Operation China - Day 7

I cant believe its already been seven days, one week since Operation China started. Time sure does fly. But I know that our prayers are being heard. I think about how many other people are doing this in the world. Im sure Im not the only one in the world with the book. Can you imagine God hearing all his people praying for the country of China? It must be music to his ears! People from the United States, Brazil, Romania, Kenya, Canada, Chile, Austria, where ever they may be... all praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ living in China! Well lets not waist anymore time, lets start praying!

March 30

Guizhou Province


CHALLENGES FOR PRAYER
1) Praise God for amazing growth of the Church in some areas
2) The challenge of the unreached is great
a) The more heavily populated southeast of Guizhou has possibly only 1,000 believers in registered churches
b) The 20 Miao peoples – two are Christian, two have a significant minority of believers, six have a handful of believers, but 10 have none at all
c) There are 39 peoples indigenous to Guizhou with no witness whatsoever,

Hainan Province


CHALLENGES FOR PRAYER
1) Hainan had an economic boom in the 1980s which led to spectacular growth as a Special Economic Zone and huge corruption, followed by an equally spectacular bust
2) The Li are the largest indigenous people
3) The Utsat are China's only Malay people

Hebei Province


CHALLENGES FOR PRAYER
1) Hebei is one of the most rigidly policed provinces and Christians have suffered much over the past two decades. Pray for both grace and greater freedom for the Christians in their strategic province.
2) Hebei is the heart of Catholicism in China with a large proportion of Catholics. Many remain loyal to the Vatican. These latter have suffered particularly severely since 1997. Protestant and Independent Christians have increased in numbers in some areas, but repression has hindered registration of churches.

Henan Province


CHALLENGES FOR PRAYER
1) Mao's disastrous policies caused over 8 million Henanese to die of famine. Henan was declared an 'Atheistic Zone' in the 1960s, but today Communist officials complain of it as a 'Jesus Nest' suffering from 'Christianity fever'! Praise God for the spectacular growth of the Church. Revival began during the Cultural Revolution with mass conversions, miracles and vision for evangelizing China. Some counties are reported to be largely or completely Christian today.
2) Outreach from Henan churches has been one of the great stories of the expansion of Christianity. Church planting teams (often young women) fanned out over China, followed by discipling teachers. Dangers for this movement:
a) Multiplication of extremes and deviant sects because of lack of teaching or due to leadership disputes.
b) Increased denominationalism.
c) Increased persecution since 1999 with many arrests, punitive fines and destruction of some church buildings.

Heilongjiang Province


CHALLENGES FOR PRAYER
1) Rapid church growth has occurred in both TSPM and especially in house churches. There are thousands of worshipping groups and churches, but only 24 ordained TSPM pastors. Pray for maturity and stability as well as provision of godly leadership.
2) Most of the small indigenous Mongolian and Altaic peoples are shamanistic. Many are resentful of the Chinese 'takeover' of their homelands. The largest, the Daur, have begun to respond to the gospel. There are about 1,000 Christians. Pray for non-Han missionaries to commit their lives to reaching these peoples. Most, such as the Hezhen, Bogol, Khakas, Kyakala, Olot and Saman, total only about 15,000 people. There is nothing of the Scriptures or other media for these peoples – except portions of the Scriptures in Hezhen.