Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

is a minority in

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

province of China. The Shouters are present in the province. Churches in Fujian include The Aowei Church of Holy Rosary,

Church of Heavenly Peace, Fuzhou Church of Heavenly Peace (; Foochow Romanized: ''Tiĕng-ăng-dòng''), also known as Church of Heavenly Rest or ''Tien Ang Tong'', is a Christianity, Christian Church (building), church in Fuzhou, China. Location The church stands on Cangqian H ...

, Flower Lane Church,

Saint Dominic's Cathedral, Fuzhou St. Dominic's Cathedral ( zh, s=福州圣多明我主教座堂), locally known as the Fanchuanpu Catholic Church (, ), is located by the Min River, Fuzhou, Fujian, China. It is the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fuzhou and the Eccles ...

, Christ Church, Cangxia, and St. John's Church, Fuzhou. Christianity in Fuqing consisted of 350,000 Christians in the 2000s and is a centre of Christianity. The local churches (affiliation) are estimated to include about half of them.
The number of members of the

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in Fujian is a high 6-digit figure at least. There are at least 80,000 members of the

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in the province. Fujian has many house churches. Christianity has been present in Fujian for centuries. The People's Republic of China has

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. Unregistered Catholics are controlled tightly in the province. A house church in Pingtan in Fujian province was demolished in 2006.

Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Fujian

* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou * Roman Catholic Diocese of Tingzhou *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiamen The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiamen/Amoy/Hsíamen (, ) is a diocese located in the city of Xiamen (Fujian) in the ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou in China. History * December 3, 1883: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Amoy 廈門 from the ...

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Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Fujian

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