Situated on the southern coast of China, Hong Kong is neither a city nor a country, per se. Instead, it is a special administrative region of China, and it has been so since July 1, 1997.
Hong Kong is also a stop along the way to bring the Bible deeper into Asia.
Jason Woolford with Mission Cry says, "This year, they finally lifted the COVID restrictions [so] now people are able to travel if you have a good social score. In other words, [if] you haven’t been in trouble, or you’re following the rules of the Chinese government, then that allows you to freely travel within certain places in China and to Hong Kong."
With a Mission Cry shipping container awaiting them in Hong Kong, Christians from northern China risked the journey south to bring Scripture to their communities.
"We were able to get [these believers] down into the south and gave each of them about 20 pieces of the Book of John in simplified Chinese and other materials. I’m happy to report that all of them have made it back to the north and they’re distributing the Word of God as we speak (in late July 2024)."
Around 400 Books of John or children’s Bibles were distributed. Woolford says each book will likely be shared among 20 people, for an estimated impact of 8,000 people.
Mainland China isn’t the only focus of Mission Cry. Woolford says one of their goals is to send two more containers to Hong Kong in the next five months.
"At Hong Kong University, our materials are being distributed and used by students there for evangelism and for outreach," he says.
Please support Mission Cry’s work through your prayers. Now is the time that they have the means, the partnerships and God’s favour to do this work in Asia.
“Be praying that we continue to have protection over our team there — that we continue to have inroads to be able to do this when so many others do not have that opportunity,” Woolford says.
People can visit missioncry.com to learn how they can sponsor an upcoming shipping container full of Christian resources. Each container carries over half a million dollars worth of Bibles and Christian resources and costs only $11,000 to send.
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This story originally appeared at Mission Network News and is republished here with permission.