From Reuters:
…The number of church-goers in Jesse’s sparsely populated and poor home county in southwestern Yunnan province has roughly tripled since a decade ago to around a modest 6,000.
Each summer, after the snow thaws and remote valleys become accessible again, the school trains around 50 believers to help strengthen their own churches and spread the faith.
Students pay around 150 yuan ($20) a month for food, board and tuition, studying in an area a long day’s travel and a world away from the wealthy, largely atheist cities of the east coast. [Full Text]
Background of Christianity in China via Wikipedia