AM-CCSM News

Posted on 24 April 2009.

"Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, I have been a Christian for nearly 20 years. The church in China has suffered in the past years. Many churches preach salvation, but lack studies on character building. They also lack study materials to help believers who are willing to grow. Those who have been Christians for many years feel the lack of spiritual supplies and have hungry and thirsty hearts." - Sister ‘G' in Beijing

In the light of this message and other similar letters from believers in China, we would ask you to continue to pray for the vital literature side of AM-CCSM's ministry. Our literature co-ordinator recently visited several of our printers inside China, as well as a brother who is helping with the production of video materials. Please pray for the decisions regarding printing that will be made following this visit. We also need to lift up continually these Chinese co-workers who willingly put themselves at risk in order to help meet the needs of the churches there. Pray too over the tens of thousands of our books that are currently being distributed across the country. We are so grateful for your prayers and financial support as we look to provide one million teaching books for China this year.

Have you checked out our website recently? We have now added some new features. You can listen to Ross Paterson's regular podcast and also hear from two of our current Antioch School of Missions' students. And please do check out the "Help Wanted" section. Is there a role there that you could take on? Each of our bases is currently looking for a volunteer to take responsibility for promoting the ministry in their country - could that be you? Or perhaps you enjoy working with audio files on your computer - could you be the person we need as Audio File Editor? Check out these and other opportunities at www.am-ccsm.org.

Read again the quote from Sister ‘G' in Beijing and allow the Lord to challenge you to intercessory prayer for the millions of Christian believers in China who hunger and thirst for a deeper understanding of the Lord.

Pray for AM-CCSM as we seek to respond to such requests for Christian teaching materials. Pray for all the co-workers involved in this vital ministry, for the books now circulating in China, for the finance needed to print more, and for important decisions that need to be made on a regular basis about where and when to print each batch of materials.

Pray that the Lord would speak to people across the world through the materials available on our website and that many more would be challenged to pray, give and go for China. Check out the "Help Wanted" section yourself and ask the Lord if there is a role you could take on to help spread the word about the needs of the Chinese believers.