All our favorite stories this week are about people or communities that are on the margins of Chinese society, either culturally or geographically: Orthodox Christians, Uighur factory workers, Hong Kong taxi drivers, and Miao villagers in Guizhou.
While much is written about the explosive growth of the church among the Han (dominant ethnic group in China), less is written about the spread of Christianity among the minority peoples. The article translated below is about a county in Yunnan Province that is praying and raising money to build a church.
This article, translated from the Mainland based website Christian Times, is a testimony to the power of the Gospel among the Miao people of Yunnan Province.
The issues facing minority women in China.
An overview of the ethnic minorities of China and the background of how they have been categorized by the Chinese government.
The story of a Christian county in rural Yunnan.
The Liberating Gospel in China, The Christian Faith among China’s Minority Peoples. by Ralph R. Covell.
A review by Jim Ziervogel
How do we define "people groups" and how many unreached groups are there in China today?