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Prayer Updates
From our International Director
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow." So said Jesus in Matthew 6:28.
AM-CCSM News
Please continue to lift up the short-term mercy team that is currently in China. The team members are serving with our China-based co-workers in three different projects. They are running a summer camp at a village school, organising some games and crafts for another large group of children from rural areas, and working in an orphanage.
Crackdown in Chongqing
Chongqing in western China is home to over 30 million people.
Not Enough Leaders
"Many of our practical needs... are not satisfied at official churches," said 38-year-old Jacob Sun, who now attends a house church.
Workers Protest
"Industrial unrest has been spreading through China's factories, with strikes breaking out in the south, east and north... Strikes have been rippling from factory to factory," according to the BBC.
Returning to China
The new academic year is about to begin in China and several of our co-workers have recently returned there after time in their home countries.
Caring for the Elderly
More than 12 percent of China's 1.3 billion people are now over the age of 60 and, as a result of China's one child policy, the percentage will continue to grow.