This is a list of Protestant theological seminaries in the People's Republic of China which presently includes those in

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. Seminaries in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

and

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, as well as training centers, are not yet included. See also related laws that have been published by the

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Seminaries

Mainland China

A list of the officially registered undergraduate theological seminaries in mainland China: * Anhui Theological Seminary ( zh, 安徽神学院) : Established in 1987 in Hefei. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

Province. * Fujian Theological Seminary ( zh, 福建神学院) : Established in 1983 in Fuzhou. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of 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 cap ...

Province. * Guangdong Union Theological Seminary ( zh, 广东协和神学院) : Established in 1914 in

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

as the Canton Theological Seminary, it was later made an affiliate college of

Lingnan University Lingnan University (LN/LU), formerly called Lingnan College, is a public liberal arts university in Hong Kong. It aims to provide students with an education in the liberal arts tradition and has joined the Global Liberal Arts Alliance since ...

. It was closed in 1960 and re-established in 1986. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

Province. * Heilongjiang Theological Seminary ( zh, 黑龙江神学院) : Established in 1996 in Harbin as the Heilongjiang Protestant Bible School, it was upgraded to junior college status in 2009 and renamed the Heilongjiang Bible College. In 2011, it started cooperative teaching with the Harbin Protestant Bible School and in 2012, both schools were merged and the institute upgraded to an undergraduate school bearing the current name. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

Province. * Huadong Theological Seminary ( zh, 华东神学院) : Established in 1985 in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, it is jointly managed by the provincial TSPM/CCs of Shandong,

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

, and

. * Jiangsu Theological Seminary ( zh, 江苏神学院) : Established in 1998 in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...

Province. * Jinling Union Theological Seminary also known as Nanjing Union Theological Seminary ( zh, 金陵协和神学院) : Established in 1911 in

as the Nanking Theological Seminary, an affiliated college of the

University of Nanking The University of Nanking, known in Chinese as Jinling University (金陵大学, Jinling being the ancient name of Nanking) was a private university in Nanjing, China sponsored by American churches. Founded in 1888, it effectively become defunct i ...

until the late 1920s. The seminary was closed during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

and re-established in 1981. It is managed by the national Three Self Patriotic Movement and the China Christian Council. This is the only theological seminary in mainland China that has international accreditation from the

Association for Theological Education in South East Asia The Association for Theological Education in South East Asia (ATESEA) is an organisation of Christian seminaries and other tertiary institutes of theology. It is based in Manila, Philippines and currently networks 102 member institutions and schoo ...

(ATESEA). * Northeast Theological Seminary ( zh, 东北神学院) : Established in 1894 in Shenyang as the Presbyterian Junior College, it was renamed the Mukden Theological Seminary in 1898. In 1953, it was merged with the Yanjing Union Theological College and incorporated as part of the Nanjing Union Theological College in 1961. It was re-established as a separate institution in 1982 and is managed by the TSPM/CC of Liaoning Province. * Shandong Theological Seminary ( zh, 山东神学院) : Established in 1987 in Jinan. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of Shandong Province. *Sichuan Theological Seminary ( zh, 四川神学院) : Established in 1984 in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese pro ...

. It is jointly managed by the provincial TSPM/CCs of

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

and Chongqing. * Yanjing Theological Seminary ( zh, 燕京神学院) : Established in 1986 in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

. Not to be confused with the earlier Yanjing Union Theological Seminary which merged with the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary. It is jointly managed by the provincial TSPM/CCs of Beijing,

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...

, Shanxi,

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...

, Gansu,

Ningxia Ningxia (,; , ; alternately romanized as Ninghsia), officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1 ...

Qinghai Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...

and

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

. * Yunnan Theological Seminary ( zh, 云南神学院) : Established in 1950 in Kunming as the Yunnan Bible College on the premises of the pre-

revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

Ling Kwang Bible College. It was closed in the Cultural Revolution and re-established in 1989 and is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Province. * Zhejiang Theological Seminary ( zh, 浙江神学院) : Established in 1984 in

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...

. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Province. * Zhongnan Theological Seminary ( zh, 中南神学院) : Established in 1985 in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...

. It is jointly managed by the provincial TSPM/CCs of

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 ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...

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 ...

Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

and Guangxi.

Hong Kong

* Alliance Bible Seminary ( zh, 建道神學院) : Established in 1899 in

Wuzhou Wuzhou (, postal: Wuchow; za, Ngouzcouh / Ŋouƨcouƅ), formerly Ngchow, is a prefecture-level city in the east of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Geography and climate Wuzhou is located in eastern Guangxi borde ...

as the Alliance Bible School under the auspices of the

Christian and Missionary Alliance The Alliance World Fellowship is the international governing body of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (The Alliance, also C&MA and CMA). The Alliance is an evangelical Protestant denomination within the Higher Life movement of Christianity ...

. It was relocated to Hong Kong after the

Chinese Communist Revolution The Chinese Communist Revolution, officially known as the Chinese People's War of Liberation in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and also known as the National Protection War against the Communist Rebellion in the Republic of China (ROC ...

in 1949 and renamed in 1955. It is accredited internationally by the

Asia Theological Association Asia Theological Association (ATA) is a Christian organisation of seminaries in Asia. It is a member of the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education. The headquarters is in Quezon City, Philippines. History ATA was formally esta ...

(ATA) and ATESEA. * Asia Lutheran Seminary ( zh, 亞洲路德宗神學院) : Established in 2005 by the

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), also referred to simply as the Wisconsin Synod, is an American Confessional Lutheran denomination of Christianity. Characterized as theologically conservative, it was founded in 1850 in Milwauke ...

to train workers for the South Asian Lutheran Evangelical Mission.

Colleges

Mainland China

A list of the officially registered two and three year junior college status theological institutions in mainland China. * Guizhou Bible School ( zh, 贵州圣经学校) : Established in 1993 in

Panzhou Panzhou () is a county-level city in southwestern Guizhou province, China, on the border with Yunnan province to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Liupanshui. Administrative divisions As of 2017, Panzhou i ...

as the Liupanshui Christian Theological Training Class, it was renamed the Guizhou Theological Training Centre in 1996 and moved to Guiyang. In 2013, it was granted approval to operate as a junior college. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Province. * Hebei Bible School ( zh, 河北圣经学校) : Established in 1995 in Shijiazhuang. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Province. * Henan Bible College ( zh, 河南圣经专科学校) : Established in 1989 in

Luoyang Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of 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 southeast, Nanyang ...

as the Henan Christian Theological Training Centre, it was moved to Zhengzhou in 1993. In 2009, it was granted approval to operate as a three-year Bible college. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Province. * Inner Mongolia Bible School ( zh, 内蒙古圣经学校) : Established in 1987 in Hohhot as the Inner Mongolia Christian Volunteers Training Class. In 2007, it was granted approval to operate as a junior college. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of the

Autonomous Region. * Jiangxi Bible School ( zh, 陕西省圣经学校) : Established in 1992 in

Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

as the Jiangxi Pastoral Training Class, it was registered and renamed in 1993. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Province. * Jilin Bible School ( zh, 吉林省圣经学校) : Established in 2005 in Changchun. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

Province. * Shaanxi Bible School ( zh, 陕西省圣经学校) : Established in 1988 in

Xianyang Xianyang () is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an. Once the capital of the Qin dynasty, it is now integrated into the Xi'an metrop ...

, the campus was moved to

Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ...

in 1998. It is managed by the TSPM/CC of

Province.

References

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