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近期经济衰退导致很多沿岸省份的工厂相继倒闭，政府种种优惠政策及更低廉劳动力使大量工厂往内陆迁移，形成新一轮劳工迁徙潮，促使他们更靠近家乡 或返乡劳动。对于曾流失大量转往城市打拼年轻信徒的农村教会而言，将有何转变目前尚难预测。或许新局面会为内陆地区所谓「二线城市」的教会事工带来新契 机。让我们祷告这些内陆地区及农村教会不仅能获益于经济增长，更重要的是再次经历灵性的大复兴。

The recent economic downturn has caused many factories on the coastal provinces to close. But, factories are also relocating to inland China en mass because of generous government incentives and much lower labor costs. This, in turn, creates a wave of factory laborers returning home and finding work much closer to home. We do not know how this will shape the rural churches, who have lost many of their young ones as they left for better-paying factory jobs. This will also open new opportunities for ministries in the so- called "second tier" cities in the inland provinces. We pray that churches in these inland cities and rural churches will benefit from the economic boom and, most importantly, experience spiritual revival.