HUNAN PROVINCE

CENTRAL CHINA

POPULATION 66 MILLION

EVANGELICALS 2%

Hunan is probably the most isolated of all the provinces and is very resistant to foreign influence. It is centrally controlled and the gospel needs fervent prayer if any further advances are to be made.

Great advances are being made, but most churches are overwhelmingly still made up of women, and the few pastors are overworked and have to deal with up to 5-10 churches at once. Please pray for the calling of more men into ministry.

Changsha is where Hudson Taylor is buried, it has between 50-70,000 believers out of a city population of up to 6 million. This city is tough going for the gospel, but there are small fellowships dotted around the city. Please pray for these dedicated churches.

The Tujia do not have a written language and they number nearly 10 million, despite this up to 2% of them have found salvation in Christ. Please pray for the establishment of a strong Tujia church, that will reach the rest of their people.

Many minorities have yet to be reached:

Wunai

Ghao-xong

Mozhihei

These people and more need people to go, please pray for mature workers to go to them.

To do this, the church in Hunan needs to grow and become spiritually mature. Please pray for spiritual breakthrough, this province is very dark. Please pray for the binding of all evil and demonic forces.

INNER MONGOLIA NEI MONGOL.. A VAST GRASSLAND AND DESERT AREA BORDERING RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA

POPULATION 24 MILLION

EVANGELICALS 7%

There is a small and growing Mongolian church, which numbers around 40,000. Many Han Chinese believers have come to the province as it is booming in economic terms. Please pray for sensitive and dynamic ministry to be fuelled by God’s spirit.

Praise God for the effective radio ministry that is broadcast and for many to come to faith through it. Thanks God for the translation of both the old and new testaments and the development of new worship music to fit the Mongolian church. Although church growth has been rapid, cults such as Eastern Lightning have taken over some churches, please pray that all churches would be grounded in the word.

There are many nomadic groups in this area, please remember in your prayers:

Evenki

Oroqen

Little has been done to reach them.

There is a deep hunger for the word of God, many Han believers have several Bibles: but many minority groups do not.

Please pray for the calling of skilled translators to translate the word of God into Chinese. More opportunities are now becoming available because of the onset of AI technology. Please pray the Chinese church would make use of this.