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Apr 06: China, People’s Republic, Provinces of China, Anhui Province, Beijing Municipality, Chongqing Municipality
China, People’s Republic, Provinces of China, Anhui Province, Beijing Municipality, Chongqing Municipality
China
People's Republic of China
Asia
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Geography
Area: 9,573,000 sq kmThe third-largest state in the world, also containing the highest mountains and plateaus in the world. The climate and geography are extremely diverse, ranging from tropical in the south to sub-arctic in the north, from a highly industrialized and modern eastern seaboard to sparsely populated western deserts and mountain ranges. Hong Kong and Macau are integral parts of China, though their statistics are not included here; Taiwan’s status is debated. These three are handled separately.
Population: 1,330,584,783 Annual Growth: 0.63%
Capital: Beijing
Urbanites: 44.9%
HDI Rank: 92 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)
Peoples
Peoples: 516 (83% unreached) All peoplesUnreached Peoples Prayer Card
Official language: Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese); local languages in the five Autonomous Regions. 15 regional mega-languages. There are an estimated 600 different spoken Han dialects, but one written language common to all Languages: 296 All languages
Religion
Largest Religion: Non-religious| Religion | Pop % | Ann Gr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christians | 105,382,315 | 7.92 | 2.7 |
| Evangelicals | 75,399,270 | 5.7 | 2.9 |
| Non-religious | 590,247,410 | 44.36 |
Answer to Prayer
The survival and growth of the Church in China are two of the decisive events of our generation. The staggering recent growth of the Chinese Church has no parallel in history – from 2.7 million evangelicals in 1975 to over 75 million in 2010. Much growth is among the majority Han Chinese, with some growth among minority groups. A few groups with no known believers among them in the late 1990s now have networks of growing house churches.For an additional 8 Answers to Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.
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China
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Challenge for Prayer
Religions. In a country often hostile to overt expressions of religion and not given to counting its population along religious lines, it is impossible to precisely measure where, in what manner and how much atheism, agnosticism, Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism mix and overlap. Christianity, Islam and Lamaistic Buddhism are given estimated percentages.For an additional 2 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.
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The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Provinces of China.Anhui Province
China
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Challenge for Prayer
Christian growth has been amazing and sustained over several decades. From 50,000 Protestants in 1949, there are now possibly over nine million TSPM and house church Christians – counting proves too difficult due to the speed of the growth! Two of China’s largest house-church networks started in the northwest of the province.For an additional 4 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.
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The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Anhui Province.Beijing Municipality
China
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Challenge for Prayer
At the seat of China’s power, Party officials try to keep tight control of Christian activity by being particularly harsh toward unofficial ministries. TSPM churches are increasing and fall far short of having enough buildings to meet the spiritual interest. Ironically, this forces many of Beijing’s Christians and seekers into the very unregistered networks the state attempts to suppress, which in turn has forced officials to assume a more open stance. Youth, students and business people are especially responsive, and innovative ministry is particularly effective among them. Pray for further cooperation between TSPM churches and house churches and for a government stance that allows both to continue to prosper.For an additional 2 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.
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The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Beijing Municipality.Chongqing Municipality
China
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Challenge for Prayer
The massive Three Gorges Dam project displaced up to 1.4 million people. Compensation for this enforced relocation was usually inadequate and/or stolen by corrupt officials. Many have chosen to move to Chongqing or Fuling. Pray for hearts opened to the gospel because of this traumatic change.For an additional 2 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.
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