GUANGDONG PROVINCE
Robert Morrison came to this province in 1807, but Christianity is still seen as a foreign religion. Please pray that this attitude would be broken and that the Christian population of 4% might increase.
The major cities of Guangzhou and Canton need reaching, although there are many believers in these cities, the church is still small. Please pray for the pastors, who are under pressure.
The Cantonese Chinese are some of the richest people in the world and are open to the gospel.
Please pray for the people of Guangdong, who are barely reached with the gospel, these include the Bien Mien Yao, Zaomin Yao and Shaozhou Han.. see below.
Biao Mien
This small minority group numbers 34,000 and lives in Ruyuan province in Guangdong province, they are rural farmers, but they cannot grow enough food to feed themselves, this is not their major problem.
This is a spiritual problem, they worship and pray to worship of their ancestors. The church is very small and not mature.
Please pray that there would be a viable and growing Biao Mien Church.
Zaomin
Away from the major cities live the Zaomin people who number 47,000. A few of them have come to Christ, whilst living in the cities and returned to lead some to Christ. May this be the start of the Zaomin Church.
They worship a mixture of Daoism and Buddhism, dedicated workers need to be called to reach out to them.
Shaozhou Han
These are among the most powerful Han peoples in China and although they number under 1 million, they are found in every position of influence in China.
They have been very resistant to the gospel and they have the lowest percentage of all the Han Chinese people. Please pray for a deep work of the spirit of God.
Dan Chinese
These people are called the water borne people, they live on the water and this makes reaching them difficult.
It also makes forming churches amongst them difficult. Please pray that churches would be founded and that these churches would be grounded in the truth.
Dan Chinese continued
They number 7 million and mostly live in Guangdong province, the Christian population numbers nearly a million. Please pray that the church would grow in grace and the church discipled.
Pray for the ministries that reach out to these people, especially in the Hong Kong area.