AsiaStories

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.

This Chinese New Years trip hasn’t been easy. But it’s been a journey that is giving me new perspective on me my role in my own family. Whether it’s a kind word or simply listening to them share their stories, things are simple. I’m also discovering the needs in Hong Kong. Join in me praying for this city and it’s people.

The young Chinese woman steps from a back room into the soft, pink light of a small brothel. She adjusts her short dress and black stockings. A middle-aged Chinese man follows a few steps behind, handing her the equivalent of $60 U.S. Transactions like this happen every day in brothels throughout China, a Christian worker says. By praying and sharing, she hopes to bring the Gospel to China’s commercially exploited women.

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.

More than 300 pastors have been able to share the Gospel with more than a million people among Manila’s urban poor. House groups among squatter communities lead to an explosion of the Gospel, all through training sessions every month.

Notes of a sacred hymn fade as Dorji Sangay* reads a passage from his Bible. The small congregation follows along in their New Testaments and then discusses the verses. From where Sangay sits cross-legged on the floor, he can look out the window and see the jagged Himalayan Mountains of his home country, Bhutan. His [...]

Bhutan still needs your prayers. Doors are just starting to open for the Gospel to spread and for religious freedoms. Join in prayer through a 30-Day prayer guide and a virtual prayerwalk.

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.

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

While Japan’s disaster has sent many people flocking to Shinto shrines and temples, one Christian woman is demonstrating her confidence in God’s provision by taking in displaced people.