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China
God is moving in China
The State of Missions in China
Missions in China are shaped by one of the world’s largest and most complex mission fields, with remarkable church growth alongside intense state control, 441 unreached peoples and more than 140 million unreached Xiang Han Chinese in the largest listed group, and house churches, registered churches, diaspora communities, and digital networks that continue Gospel witness under surveillance. 441 unreached people groups remain.
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7.7%
CHRISTIANS
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96.4%
LITERACY
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441
UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS
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Han Chinese
Xiang
LARGEST UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP
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140M
UNREACHED POPULATION
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Beijing
CAPITAL CITY
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Shanghai
Beijing
Shenzhen
LARGEST CITIES
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Chinese
Yuan
(Renminbi)
CURRENCY
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Highly varied, from arid deserts and high plateaus to humid subtropical coasts and cold continental.
CLIMATE
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Mandarin
Chinese
PRIMARY LANGUAGES
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Ethnic
LARGEST UNREACHED RELIGION
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Bible Translation
Chinese Bible access is extensive digitally, but printing, distribution, and online religious content face controls.
Church Planting
Church multiplication increasingly depends on Chinese leaders able to disciple others under surveillance and pressure.
Disaster Relief
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Education
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Gospel Access
China has 441 UPGs; more than 140 million unreached Xiang Han Chinese are the largest community identified here.
Human Trafficking
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Medical Missions
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Orphans & Vulnerable Children
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Persecuted Church
Unregistered churches can face raids, surveillance, detention, and pressure to conform to state religious policy.
Poverty & Justice
Churches can quietly serve migrant workers, elderly neighbors, and poor families through durable local relationships.
Unreached People Groups
Millions still have little or no access to the gospel in their language and culture.
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A History of God's Faithfulness in China
China’s evangelical missions story is closely tied to this history: 19th-century missions expanded Bible translation, education, medicine, and church planting; indigenous movements survived revolution and grew dramatically after the Cultural Revolution. Over time, responsibility increasingly shifted toward local pastors, evangelists, teachers, and churches rather than remaining primarily in foreign hands. Political change, migration, conflict.
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Early Beginnings
Nineteenth-century missions expanded Chinese Bible translation, education, medicine, publishing, and church planting.
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1900s
War, revolution, and the 1949 Communist victory ended the foreign-mission era and radically reshaped Chinese church life.
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Independence Era
Chinese believers sustained Christian faith through persecution, including the severe disruption of the Cultural Revolution.
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Modern Movement
After the late 1970s, both registered congregations and house-church networks experienced remarkable growth in many regions.
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Today
Chinese believers continue Gospel witness today amid surveillance, tighter regulation, and hundreds of unreached peoples.
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