Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

province of China has one of the largest Christian populations of

East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...

. There are believed to be several million Christians in Henan, most of them attending

Chinese house church In China, house churches or family churches (), are Protestant assemblies in the People's Republic of China that operate independently from the state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and China Christian Council (CCC). They represen ...

es.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 Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

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, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by ...

, Christians were killed in Henan. The Henan Mission, up to 1925 of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, was founded in 1888.

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 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 of b ...

. Bishop Li Hongye was arrested in

Luoyang Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River (Henan), Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the ...

in 2001. A Henan Bible School exists.

Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Henan

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaifeng The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaifeng ( la, Chaefomen(sis), ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Kaifeng in Henan province, China. History * September 21, 1916: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Honan from the Apostolic Vic ...

* 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 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhengzhou/Chengchow ( la, Cemceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Zhengzhou in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng in China. History * August 28, 1882: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of We ...

Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Henan

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