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The Korean-Chinese pastors have a disproportional influence on the underground Christianity in China. Christianity has been an influential religion among the Korean people since the 19th century, and it has become the largest religion in South Korea after the division of Korea in 1945.
Christianity may have existed earlier in China, but the first documented introduction was during the Tang dynasty (618–907) A Christian mission under the leadership of the priest Alopen (described variously as Persian, Syriac, or Nestorian) was known to have arrived in 635, where he and his followers received an Imperial Edict allowing for ...
The Handbook of Christianity in China is a two-volume series on the history of Christianity in China, edited respectively by Nicholas Standaert and Gary Tiedemann. It is a part of the Handbook of Oriental Studies [ de ] series published by Brill .
c. 1100 – Circassia (most of the country would remain pagan in spite of Georgian expansion into the region) 1124 – Conversion of Pomerania; 1160s – Obotrites; c. 1200 – (Southwestern) Finland; 1227 – Livonia (Estonia and Latvia), Cumania (Transylvania) 1241 – Saaremaa; 1260 – Curonians; 1290 – Semigallians
Christianity and Islam arrived in China during the 7th century. Christianity did not take root until it was reintroduced in the 16th century by Jesuit missionaries. [12] In the early 20th century, Christian communities grew. However, after 1949, foreign missionaries were expelled, and churches brought under government-controlled institutions.
Protestant Christianity did not arrive in China until Robert Morrison of the London Missionary Society began work in 1807 at Macau. Under the "fundamental laws" of China, one section is titled "Wizards, Witches, and all Superstitions, prohibited." The Jiaqing Emperor in 1814 AD added a sixth clause in this section with reference to Christianity.
The Christian occupation of China : a general survey of the numerical strength and geographical distributon [sic] of the Christian forces in China, made by the Special committee on survey and occupation, China continuation committee, 1918-1921 / Milton T. Stauffer ; assisted by Tsinforn C. Wong, M. Gardner Tewksbury. Author
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .