AsiaStories

Many men and women in rural areas in East Asia have few options for income. Ted Wong* is committed to using business and entrepreneurship to teach believers in rural areas how they can support themselves and their ministries. His vision is to provide rural farmers with a cash crop. This could provide an additional source of income as well as allow more time for ministry. Zhe Wang Hu* and Jia Liang* are two of the men Wong works with.

Jia Liang* shoulders a heavy load for a 29-year-old. Because he was the first to come to faith in his village, he is looked to as the leader of their house church. He balances leading this church with raising a family and farming the rice, soybeans, yams and coffee that sustain his extended family.

The Chinese New Year countdown begins with the beating of a drum, followed by the crowd racing to the altar to receive the very first blessing of the year. T.Y. Po watched and thought about his own blessings that day — sharing Christ with his extended family. Find out more at AsiaStories.

It’s an unlikely group sitting around the table searching through the Scriptures. Until a few months ago, all but one of the men was homeless, living under interstate bridges and in local parks. Now, they are blossoming house church leaders, understanding in a way only the homeless can that “house” is not essential to “house church.”

Shanghai native Yan Hua* cannot forget the life lessons she’s learned: trust no one, play both sides, be invisible and don’t rock the boat. At 75 years old, she still looks over her shoulder in fear. Like many of China’s elderly, she has never heard the Gospel of hope.

Delhi is a sprawling, energetic intersection of old and new, wealth and poverty, religion and science. People from all over South Asia come for jobs, education, and asylum. Some come willingly while others are forced here.Even though I’ve lived and worked in South Asia for years, I am easily overwhelmed by the city and want to know it better. Join me on a prayerwalk though the Delhi.

Ho Chi Minh City is leaving the past behind and moving toward becoming an Asian superpower. Economic changes are also paving the way for people to learn more of Christ.

Tears streamed down Sam James’ face as he stared into the abyss outside his airplane window. Somewhere in the darkness below lay the country he risked his life – and the lives of his wife, Rachel, and their four children – to save. But unlike so many American men and women who came to Vietnam, James wasn’t a soldier. He was a missionary.

Dira Amar* was a successful career woman in a Muslim nation while rearing six children. Then tragedy hit. She was accused of corruption and embezzlement, ending up in prison. There, behind bars, she found peace and love.

A five-year journey of emotional ups and downs comes to an end for a Christian worker in China. Diana Huang* says her own special “goodbye” with a recording project, sharing testimonies about her friends and their unique walks of faith.

I will never be Chinese enough to enjoy chicken feet or innards or sharing a bed with four other girls in the summertime. What they see isn’t how assimilated or “Chinese” I can be. What they see and remember is how I cared, loved, embraced, engaged and shared life with them.

Thai Christian woman spends years preparing the way for Joplin volunteers to spread the Gospel in her village. Six pray to receive Christ despite vice-mayor’s warnings about leaving Buddhism.

Vietnamese-American realized God gave her a chance to “give back” — using the material blessings she gained in America to share her faith in Christ with Cambodians on the lake.

Village admits Creator God heals baby but chooses to continue following ancestral spirits.

Floating medical clinics gain entry into village houseboats in Cambodia. Local believers share Gospel with neighbors as translators.