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
The last few years have been incredibly impactful. The Lord has 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 dcote on Oct 3, 2011 in China, Project Updates | Comments Off
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 [...]
By admin on Aug 25, 2011 in China, New Information | Comments Off
While many Western Christians believe that persecution is a main story in China today, China Puzzle Author Mike Falkenstine shows us why Persecution is not the main story.
By admin on Jun 3, 2011 in China, Immediate Needs | Comments Off
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 admin on May 1, 2010 in China | Comments Off
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 [...]