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Christianity in Mongolia is a minority religion. In 2020, Christians made up 1.94% of the population. [1]Most Christians in Mongolia became Christian after the Mongolian Revolution of 1990.
Its history can be traced back to 1886. After mid-1950s, Tongshun Street Church used to be the joint gathering place for all the Christian denominations in the city for quite a few years. Now, the church is the intern church of the Inner Mongolia Bible School and the Bible distribution point of the United Bible Societies in Hohhot. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The first Catholic grotto in Mongolia was dedicated in 2008. [23] Joseph Enkh Baatar became the first Mongolian Catholic to join a seminary for the priesthood in 2008. [24] He was ordained as the first Mongolian deacon in December 2014, [25] and as the first Mongolian priest on 27 August 2016. More than 1,500 people attended the ordination Mass ...
Islam in Mongolia is the religion of 105,500 people as of the 2020 census, corresponding to 3.2% of the population. [1] It is mostly the religion of the Kazakh ethnic minority residing in the areas of Bayan-Ölgii Province and Khovd Province in western Mongolia. However, Kazakh communities may be found in cities and towns throughout all Mongolia.
The Annunciation has been one of the most frequent subjects of Christian art. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Depictions of the Annunciation go back to early Christianity, with the Priscilla catacomb in Rome including the oldest known fresco of the Annunciation , dating to the 4th century.
Residential area in the city of Erdenet, Mongolia.The building with a steeple is a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In May 1992, Elders Merlin Lybbert and Monte Brough, members of the Asia Area presidency, went to Mongolia to explore the possibility of the Church providing humanitarian aid.
Inner Mongolia is an area of rapid growth of Protestantism. [5] Religious Affairs Bureau staff have declared a Christmas gathering in Duolun County illegal in 2006. [6] Inner Mongolia Bible School (formerly Inner Mongolia Training Class) was founded in 1987. [7] Inner Mongolia has more than 170,000 Protestants and over 1,000 official churches. [8]
The country has a local Christian TV station, Eagle TV, [3] and a pro-Christian radio station, Family Radio. The first Seventh-day Adventist Church came from efforts by American missionaries starting in 1991. [4] [5] As of the 2015 yearbook, the Mongolia Mission had 5 churches, 2107 members and a language school in Ulaanbaatar. [6]