Chinese House Church Vision
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. (Matthew 28:19-20 ESV)
In the 1940’s small teams of Han believers who adopted Mark Ma’s vision to reach the Muslims risked their lives by traveling as far as Qinghai and Xinjiang to share the Gospel. Some were imprisoned and died in the effort. The vision appeared to die for about 50 years while China went through the pain and upheaval of the Mao years and the church went underground. In John 12, Jesus teaches, “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” The seed of the Gospel scattered across China in the last centuries and the blood of Chinese and foreign martyrs are fueling God’s work in China today.
There is now a huge potential workforce of financially poor, yet spiritually rich Han believers. Many of their leaders have committed to the Back to Jerusalem vision. With foreign workers’ help Han churches have sent workers overseas to plant churches in predominantly Muslim nations. Now they are just beginning to train and send full-time workers to witness among the Muslim and Tibetan minorities within China as well. Unfortunately, although some Han churches realize the value of training their people to reach the Hui and gaining experience at home before sending them overseas, there is generally a lack of commitment to reach the Hui on the part of the Han church leaders. Could it be that God will use the Hui as well as the Han believers to take the gospel out of China to other Muslim people groups?
Prayer Requests:
- Ask God to give Han church leaders a vision to reach the Hui.
- Ask God to give foreigners servant hearts to come alongside the Han churches to facilitate the new thing God is doing rather than to bring in their “answers.”