Zhiqiu Xu
Dean of the Kepha Institute
Professor of Theology
Professor of Theology
Seminary & School of Counseling
Education
- PhD, Boston University
- STM, Boston University
- MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary
- MA, Peking University
- BA, Renmin University
Biography
Dr. Xu joined the faculty of CIU’s Seminary and School of Counseling in 2014. He teaches theology and leads the Kepha Institute. He serves as the editor of the Journal of Christian Faith and Cultural Transformation. He previously served as a pastor at local Chinese churches in Philadelphia, PA, and Worcester, MA, for about 15 years.
Selected Publications & Presentations
- Inerrancy in the Context of Chinese Evangelical Churches, (a series of four articles) Journal of Christian Faith and Cultural Transformation, 2019–2020, issues 72, 73, 74, 75
- Keller of Manhattan Vs. Jonah of Nineveh, A Critical Review of Timithy Keller’s Urban Ministry, Journal of Christian Faith and Cultural Transformation, Issue 93, October 2024.
- “Revitalizing the House Church Tradition: A Viable Path for the Churches in China,” In Mission in Praise, Word, and Deed: Reflections on the Past and Future of Global Mission, edited by Edward L. Smither and Jessica A. Udall,” Pasadena: William Carey, 2023
- “The Commensurability between Kärkkäinen and Confucianism on the topic of Natural Theology” in The Dialogic Evangelical Theology of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen: Exploring the Work of God in a Diverse Church and a Pluralistic World, (Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, New York, 2022), Chapter 11
- Kerygma, the Testing Stone for Orthodoxy, in Gospel and Modern China, Issue 10 2020.12, Quarterly.
- Kerygma and the First Four Creeds of Early Church in Gospel and Modern China, Issue 9, 2020.9 Quarterly. (https://gospelchina.cn/article-detail/36.html)
- Biblical Anthropology and Sanctification I: What Bible and Tradition Say about Human Composition, Trichotomy, Dichotomy or Monism? Journal of Christian Faith and Cultural Transformation, October, 2018
- Biblical Anthropology and Sanctification II: Reevaluating Watchman Nee’s Trichotomy, Journal of Christian Faith and Cultural Transformation, January, 2019
- Biblical Anthropology and Sanctification III: Viable Path of Spiritual Transformation among Evangelicals, Journal of Christian Faith and Cultural Transformation, April, 2019
- Zhiqiu Xu and Christopher Little, “A Tale of Three Urban Churches, The Local Churches’ Role of Mission in Contemporary China”, In Churches on Mission: God’s Grace Abounding to the Nations. EMS Series 25. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2017, 115-136.
- Natural Theology Reconfigured: Confucian Axiology and American Pragmatism (Ashgate Publishing Company: Farnham, UK) 2016
