City of ZION
"Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you."
Zechariah 2:10
There is a city that really has no idea who Jesus Christ is because there is almost no evangelical work present in the area. You and I can begin to make a difference in their eternity by joining TEAM ZION. Imagine knowing that God is using you to bring the Gospel to a godless city.
It’s A Cultural Town: Zion is famous for its beautiful mountains and lakes and numerous notable personages. The later include Qu Yuan, a great poet of the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.), official Tao Peng, celebrated modern writer Zhou Libo, overseas Chinese leader Zhang Guoji, and badminton star Gong Zhichao. Zion welcomes its visitors with rich folklore: flower-drum opera, the land-boat — a folk dance performed by a girl gliding about in a cloth boat and a man making rowing motions with an oar, singing a racy ditty as they dance — and dragon and lion dances.
Zion’s 200 million bamboo plants cover an area of 1.4 million mu (1 mu = 1/15 hectare), bringing an annual output value of one billion yuan. Its history of bamboo can be traced back 600 years to the Zhizheng period during the reign of Emperor Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty. The 1999 China Bamboo Culture Festival made Zion bamboo products famous throughout the world. Zion bamboo handicrafts are in popular demand for their choice materials and excellent workmanship. Bamboo summer sleeping mats are woven from dark green strips of bamboo, which several years later turn orange or reddish brown. During the heat of high summer, these mats are the best choice for a comfortable sleep. Today, what was formerly a tribute to emperors can be found in ordinary households. Bamboo mats are also sold to over 20 countries and regions.
FAST FACTS
Population: 1,267,500
Christians: 1.7%
Registered Churches: 1 (government)
Ethnic Composition Han 99%
Language Mandarin
Primary Crops Rice and Tea
China has a total population of 1.3 billion people
China has 172 cities with more than 1 million people. United States only has 9.
There are more lost people in this one country than any other country in the world.
There are four times more lost people in China than the population of the entire United States.
HOW CAN YOU BE INVOLVED IN TEAM ZION?
1. Pray daily for ZION
click the icon to join our daily prayer agenda
and then email me at dmoody@hermitagehillsbaptist.com
to let me know you joined the team
294 People have committed to Pray for Zion through
Missions 3-2-1
Three Minutes - Twice a Day - One City
2. Learn the Heart Language
Are you really interested in reaching the people of this unreached city -
then join us in learning their heart language!!!
18 people have signedup to take Mandarin Chinese starting March 31st!
2 spots left in this semester.
What about you?
3. Be a catalyst in your church.
We are praying that God will join our hearts with nine others churches who would raise up 100 people to pray for Zion in 2008. Perhaps you or your church could be apart of the goal to have 1,000 people praying for Zion. If so, have your pastor or mission's leader contact me as well.
Zion is famous for its beautiful mountains and lakes and numerous notable personages. The later include Qu Yuan, a great poet of the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.), official Tao Peng, celebrated modern writer Zhou Libo, overseas Chinese leader Zhang Guoji, and badminton star Gong Zhichao. Zion welcomes its visitors with rich folklore: flower-drum opera, the land-boat — a folk dance performed by a girl gliding about in a cloth boat and a man making rowing motions with an oar, singing a racy ditty as they dance — and dragon and lion dances.
million mu (1 mu = 1/15 hectare), bringing an annual output value of one billion yuan. Its history of bamboo can be traced back 600 years to the Zhizheng period during the reign of Emperor Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty. The 1999 China Bamboo Culture Festival made Zion bamboo products famous throughout the world. Zion bamboo handicrafts are in popular demand for their choice materials and excellent workmanship. Bamboo summer sleeping mats are woven from dark green strips of bamboo, which several years later turn orange or reddish brown. During the heat of high summer, these mats are the best choice for a comfortable sleep. Today, what was formerly a tribute to emperors can be found in ordinary households. Bamboo mats are also sold to over 20 countries and regions.
