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Born and raised in San Francisco, Bay Area, Calif., Jeremy Lin, a Harvard Economics grad and a Christian, was drafted by the Golden State Warriors on July 21, making him the first Chinese-American to sign contract with the NBA.

Hong Kong, China - The 21st Hong Kong Book Fair officially kicked off this Wednesday. Chinese Christian publishers and ministries held a simple opening ceremony for the Christianity section marked in the event.

Since her return to the music scene almost three years ago, Sammi Cheng Sau-Man, often dubbed as “Cantopop queen” and commonly known as a diva, released her first Cantonese album “Faith” that includes 11 gospel sound tracks that were created with a mixture of pop-culture music elements and messages of faith, hope, and love.

Through a platform of unity, the church has a mandate to transform the city and nation that they live in, said the Taiwanese mega-church pastor. “Not only do we need to build mega-churches, more churches, but more importantly also to build a church that transforms our city and nation.”

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Salvation Army Canada hosted an open house garden party at their Richmond Rotary Hospice House on June 27th.

With its headquarter in Atlanta, Georgia, Chick-Fil-A is the second largest chicken fast-food restaurant chains with over 1,482 stores; for 42 consecutive years, they have had a continuous growth and have an annual revenue of 3.2 billion dollars. Recently, their company representative shared the secrets to their management success – applying Biblical principles into corporate management.

Since the beginning of this year, 12 employees of Foxconn factory, the world’s largest contractor for making electronics, have jumped to their deaths one following the other. Recently, an online rumor claimed that the company’s chairman Terry Tai-Ming Guo invited pastors and doctors on mental welfare from Christian hospitals in Taiwan to counsel and share the gospel with the managers and company’s staffs at Longhua Science & Technology Park in Shenzhen.

From March 26-30, the head of China’s religious bureau met with the religious leaders in Hong Kong. Wang Zuo-an, director of State Administration for Religious Affairs, was invited by two representing Christian church bodies, Hong Kong Christian Council and Hong Kong Chinese Christian Church Union, to meet with their constituencies.

To grieve and mourn for victims of Qinghai earthquake, China’s state council has announced April 21 as the official day of national mourning, where all the flags in China and the Chinese embassies abroad were to be raised to half-mast, karaoke parlors were shut down, and sporting events were canceled.

Over 3,000 people in Hong Kong gathered and fasted for 30 hours in order to raise funds for the poor in the world’s impoverished areas, to experience what it feels like to be in hunger, and to show their commitment to make a change in this world.

In real life, unreasonable and unexplainable things happen to Christians as well as non-Christians, and sometimes believers may experience more struggles than non-believers, because of our desire to use faith to explain why these things are happening to us.

China’s state media recently reported that the house churches are thriving because churchgoers are drawn by smaller congregation and the authorities have a more tolerant approach towards them.

Seven more months left until the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization this year. World Christian representatives have begun preparing and engaging in active discussions on various key topics.

Hong Kong’s largest church union celebrates their 95th anniversary since founding this year. To commemorate this special occasion, Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union has scheduled thanksgiving services and a tour to the Holy Land.

An unprecedented Christian documentary on Christianity in Asia is scheduled to premiere at the 2010 City of the Angels Film Festival this Friday in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Produced by Adventures TV in conjunction with Arowana Films, 1040 explores Christianity in the present Asia through the eyes of both Christians and non-Christians.

Hong Kong-based Christian celebrity Zac Kao has recently announced his wedding plan with his girlfriend Jacqueline, which will be held on March 7th. Last month, the couple went to Fiji to take their wedding photos.

The director of a Hong Kong-based Christian ministry that has been leading tours to Israel had been jailed for three months by Israeli authorities on the charge of smuggling and was released early last month.

The latest research done on an international-scale revealed that the financial crisis in recent years have left the majority of those in Asian countries to value money more than ever before, in particular, China, Japan, and South Korea. The issue of how the church should introduce the proper views on money to the society has become more urgent than before.

The senior pastor of the fastest-growing and largest Chinese-church in America said at a special men’s conference to get ready to embrace the golden era that God has prepared for the Chinese people.

China’s divorce rate has been increasing for a record of nine straight years; China’s churches were urged to confront this problem by developing more marriage-counseling programs and services.

Prior to the Lunar New Year, around 20 Chinese university students who have been receiving financial assistance for their tuition and living expenses participated in a Project Torch winter event where they got to spent time with local orphans and middle school students.

Hong Kong – This year’s Lunar New Year fell on Valentine’s Day, which is February 14, so the night markets throughout the city were filled with flowers and gifts made for Valentine’s Day. Some churches have setup booths there in order to share the message of God’s love through praise songs, which was like spring water in loud and busy market place.

Tomorrow is Lunar New Year; it’s a time when the Chinese families return home for family reunion and celebration to welcome the New Year. While some traditions may conflict with their faith, some Christians worry that they may get into conflict with their loved ones.

Under the leadership of an international Chinese Christian community ministry network, Chinese communities throughout North America have been avidly donating to the cause of Haiti disaster-relief efforts.

Hosanna Chanters and Music Call, ten teams of Christian choirs and bands from all of the eight universities in Hong Kong together held a concert to fundraise for Haiti disaster-relief efforts.