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• How many Christians in China?
  

  For some three decades OMF International has been researching the numbers of believers in China. We have resisted the urge to publicize large figures which have no documented basis. For some years, in publications such as Pray for China and China’s Christian Millions we have given the tentative and incomplete evidence pointing to more than 50 million Protestant believers in China, but we have not accepted the much higher figures sometimes of over 100 million, which other overseas groups or individuals have publicized—usually on hearsay or without any real supporting evidence.

• Feb. Prayer Points
  

  1. For the first time, the official press in China has publicly admitted the existence of 50 million unregistered house-church believers. Pray this will be a step towards a more liberal religious policy and genuine freedom to worship and evangelize.

  2. There are still elements among officialdom who persecute Christians at the local level; pray that God will overrule so those who recognize the valuable contribution of Christians to society will take over control of policy and its implementation at both the national and local levels.