Ministry Status | Critical
Full name | People’s Republic of China
Capital | Beijing
Major Languages | Standard Chinese or Mandarin
“This is a critical moment in history. China has experienced unprecedented church growth over the past few decades, as the Chinese say, “sprouting up like mushrooms after a spring rain.” The demand for children’s ministry is overwhelming but with God, anything is possible.”
Name Withheld | China
Most Recent Update
2008 turned out to be an incredibly impactful year. The Lord delighted us, again and again, with his love for the Church and her children in China. We have accomplished much and there is so much more to do.
The biggest challenge continues to be educating the Christian community to the importance of bringing God’s Word to children. Without educating the next generation, we will not see the long term systemic change we desire in China or anywhere around the world.
Our approach is to work backwards from the desired result of blessing the entire Chinese Church with the teaching resources necessary for any church to establish a comprehensive, practical and sustainable children’s Bible ministry program. Accretion is built into our plan. Best estimates suggested a 10-year development cycle to Church self-sustainability. We are ahead of schedule.
Children under 14 years
19.8% of the population (male 140,877,745/female 124,290,090)
Religious Breakdown
Officially Atheist
Christian 3%-4%
Muslim 1%-2%
By GLWW on Jun 3, 2010 in China, Immediate Needs | 0 Comments
Immediate Demand for Printing of Kindergarten Level Children’s Bible Curriculum
Expected Impact: 75,000 Children
Funds required: $23,700 or 31.6 cents per child for an entire year of resources
Background: Our on-field ministry team has finished translating four complete years of four different age groups of culturally relevant children’s Bible curriculum and teaching resources. All along the way, we have [...]
By GLWW on Jul 10, 2009 in China, New Information | 1 Comment
To: Marc Stein, President, Gospel Light Worldwide
From: Redacted, Project Leader, China
Greetings from Beijing,
It is our hope to give you an update on where our work stands currently. I hope that it blesses you with wisdom in your funding and prayer efforts.
Our team believes strongly in the future of children’s ministry in China. We believe that over [...]
By GLWW on May 1, 2009 in China | 0 Comments
Mentoring Leaders Who Will Establish Children’s Ministry
God’s touch upon our first in-depth children’s ministry training in China continues to excite us. During the dreaming and planning stages of this project, we weren’t sure how much work would be required, but every time we encountered a need, God provided the answer before we even asked!
We were [...]
By info on Apr 30, 2009 in China, Updates | 0 Comments
More and more churches throughout China are seeing the need to develop a children’s ministry. For decades, it was too risky for churches to hold children’s meetings of any kind, primarily because it is difficult to keep Sunday School services quiet. Although religious education is still technically not allowed for young people under 18, churches [...]
By GLWW on May 28, 2008 in China | 0 Comments
Immediate Need for Grief Recovery Resources in China Relief Efforts
One of the saddest things to witness has been the number of children killed in schools collapsing. For a nation that is limited to having one child per couple, the loss of children has been devastating for the parents left behind. One recent cause for [...]
