Christianity in Guangdong

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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.

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16th century

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

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

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