JIANGSU PROVINCE

CHALLENGES FOR PRAYER

1 Church growth has been spectacular since 1980,

2 Nanjing is an important centre for Christians – one of the most prestigious TSPM seminaries and the Amity Press are located here

JIANGXI PROVINCE

CHALLENGES FOR PRAYER

1 The Communist Long March began here – a march that ended with the political triumph for that ideology, but an immense disaster for China

2 There are some areas where Christians have multiplied, but many parts of the province are relatively under-evangelized

JILIN PROVINCE

CHALLENGES FOR PRAYER

1 The Church is relatively strong with many registered and unregistered congregations

2 Changchun has a much lower percentage of Christians

3 The Chinese Korean Church has an unusual role to play for North Korea

Geography - Jiangsu Province

Area 102,600 sq.km. Relatively prosperous, fertile coastal province west of Shanghai.

Population 73,866,000; 720 people/sq.km.

Capital Nanjing 3.38m.

Peoples - Jiangsu Province

Han Chinese – speaking Putonghua.

Religion - Jiangsu Province

Muslim 0.2%. Christian 7.6%: House churches 5.1%, TSPM 1.5%, all Catholics 1%.

Geography - Jiangxi Province

Area 164,800 sq.km. South-central China.

Population 42,654,000; 259 people/sq.km.

Capital Nanchang 1.84m.

Peoples - Jiangxi Province

Han Chinese – speaking Putonghua and Gan.

Religion - Jiangxi Province

Christian 4.8%: House churches 3.4%, TSPM 0.9%, all Catholics 0.5%.

Geography - Jilin Province

Area 187,000 sq.km. Part of former Manchuria, bordering on North Korea and Siberia.

Population 27,153,000; 145 people/sq.km.

Capital Changchun 2.95m.

Peoples - Jilin Province

Han Chinese 91.9%, speaking Putonghua.

Korean 4.9%.

Manchu 2.3%.

Hui 0.5%.

Mongolian 0.4%.

Religion - Jilin Province

Many Koreans practice a mix of Buddhism and Shamanism. Muslim 0.5%. Christian 5.7%: House churches 4.1%, TSPM 0.9%, all Catholics 0.7%.

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