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Christianity in Taiwan constituted 3.9% of the population, according to Taiwan's 2005 census. [1] Christians on the island included approximately 600,000 Protestants , 300,000 Catholics and a small number of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
Christianity in Taiwan constituted 3.9% of the population, according to the census of 2005; [2] Christians on the island included approximately 600,000 Protestants, 300,000 Catholics and a small number of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Estimates in 2020 suggested that the portion had risen to 4% or 6%. [45] [46] [47]
In 1514, Taiwan was included in the Diocese of Funchal as a missionary jurisdiction; there was some organized Catholic activity on the island. In 1576, the first Chinese diocese, the Diocese of Macau, was established in Macau, a Portuguese colony, and covered most of China as well as Taiwan. The diocese of Macau was sub-divided several times ...
Christian schools in Taiwan (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Christianity in Taiwan" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (RPCT; Chinese: 基督教改革宗長老會; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ki-tok-kàu Kái-kek-chong Tiúⁿ-ló-hōe) was officially established in 1971 when the First Presbytery was formed as a result of the union of various conservative Presbyterian and Continental Reformed congregations planted by various missionary groups.
Taiwanese Christian clergy (1 C, 5 P) L. Taiwanese Latter Day Saints (1 P) P. Taiwanese Protestants (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Taiwanese Christians"
Other Christian denominations present include Presbyterians, the True Jesus Church, Baptists, Lutherans, Seventh-day Adventists, and Episcopalians. Approximately 70 percent of the indigenous population of 475,000 Aborigines is Christian. There are also a small number of adherents of Judaism in Taiwan, mainly expatriates.
An issue of the Taiwan Church News, first published by Presbyterian missionaries in 1885. This was the first printed newspaper in Taiwan, and was written in Taiwanese, in a Latin alphabet. In 1885, the PCT published the printed newspaper in Taiwanese history, the Taiwan Church News (which was first called Taiwan Prefecture City Church News). [13]