by Beate Engelen
A whimsical smile plays on Old Di Guohua’s weather-beaten face as he tells the story of how he got here. He is how you picture a perfect grandpa. We are standing in the central courtyard of the Jian’nan Home of the Elderly. The dusty afternoon sunlight of northern China warms our skin.
As a [...]

Children in rural China are left behind by the millions as their parents migrate to the cities in search of work. Loneliness and a feeling of not being loved is already taking its toll among them. Amity now helps a church in Henan to set up a program for these kids. – By Beate Engelen

Jinjin [...]

Theresa Carino has retired from her position as the coordinator of the Amity Hong Kong Office. In this essay, she explains why it was important to her to work with Amity and how she sees the future of the organization.

As a Chinese organization, Amity is unique — it has a faith background and is very [...]

Supported by the local Christian Council and Amity, a shelter for children of prisoners tries to reduce the impact of social stigma. – By Beate Engelen
It was the experience of his own detention during the Cultural Revolution that motivated Guo Jianhua to help imprisoned families in his hometown Dongzhou. When, in 1996, he came across [...]

Temporary Church Built
When the Sichuan earthquake on May 12 shook the old Protestant church of Mianzhu, with parts of the roof and the facade falling off, Pastor Gu probably did not imagine that the congregation would grow fourfold in the following seven months. But it did. Since May, the number of people attending Sunday services [...]