Christianity in Liaoning
Christianity is a minority in Liaoning, a province of the People's Republic of China. Multimillionaire Leung Moon-Lam intended to build a theme park on the Bible there.[1] The number of Christians in the province has increased dramatically since the Cultural Revolution, having been at about 60,000 in 1965.[2] A significant minority are of Korean origin.[2] The number of registered churches and meeting points exceeds 1000.[2] The number of Protestants exceeds half a million.[2] The number of Christians in Shenyang was estimated to be 200,000 as of 2000.[2] An estimate for 1996 was 70,000.[2] Shenyang has North East Theological Seminary.[2] Liaoning has a far lower number of arrests of Christians than other provinces.[2] Dalian had about 1% Christians in 2003.[2] Fuxin has a Christian population estimated at below 1%.[3]
Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Liaoning
[edit]- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Yingkou
See also
[edit]- Christianity in Liaoning's neighbouring provinces
References
[edit]- ^ "Ikon - Kerknieuws.nl Mobiel". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Refugee Review Tribunal unhcr.org
- ^ "City Focus: Fuxin". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.