Christianity in Guangdong
Christianity is a minority in Guangdong, a province of China. The province has more Christians than it has Muslims.[1] Christianity in Hong Kong enjoys more liberty.
16th century
[edit]In the 16th century, missionaries entered Zhaoqing in Guangdong.[2] Roman Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci came to Guangdong Province in 1583.[3] In September 1807 Robert Morrison landed in Guangzhou.[4] Elijah C. Bridgman and his wife, the first American Protestant missionaries to China, arrived in Guangzhou in 1830.[3] The Protestant population of Guangdong exceeds half a million.[3]
Watchman Nee was from Guangdong. The province has numerous house churches.[3] Guangzhou has Union Theological Seminary. Religious liberty is closer to be respected in Guangdong than in other areas.[5] The house churches in Guangdong face the risk of being closed and its members punished.[6] The province has more Protestants than it has Catholics.[4] Lutherans were active in the province.[7]
Chaozhou
[edit]Christianity reached Chaozhou in the 19th century.[8] There were more than 100 Baptist churches.[9] Furthermore, there were Presbyterian churches.[10]
List of Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Guangdong
[edit]- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiaying
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Shaozhou
See also
[edit]- Beili Wang
- Christianity in Guangdong's neighbouring provinces
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