Pray for China (April 19-25, 2025)
Systematically and Strategically Interceding for All of China
Here is the next in the (not quite) weekly series, sharing which prefectures/cities to pray for in China each day. Included in each daily introduction are links to more resources about the city and province to which it belongs. Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) to see more pics of each day’s target city.
*Scroll to the bottom for my explanation of how I decide which cities to pray for daily.
Finally, each week I record the China Compass podcast in which (among other things) I talk through the locations targeted for prayer that week, sharing any specific thoughts or stories that come to mind. Check out the latest episode which drops on April 19.
Here are the unique Chinese places to pray for from April 19-25, 2025:
Sat, Apr 19 - Pray for Meishan Prefecture in eastern Sichuan Province: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meishan
Home of the panda and many Tibetans, Sichuan is matched with Texas for prayer. Listen to my Sichuan podcast (and more): https://prayforchina.us/index.php/sichuan/
*Just a reminder that this Easter in China, thousands of pastors will be (have been!) detained/harassed/persecuted for faithfully leading their flocks. (Hebrews 13:3)*
Sun, Apr 20 - Pray for Nujiang “Lisu” Prefecture in far NW Yunnan Province, on the mountainous (and sometimes porous) border with Myanmar: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nujiang_Lisu_Autonomous_Prefecture
The missionary classic, Behind the Ranges, tells the story of how God used James O. Fraser to reach the Lisu over a hundred years ago. The Lisu remain mostly Christian to this day, even in China.
Home to myriad mountains and minorities, mystical Yunnan is paired with both Arkansas and Louisiana for prayer. Learn more and listen to my Yunnan podcast: https://prayforchina.us/index.php/yunnan/
Mon, Apr 21 - Pray for Yiwu (“Yee-woo”) City in the Jinhua region of Zhejiang Province, home to China's largest export market and the central hub of Chinese counterfeiting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiwu
Zhejiang (“Juh-jiang”) Province is aptly paired with North Carolina for prayer: https://prayforchina.us/index.php/zhejiang/
Learn how Hudson Taylor fell in love with Maria on this special Zhejiang podcast: https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/24
Tue, Apr 22 - Pray for Shanwei Prefecture in eastern Guangdong, a couple hundred miles ENE up the coast from Hong Kong: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanwei
Tropical Guangdong is paired with Florida for prayer. For more info (and podcast): https://prayforchina.us/index.php/guangdong/
Wed, Apr 23 - Pray for Qijiang District in southern Chongqing Municipality: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qijiang,_Chongqing
Chongqing is paired with SE Texas for prayer: https://prayforchina.us/index.php/texas/
Here's my Chongqing podcast (& more): https://prayforchina.us/index.php/chongqing/
Thu, Apr 24 - Pray for Changning District in north-central Shanghai: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changning,_Shanghai
Shanghai is paired with NYC for prayer. For more info, and the Shanghai podcast: https://prayforchina.us/index.php/shanghai/
Fri, Apr 25 - Pray for Hongqiao District in northeast Tianjin Municipality: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongqiao,_Tianjin
Tianjin is paired with Maryland for prayer. For more info, including a moving podcast about the many martyrs of Tianjin: https://prayforchina.us/index.php/tianjin/
*Beginning in early 2024, I began working through each of China’s 31 provinces/regions once per month (on shorter months I skip a smaller, less-populated province), highlighting one new place per day, starting with the most populated in each province. More than a year later, I continue working my way down through each province’s prefecture/city list by population (greatest to least). The goal is to eventually pray for every prefecture, city, and county in China, the vast majority which the average western Christian has never even heard of.