Prayer Updates

From our International Director

Posted on 31 January 2012.

Regular readers of this China prayer letter will know that every two months Day Seven contains an editorial written by me. The alternate months contain ‘local' news from our different national bases. During the first half of 2012, I want to address specifically some issues that have been raised concerning our ministry to China.

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AM-CCSM News

Posted on 28 January 2012.

This year's Antioch School of Missions' (ASM) students have now moved into part two of their course when they will be more involved in various areas of ministry.

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Studying Overseas

Posted on 25 January 2012.

Wu Haiying was sent by her parents to a high school in the USA. A foreigner teaching English in China had advised them that American Christian schools are safe and academically strong, so she ended up at a high school that required her to attend church and Bible study on a regular basis.

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Thank You!

Posted on 22 January 2012.

Thank you so much to all who have supported our literature ministry through prayer and finance! We would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of the many letters we have received from China - some from those who have already received the materials you helped to provide and some who are asking us for more. The need remains - and we press on to respond to these new requests.

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School Bus Tragedy

Posted on 19 January 2012.

Premier Wen Jiabao promised more government funds to provide improved school bus services after a crash in Gansu Province killed 18 children and two adults in November.

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Challenges Christians Face

Posted on 16 January 2012.

"What are the things that Chinese believers most struggle with?" we recently asked an experienced Chinese Christian leader. Her reply might surprise you!

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Urban Poverty

Posted on 13 January 2012.

"A place of oppression, slavery and injustice, of sickness, hunger and poverty - both spiritually and physically." That's how one of our co-workers recently described an urban area near to where he lives in China.

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Left Behind Children

Posted on 28 December 2011.

"Today I heard a programme mentioning that the decline of children's academic performance is caused by family problems. I think of many problems that arise when children are left behind in our country. I remember an interview in which a left-behind child said his parents had gone to work in other places and he was afraid of being abandoned by his parents. The child added that he was scared while he was sleeping at night. So he cried under his quilt alone. This case really makes me feel sick, especially as I myself have become a parent recently. I understand that a child needs to be connected closely with his parents very much. That is also my personal experience. Please pray for those who need mercy, both physically and psychologically in our country."

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Come and See

Posted on 25 December 2011.

"What a wonderful ministry adventure it was to be part of this trip! I loved the variety of ministries we were presented with. It was an eye opener to see the diversity and innovativeness of so many gifted people, serving God in their own way and according to their own gifts. It would be hard to speak of highs and lows, because each part was so different, so special, so interesting - from the farm project to the children's work, to the language school, to the university work. It was all so fascinating and challenging. Thank you, Lord, and thank you AM-CCSM for the adventure."

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Serving the Church in China

Posted on 22 December 2011.

After 25 years of serving the church in China, we at AM-CCSM are delighted to continue to provide much-needed Christian teaching materials. During 2011, we printed and distributed one million Christian teaching books in China. That total included thirty-nine different titles. We also distributed 13,200 sets of the ‘Unlocking the Bible' DVDs and five thousand sets of a new series by David Pawson called ‘The Five Covenants of Scripture'.

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