Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

province of China has one of the largest Christian populations of

East Asia East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of Economy of China, China, Economy of Ja ...

. There are believed to be several million Christians in Henan, most of them attending Chinese house churches.http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4b6fe1780.pdf Henan is thought to have one of the most significant proportions of Christians of any Chinese province. Henan has one of the largest

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

populations of the country. Many Protestants of Henan live in rural areas. On August 6, 2004, a hundred house church members were arrested in Henan. During the

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious F ...

, Christians were killed in Henan. The Henan Mission, up to 1925 of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, was founded in 1888. The Shouters are active in the province. There is

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 ...

. Bishop Li Hongye was arrested in

Luoyang Luoyang ( zh, s=洛阳, t=洛陽, p=Luòyáng) is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zheng ...

in 2001. A Henan Bible School exists.

Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Henan

* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaifeng * Roman Catholic Diocese of Luoyang * Roman Catholic Diocese of Nanyang * Roman Catholic Diocese of Weihui * Roman Catholic Diocese of Xinyang * Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhengzhou

Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Henan

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