Where are we missionaries to? That is a wonderful question! Over the years, our location has changed. We have lived and served full-time in both mainland China and on the island of Taiwan. And even though our location and responsibilities have changed over the years, our focus has been the same: make disciples, plant churches, train leaders.
Currently, we live in Taiwan and do ministry here on a daily basis, but also we make planned trips into mainland China for leadership training (after spending 8 years of ministry there), and as a field director for Vision Baptist Missions, we travel to Asia to serve the missionaries that work with our mission.
Below is just a snapshot at the different fields we get to work in:
Taiwan (3-4% Christian)
- Population: 23.78 million (2018)
- Area: 13,976 sq mi
- Capital: Taipei
- Largest City: New Taipei City
- Official Languages: Formosan languages, Hakka, Hokkien, Mandarin, Matsu, Taiwan Sign Language.
- Religion: 35.1% Buddhism; 33.0% Taoism; 18.7% No religion; 3.9% Christianity; 9.3% Others.
- (Info: Wikipedia)
China (3-5% Christian)
- Population: 1.4 billion (2019)
- Area: 3,705,407 sq mi
- Capital: Beijing
- Largest City: Shanghai
- Official languages: Standard Chinese (Mandarin)
- Religion: 73.6% No religion or Folk; 15.8% Buddhism; 5.5% Salvationist sects; 3.6% Christianity; 1.5% Islam.
- (Info: Wikipedia)
Asia (7-12% Christian)
- Population: 4,560,667,108 (2018)
- Area: 17,212,000 sq mi
- Largest cities: Delhi, Tokyo, Jakarta, Chittagong, Dubai, Baghdad, Kuala, Lumpur, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Manila, Karachi, Beijing, Guangzhou, Osaka, Dhaka, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Tehran, Doha, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Riyadh, Hong Kong, Singapore.
- Language: There are 2,300 living languages across Asia (stat). The top six languages are: Chinese, Hindi, English, Russian, Indonesian, and Arabic.
- Religion: 25% Hindus; 24 % Muslims; 21 Unaffiliated; 12% Buddhists; 9% Folk Religions; 7% Christian; 1% Other (stat). All religions are practiced in Asia and new ones are still being started. The largest religions are Islam and Hinduism which claim 2.4 billion adherents. Ones that claim somewhere in Asia as their birthplace are as follows: Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism. (stats)
- Countries in Asia (with VBM Missionary): Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Nepal, China, India, Japan, Indonesia.
- Countries in Asia (needs VBM Missionaries): 48 Countries, 3 Dependencies or other territories (according to the United Nations).
- (Info: Wikipedia)
Countries in Asia
# | Country | Population | Subregion |
1 | China | 1,439,323,776 | Eastern Asia |
2 | India | 1,380,004,385 | Southern Asia |
3 | Indonesia | 273,523,615 | South-Eastern Asia |
4 | Pakistan | 220,892,340 | Southern Asia |
5 | Bangladesh | 164,689,383 | Southern Asia |
6 | Japan | 126,476,461 | Eastern Asia |
7 | Philippines | 109,581,078 | South-Eastern Asia |
8 | Vietnam | 97,338,579 | South-Eastern Asia |
9 | Turkey | 84,339,067 | Western Asia |
10 | Iran | 83,992,949 | Southern Asia |
11 | Thailand | 69,799,978 | South-Eastern Asia |
12 | Myanmar | 54,409,800 | South-Eastern Asia |
13 | South Korea | 51,269,185 | Eastern Asia |
14 | Iraq | 40,222,493 | Western Asia |
15 | Afghanistan | 38,928,346 | Southern Asia |
16 | Saudi Arabia | 34,813,871 | Western Asia |
17 | Uzbekistan | 33,469,203 | Central Asia |
18 | Malaysia | 32,365,999 | South-Eastern Asia |
19 | Yemen | 29,825,964 | Western Asia |
20 | Nepal | 29,136,808 | Southern Asia |
21 | North Korea | 25,778,816 | Eastern Asia |
22 | Sri Lanka | 21,413,249 | Southern Asia |
23 | Kazakhstan | 18,776,707 | Central Asia |
24 | Syria | 17,500,658 | Western Asia |
25 | Cambodia | 16,718,965 | South-Eastern Asia |
26 | Jordan | 10,203,134 | Western Asia |
27 | Azerbaijan | 10,139,177 | Western Asia |
28 | United Arab Emirates | 9,890,402 | Western Asia |
29 | Tajikistan | 9,537,645 | Central Asia |
30 | Israel | 8,655,535 | Western Asia |
31 | Laos | 7,275,560 | South-Eastern Asia |
32 | Lebanon | 6,825,445 | Western Asia |
33 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,524,195 | Central Asia |
34 | Turkmenistan | 6,031,200 | Central Asia |
35 | Singapore | 5,850,342 | South-Eastern Asia |
36 | Oman | 5,106,626 | Western Asia |
37 | State of Palestine | 5,101,414 | Western Asia |
38 | Kuwait | 4,270,571 | Western Asia |
39 | Georgia | 3,989,167 | Western Asia |
40 | Mongolia | 3,278,290 | Eastern Asia |
41 | Armenia | 2,963,243 | Western Asia |
42 | Qatar | 2,881,053 | Western Asia |
43 | Bahrain | 1,701,575 | Western Asia |
44 | Timor-Leste | 1,318,445 | South-Eastern Asia |
45 | Cyprus | 1,207,359 | Western Asia |
46 | Bhutan | 771,608 | Southern Asia |
47 | Maldives | 540,544 | Southern Asia |
48 | Brunei | 437,479 | South-Eastern Asia |
Dependencies or Other Territories in Asia
# | Territory | Population | Dependency of |
1 | Taiwan | 23,816,775 | (China) |
2 | Hong Kong | 7,496,981 | China |
3 | Macao | 649,335 | China |
Major Languages Spoken in Asia
# | Language | Estimated Number of Speakers in Asia |
1 | Chinese | 1,000,000,000 |
2 | Hindi | 550,000,000 |
3 | English | 301,625,412 |
4 | Russian | 260,000,000 |
5 | Indonesian | 240,000,000 |
6 | Arabic | 230,000,000 |
7 | Bangla | 230,000,000 |
8 | Japanese | 120,000,000 |
9 | Punjabi | 100,000,000 |
10 | Punjabi | 100,000,000 |
11 | Filipino | 90,000,000 |
12 | Korean | 80,000,000 |
13 | Vietnamese | 80,000,000 |
14 | Telugu | 79,000,000 |
15 | Tamil | 73,000,000 |