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

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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

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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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* 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

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* Beili Wang
* Christianity in Guangdong's neighbouring provinces
* Christianity in Fujian
* Christianity in Hong Kong
* Christianity in Hunan
* Christianity in Jiangxi
* Christianity in Macau

## References

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1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-07-27.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ^ "Cina - Religione". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
3. ^ a b c d "Guangdong". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
4. ^ a b "Agta Ramontado People - South East Asia Mission Teams". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
5. ^ "Réponse à la demande d'information CHN103500.EF". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
6. ^ "UNHCR | Refworld | China: Situation of Protestants and treatment by authorities, particularly in Fujian and Guangdong (2005 - May 2010)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
7. ^ "ELCHK Eng Version". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-29.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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