Pray for China (July 6-12, 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 (usually near the end) I talk through the locations targeted for prayer that week, sharing any thoughts or stories that come to mind. Here are the unique places to pray for July 6-12, 2025:
*Remember that today in China, thousands of pastors will continue to be detained/harassed/persecuted for faithfully leading their flocks. (Hebrews 13:3)*
Sun, July 6 - Pray for Bazhou District in Langfang (Hebei Province), sandwiched between Beijing and Tianjin: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazhou,_Hebei
Hebei (“Huh-bay”) Province is paired with both Wisconsin and Michigan for prayer. Check out my Hebei podcast (and more): https://prayforchina.us/index.php/hebei/
Mon, July 7 - Pray for Linkou County in Mudanjiang City of Heilongjiang Province, not far from the Russian border: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkou_County
Heilongjiang (Black Dragon River), the northernmost prefecture in China, is paired with both Minnesota and the UP of Michigan for prayer. Check out my Black Dragon River podcast (and more): https://prayforchina.us/index.php/heilongjiang/
Tue, July 8 - Pray for Dengzhou (Dung-joe) City in southern Henan Province’s Nanyang, a region known to have experienced significant Christian growth (and persecution) starting in the 1980s: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengzhou
Henan (“south of the river”) and is paired with both Kentucky and West Virginia for prayer. Here's my Henan podcast (and more): https://prayforchina.us/index.php/henan/
Wed, July 9 - Pray for Yunyang, a heavily forested region in Shiyan Prefecture in the NW corner of Hubei Province: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunyang,_Shiyan
I passed through Shiyan in March of 2003, the month I spent criss-crossing Hubei. Read more: https://open.substack.com/pub/chinacall/p/how-to-lose-your-passport
Hubei (“north of the lake”) is paired with Illinois for prayer. For more Hubei info (including a special episode of the podcast): https://prayforchina.us/index.php/hubei/
Thu, July 10 - Pray for Taoyuan County, the most populated in Changde, one of the largest cities in Hunan Province: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoyuan_County
Hunan (literally: “south of the lake”) is paired with both Indiana and Ohio for prayer. For more about Hunan (incl. my podcast): https://prayforchina.us/index.php/hunan/
Here’s the gov’t website, which includes lots of pics: https://www.taoyuan.gov.cn/zjty
Fri, July 11 - Pray for Tinghu District of Yancheng, near the coast of eastern China’s uber-populated Jiangsu Province: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinghu,_Yancheng
Jiangsu Province is paired with Tennessee for prayer (same number of counties). For more info (including a special podcast): https://prayforchina.us/index.php/Jiangsu/
Sat, July 12 - Pray for Linchuan, the largest and most-populous district within Fuzhou Prefecture in the mountains of eastern Jiangxi Province, one of the first places I ever visited in China (2002): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linchuan,_Fuzhou
Jiangxi is paired with Georgia for prayer. For more about Jiangxi (incl. my podcast, where I discuss my first visit in Aug, 2002):https://prayforchina.us/index.php/Jiangxi/
*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.