China’s minority groups, particularly those such as the Yi (彞, approximately 8 million strong), have been marginalized for years. This region has been designated as an “extremely impoverished” area dependent on outside resources. However, this aid often remains superficial and fails to address the root causes of the problem.
Together, let us commit to being part of God's mission to make disciples of all nations, until every people group in China and around the world has heard the good news of Jesus Christ.
This article addresses the joys, challenges, and frustrations of reaching students from ethnic minority groups in China.
Stories of Chinese Christians reaching minority groups in China.
How involved is the church in China in cross-cultural missions? A Chinese Christian who has been involved long term in motivating, training, sending, and serving ethnic minorities in China shares about current missions efforts among Chinese churches.
Finding ways to get to know people on a deeper level.
Thanksgiving is just around the corner for Americans, but for one minority tribe in China—the Christians of the Lahu people in Yunnan province—Thanksgiving came when with the harvest of their first fall crops.
A review of 首要推荐的100 个国内族群 (100 Priority Unreached People Groups in China) published by Mission China 2030.
Edited by two Chinese missiologists and available only in Chinese, this prayer guide lists the top 100 unreached people groups in China with the purpose of encouraging China’s churches to adopt these groups. In addition to listing China’s minority groups, it also contains an extensive article on the status of evangelization among minority people groups.
The author provides us with a research report on a Tibetan people group in the Gyairong region of Sichuan. He gives background and then traces his church’s involvement with this people group. He goes on to relate the history of missionary work among these people and lessons learned that can be helpful in bringing the gospel to them today.
On March 4, 2015, the OMF Global China Newsletter posted an article titled "Challenges for the Church in China." In it the author highlights four key challenges.
The Chinese church is incredibly diverse.
In recent years, some churches in China have begun to think about and become more involved in cross-cultural ministry among China’s ethnic minorities. In August the Mainland site Gospel Times published an article about efforts by some churches in eastern and northeastern China to establish churches in minority areas.