Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

is a minority in

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...

province of the People's Republic of China. The

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Changsha The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Changsha ( la, Ciamsciaven(sis), ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Changsha in China. History * April 2, 1856: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan from the Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh * Septemb ...

, the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde The Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde ( la, Ciamtean(us), ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Changsha, in Central China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its epi ...

and the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou/Hengchow/Hengyang ( la, Hemceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Hengyang (Hunan) in the Ecclesiastical province of Changsha in China. History * July 23, 1930: Established as Apostolic Vicaria ...

have their seat in the province. The province has

persecution of Christians The persecution of Christians can be historically traced from the first century of the Christian era to the present day. Christian missionaries and converts to Christianity have both been targeted for persecution, sometimes to the point of ...

. Hunan has more than 1000 congregations. The

Hunan Bible Institute Hunan Bible Institute () was an important fundamentalist Bible school in early-20th century China. It was founded in 1916 and known as " Biola in China." History Frank A. Keller, a missionary with the China Inland Mission, began evangelistic wo ...

was founded in 1909. Christians only form a small majority of the Hunanese

Han Han may refer to: Ethnic groups * Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group. ** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...

True Jesus Church The True Jesus Church (TJC) is a non-denominational Christian Church that originated in Beijing, China, during the Pentecostal movement in the early twentieth century. The True Jesus Church is currently one of the largest Christian groups in Chin ...

and

The Shouters The Shouters, or more properly the Shouters sect (呼喊派), is a label attached by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to an amorphous group within China that was targeted by the government first as counterrevolutionaries and subsequently as a cr ...

are present in the province. China Evangelistic Fellowship and China Fountain Group had a large following in 2000.http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4b6fe1890.pdf

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