The China Christian Council (CCC) and the National Committee of Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China on September 25 launched a theological exchange campaign to strengthen theological thinking.

The campaign, which will run from 2013 to 2017, aims to guide the country's church rostrums and promote the spirit of theological thinking through publishing, exchanges, discussions and evangelism, according to the campaign's guidelines.

"[The campaign] aims to increase a sense of identification for both pastors and believers and encourage priests and church volunteers to extract morals that are consistent with the times from the Bible, religious doctrines and the traditions of churches in order to encourage believers to make more contributions to the country's economic development, social harmony and cultural prosperity," said CCC President Gao Feng.