Comoros is a tiny volcanic island between Madagascar and Mozambique in Africa. Literacy is 56% and life expectancy is 64 years. They export perfumes and spices, yet despite working in agriculture, the small country is underdeveloped, poor and overpopulated. There are severe restrictions on Christians, but there is also a quiet witness of Christian medical workers and aid in the area. Pray that they will receive the resources and tools needed to free them from their restrictive captivity, and to know the truth in Jesus Christ that can set them free from all.
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Macau has a very unique claim to fame, though not everyone has heard of the small island peninsula west of Hong Kong in the Province of China. It was the starting point of Protestant missions to China in the 1600’s, where the first Chinese convert was baptised and the first Chinese Bible translated. It is also the first Christian territory in Asia to become non-Christian by the 21st century, going from 95% Catholic in 1600 to 3% in 2010. Macau’s reputation today is a “City of Sin” that surpasses Las Vegas. It was one of the richest cities in the […]
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Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. It is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, and one of the richest due to rapid growth of free markets, having one of the busiest container ports, and low taxes and non-interference from the government. The British obtained Hong Kong from China in the Opium Wars of 1840-58. China resumed control again in 1997, and their constitution guarantees Hong Kong can keep their existing legal, political and economic structures for 50 years, including religious freedom. China is still responsible for their defense and foreign policies under the […]
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“By 2030, China will almost certainly have more Christians than any other country”, according to Fenggang Yang, director of the center on religion and Chinese society at Purdue University. While we do not know the exact number of Christians in China and many keep silent about it, I think we would be surprised to know just how much God is working behind the scenes in China. Christianity did not appear in China until the 7th century during the Tang dynasty. Because they were so closed off from the rest of the world, they did not hear about the life, death […]
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Sue McCusker is a writer, Bible teacher, and web developer who loves sharing the stories of life, hope, and faith she sees around her every day. She has written for Guideposts and Angels on Earth magazines, and teaches the story of God in women's Bible study.
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