Christianity in Liaoning explained

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ikon - Kerknieuws.nl Mobiel . 2011-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810103218/http://www.ikonrtv.nl/Kerknieuws/mobiel/artikel.php?i=16780 . 2011-08-10 . dead .
  2. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4b6fe1b4d.pdf Refugee Review Tribunal
  3. Web site: City Focus: Fuxin . 2011-01-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724003254/http://www.peopleofchina.net/map/fuxin.htm . 2011-07-24 .