinary men and women into God's faithful messengers on extraordinary missions.