Guilin: City of Beauty
Editor’s note: This March, we are praying for the southern China city of Guilin. Guilin is famous for its beautiful karst hills, rising up out of the misty air. The area is home to many ethnic minorities, and is one of China’s top tourist destinations. We spoke today with three Guilin pastors, who shared about […]
Kunming: Pray for the Gospel to Spread
Editor’s note: Due to some website difficulties, we were unable to finish publishing our series on Kunming in February, and are instead wrapping it up at the beginning of March. Today, four Kunming pastors shared how we can pray for their city, and which Bible verse reminds them of Kunming. China Partnership: How can we […]
Kunming: Christ’s Love in an Anxious World
Editor’s note: In today’s post, several Kunming pastors shared that these are hard times in their city. People are more hostile towards Christianity than in the past, and many reject the faith immediately as a “foreign religion.” Others are too focused on their economic troubles, and find they can’t consider faith because they are consumed […]
Kunming: Corruption in the City, Scattering of the Church
Editor’s note: This February, we are praying for Kunming, China “Spring City.” Kunming is known in China as a beautiful and easygoing city, full of ethnic minorities and far from the stress of urban life on China’s east coast. Today, four house church pastors share how they have seen the city change over the past […]
Kunming: Reaching Out to Ethnic Minorities
Editor’s note: Yunnan Province, where Kunming is located, is well-known for being full of ethnic minorities. These people have their own unique cultures, languages, and ways of dress. Some ethnic minorities are fairly acculturated, and live in ways similar to their Han Chinese peers. But a great many other minority peoples live according to customs […]
Kunming: The Spring City’s Long Gospel History
Editor’s note: Kunming is called the Spring City because of its year-round pleasant and temperate climate. The city of 7 million is located in the mountains of southwest China, not far from the borders of Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Yunnan Province (where Kunming is located) is home to a large share of China’s minority groups, […]
How Global Believers Can Pray for China
Editor’s note: We want to pray for China in 2025 — but how? Today, a Chinese believers follows up last week’s post on why it is important for global believers to pray for China and shares how we can concretely do so. Pan Xihong uses China Partnership’s prayer guides on various Chinese cities to help […]
Why Global Believers Should Pray for China
Editor’s note: A Chinese Christian shares how he has seen God use the prayers of the church around the world to bless China — and why he longs for those prayers to continue. There are many needs in Chinese society right now. As some Chinese acknowledge the futility of life apart from God, Pan Xihong […]
How Our Church Prays
Editor’s note: In 2025, China Partnership will spend another year praying for Chinese cities. As we prepare our hearts for prayer, a house church pastor shares how his church has tried to implement this sort of prayer. In addition to methods that might be familiar in the West, such as understanding the beauty and idols […]
Governing the City Through Prayer: Part 2
Editor’s note: In 2025, we are again praying for cities across China. Today, in the second part of our interview with Sister Bao En, she talks about the power of prayer. Although it seems that Chinese believers would feel marginalized and powerless, she says that prayer gives them the ability to govern and rule in […]
