Bible and Medical Van for China’s Minority People

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Mar 142011
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Bible Medic van up a muddy road to a Miao village church.

Up and up, the van pushed itself onwards, on a narrow, windy mud-path. It has been traveling on the road for more than an hour since leaving Kunming City, and then up a muddy mountainous trek for another 1 hour before arriving at its final destination –Gospel Church, a remote Miao (ethnic group) village church at Lu Feng County in Yunnan Province. This was no ordinary van in China. This was a Bible Medical van, the fourth Bible Medical van donated by United Bible Societies through China Christian Council/TSPM, carrying onboard Bibles for the ethnic minorities living in rural parts of China. The van was also equipped with basic medical equipment for the volunteer doctors travelling with the van to carry out medical check-up and tests for the villagers. Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 2:29 pm Distribution, Minority Language People, Yunnan 云南

Rural Christians welcome China’s first Bible and medical van

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May 122010
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Chen Guo Zi, 80, got her first Bible by the Bible-cum-medical van. Photo:UBS/ Dag Smemo

“I have been a Christian for 14 years but I have never had a Bible before. Today, I have received my very first Bible,” said Chen Guo Zi, 80, as she held her new Bible and cried. Mrs Chen is one of about 300 people who benefited from the debut journey last month of China’s first Bible and medical van, which has been deployed in Jiangsu Province. About 300 Bibles were distributed and about 70 people received basic medical care during the van’s visit to Shang Dang village, just over an hour’s drive from Nanjing, the provincial capital. The village church, set amid beautiful and fragrant fields of yellow rapeseed plants, was cheerfully decorated with pink balloons and colourful flags in celebration of the van’s visit. Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 8:48 am Distribution, Jiangsu 江苏

Made in China: the amazing story of the Bible in China

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Mar 122009
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