isabel ong
@izzabelle_co
east asia editor @ctmagazine | MA in christian studies @regentcollege | 🇸🇬 in 🇨🇦
In the Chinese worldview, 吃苦 (eat bitterness) reinforces the notion that pain and struggle are to be internalized and digested, rather than avoided or spat out. Christ himself, I would argue, also ate bitterness. Read more in @CTmagazine: christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/septem…
“We must stop using Scripture to justify our political opinions. The Bible is not a partisan weapon," says one Korean evangelical amid deepening political polarization in the country. NEW on @CTmagazine: christianitytoday.com/2025/06/south-…
My father once dreamed of being the next Billy Graham. As my parents recently shut down their church and moved back to Korea after 34 years of overseas ministry, I thought a lot about what “success” and “greatness” is, especially as I struggle with my own unmet expectations.
Wiping butts and noses might not be the blaze of glory @SophiaLeeHyun dreamed of but, now that she’s a stay-at-home mom, success looks different than it once did. christianitytoday.com/2025/05/diaper…
Anyone else spending summer weekends at the beach or at a lake? This @CTmagazine piece offers a deeper understanding of the sea in Scripture: christianitytoday.com/2025/04/raging…
South Korea recently detained six Americans for attempting to send rice and Bibles to North Korea. Christian nonprofits and groups in South Korea worry that the incident will hamper efforts to reach the reclusive country. On @CTmagazine: christianitytoday.com/2025/07/americ…
We have a small and dedicated team @CTmagazine covering the Asia region. Read our latest pieces about India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea, China, and more: christianitytoday.com/topics/asia/
Eight Protestant leaders in Colombia fled persecution in their home region only to be mistaken for guerrilla fighters and killed in another. Their bodies were found July 2 in a mass grave. @HRestrepo reports for @CTmagazine: christianitytoday.com/2025/07/evange…
We need the examples of other brothers and sisters, sometimes in faraway places, to explode our “comfortable vision of what it means when Jesus bids us take up our crosses and follow him. We need each other,” writes CT’s president @TimDalrymple. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/seek-t…
A recent interview with Singapore pastor Kong Hee, who was convicted of fraud years ago, sparked controversy among Chinese Christians. My report for @CTmagazine: christianitytoday.com/2025/06/singap…
An pastor filmed as ICE agents arrested two of his church members. He told the agents that the Iranian couple was fleeing religious persecution. They're asylum-seekers, he said. "It doesn't matter," one of the agents replied. My latest for @CTmagazine tinyurl.com/2w4m66ce
160 years ago, Hudson Taylor founded China Inland Misison (CIM), now OMF. Read how his wish for a 'thousand lives' for China's millions has become a reality: christianitytoday.com/2023/12/hudson…
CT's most-read story last week was a piece by @kellyngbbc about Hannah Yeoh, a Christian politician in Malaysia who won a defamation suit after a lecturer accused her of Christianizing the country through her memoir. christianitytoday.com/2025/06/hannah…
在韩国，极右政治立场通常具有强烈的反共及反中倾向。这些观念在一些韩国福音派圈子中已根深蒂固，使他们将“批评保守主义或保守政策的人贴上亲北韩共产分子、敌基督者的标签” 。一起来看看 @izzabelle_co 的报道吧！ zh.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/south-…
Five years after Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, many churches are preparing for restrictions on worship, much like in mainland China. @CTmagazine reports: christianitytoday.com/2025/06/hong-k…
Dragon Boat Festival is happening this weekend. Chinese Christians may regard dragons negatively because of how they are depicted in Scripture. Here's what biblical scholars have to say about it @CTmagazine: christianitytoday.com/2023/06/dragon…
亚裔/华人教会对领袖的某些观点及做法，必须在福音真理的光照下被拆毁及重建。 尊荣年长者并没有错，智慧与属灵成熟往往来自人生历练。但这些品格并不会与年龄划上等号。（by @izzabelle_co） zh.christianitytoday.com/2025/05/youth-…
Age-based discrimination “diminishes the gifts and insights that a younger—or younger-looking—person can bring to the church,” writes @izzabelle_co. christianitytoday.com/2025/05/youth-…
One of the most frequent comments I've received as a pastor's wife: "You look so young!" I wrote about it @CTmagazine for AAPI Heritage Month: christianitytoday.com/2025/05/youth-…
After 46,000 churchgoers leave Hong Kong, remaining pastors feel “demoralized yet cognizant of the importance of staying and shepherding the flock,” reports Joyce Wu. christianitytoday.com/2025/05/hong-k…
Despite escalating violence between their countries, relationships between Pakistani and Indian Christians have not soured. @izzabelle_co reports: christianitytoday.com/2025/05/india-…
“We prayed—not just for ourselves but for every child left sleepless, for every mother clutching her children, for every Muslim and Christian family across this wounded land longing for dawn.” How a Pakistani pastor lived through last week: christianitytoday.com/2025/05/india-…
