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:

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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)

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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)

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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