Day 17
China
While the international community is concerned about China’s increasingly aggressive actions and policies, we pause to remember that there are over a billion ordinary people who must carry on living their lives in this enormous nation. The Guo family were recently reunited with their son who was abducted by human traffickers 24 years ago. Mr. Guo searched all over China, became a well-known advocate for missing persons and even helped reunite seven abducted people with their families. Finally, his own son was found. Pray for ordinary people living in China to come to know the hope and abundant life found only in Jesus Christ (The Bible, Colossians 1:27).
The world’s most populous country, China is also the world’s second largest by land area. Mission organizations say that the church is the largest social force in China not controlled by the Communist Party. Authorities have continued their harshest crack down on Christianity since the Cultural Revolution. Even the Bible is being “rewritten” to better reflect the government’s communist worldview. The COVID-19 virus originated in China in late 2019 and spread around the world during 2020. China has also been devastated by massive flooding this year.
