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The China Initiative

As the eyes of the world watch the Olympics, God’s eyes are on the over one billion people in China who need the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There are more than 1.3 billion Chinese on the planet, approximately one out of every five people.  More than half of this population has never heard the Gospel.  China is the largest unreached people group in the world.

ILI's China Team is actively training leaders and changing lives for God's glory.  One China leader commented on ILI training, "The future of the Church in China depends on high quality leadership training.  What ILI does is different.  You have the right principles.  Your prioritize relationships.  You show the power of a team."

China and its fourteen border nations compose forty-five percent of the global population.  Six nations are predominately Islamic, four are Buddhist, and three are atheisitic communism.  Only China is geographically positioned to have an effective spiritual and political impact on these countries.

When the communists took over China in 1949, there were one million Chinese believers.  All foreign Christian workers were forced out of China.  Many Chinese Christian leaders were imprisoned and many churches were closed. Persecution of believers became widespread resulting in an underground church movement. Many thought that Christianity in China would die.  Today, China's government estimates that there are 130 million Christians.  Even with this dramatic growth, only ten percent of the population is Christian.

We invite you to join us in praying and working for the harvest in China.