Mentoring System: The younger lady (R) helping an older lady in a literacy class. Photo: UBSCP/Yeo Tan Tan

SHAANXI: Many poor people in China have never been to school before. One 17 year-old girl from a rural area in Shaanxi province did not even know how to hold a pen, let alone write her name. Another elderly lady had problems knowing which public restroom to go into as she could not read the Chinese character for “male” and “female” written on the door of the cubicle. These real-life stories told to us by 24 year-old Bible School student Meng Juan were just some of many reasons why it was expedient to run a Scripture Literacy class at the local church. Read more [...]
“Our church was established recently and our congregation was small. As we hope for more members to come and join us, scriptural materials for preaching, teaching and referencing were lacking…” “In the midst of our desperation for more Christian resources, we cry out to God, our Jehovah Jireh. In the Old Testament, Abraham’s experiences helped me to understand that God is indeed a God who provides all our needs…” Such were the cries of the Chinese Christians for more scriptural Read more [...]
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