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]
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]