QINGHAI EARTHQUAKE - HELP NOW!
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On April 14, a rapid series of earthquakes – 6.9 magnitude with aftershocks as strong as 5.8 struck an impoverished region in Western China where WorldServe helps distribute bibles and support church planting efforts. God has blessed us with relationships already on the ground in the closest major city to the Qinghai earthquake, which is being used as a staging ground for the country’s relief efforts to the Qinghai Earthquake area.
With the deathtoll of the Qinghai earthquake at 600 and more than 10,000 listed as injured so far, WorldServe’s Chinese church partners need our support to help mobilize believers trained to share the gospel and plant churches to work as part of the relief efforts in this remote mountainous area.
WorldServe is in constant contact with church movement leaders in China who are ministering in Yushu city, Qinghai Province The earthquake area is a full day’s drive from the nearest airport in the province’s capital city of Xining, an area where WorldServe has church partners on the ground who work among unreached people groups in the Tibetan region.
Based on the success of our Sichuan Earthquake response and ministry efforts in 2008, church leaders are encouraged that a similar response will help them establish trusted relationships and gain access to the hard-to-reach people group in this sensitive area.
Map: Quinghai Earthquake in China
Qinghai province
Population: 5 millionPeople: 44 ethnic groups, including Tibetans and Mongols
Average elevation: Over 3,000 meters above sea level
Geography: Qilian Mountains, the Qingnan Plateau and the source of the Yangtze, Mekong and Yellow Rivers
Source: China Internet Information Center