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CHINA
Around 130 million Chinese are Christians. Of those, 30 million associate with the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. (This is the only legal church, which is controlled by the communist government.) If you are caught being a Christian or going to church in China you will likely face imprisonment.
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In China, there are 545 people groups. Of those, 443 (81.3%) are unreached. The population is around 1,418,475,000. (143,286,000 unreached.)
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Major religions are non-religious (44.4%) Ethnic Religions (31.6%) Buddhism (12.7%) and Christianity (9.2%).
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Pastors are arrested and persecuted. The government has installed over 170 million facial recognition cameras (many near churches) to identify those attending services.
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Mission
China is ranked 17th in the persecution ranking. China has some of the most attacked/closed churches in the world. If someone converts to Christianity, it's very common for family members and the community to threaten them. The Chinese Communist Party sees Christianity as a threat. They believe the Catholic Church helped destroy communism in Poland. Making Christianity a serious threat that needs to be suppressed.Please pray for Christians and missionaries in China.