East Asia
Regional Profile
This area includes all of eastern Russia, China, Japan,
Korea and Taiwan some small countries sandwiched between Russia
and China, some countries on China’s southern border
and all of the islands related to those countries. It includes
high deserts, major river valleys and deltas and some of the
highest mountain ranges in the world.
More about East Asia:
- Some areas are extremely overpopulated and other areas
have a very low population density.
- The major religions of this area are Shamanism, Buddhism,
and Taoism.
- In some areas Christians are persecuted but in other
countries the church has freedom to worship openly.
Service focus
Search for current opportunities
in East Asia.
- Educators both for expatriate children as well as local
schools and universities
- Partnering with other organizations to increase effective
student work
- English as a Foreign Language
- Medical and Dental educators and practitioners
- Nursing educators and practitioners
- Community development
- Business education and development
- Creative and modernized literature and other media
Prayer Focus
- Pray for the Christians to develop a strong sense of
identity with Christ and a willingness to suffer.
- Pray that countries that now persecute Christians would
relax their concerns and that the church would have freedom
to worship openly.
- Pray that existing churches would develop a vision to
reach out to serve other people groups near them.
