ILM # 7: “I believe China will be . . .”

“I believe China will be the largest mission sending country of the World.” This phrase was recently said by a church pastor in China.

You can watch an amazing 5 min film here: http://www.omnitube.org/china-on-mission.html

From a church leader in China: “there have been so many people who have invested in us (China)--referring to the mass amount of missionaries over the last 40 years. We want to return this blessing to the World and be the largest mission sending force in the World.

The church is big in numbers, but it is young. It is lacking in depth. Who will train them? Who will provide the structure for them to do well? OM has a significant role to help do this. You (OM) will have many Chinese who will join your fields in ministry.

Seven Emphases for OM in China
1) Minorities (55 major minority groups in China)

2) Mobilization (Back to Jerusalem Movement--100,000 Chinese Christians being mobilized, but how will they go?)

3) Mentoring

4) Marriage (there are many problems with marriages in China. We hope to help meet some of these needs.)

5) Mercy (with the recent earthquake we helped. We hope to help in the future to meet the physical needs of people.)

6) Marketplace (our desire is to see many ministries be self-supporting in China through business.)

7) Migrants (there are 10 million people heading from China to the rest of the World. Also, 1 million people a month going from the country-side into the cities. We want to help these people settle well in their life transitions.)

PRAY: for the people of China and the Body of Christ there.

Do you know of anything else God is doing in China? Please send it my way.