Protestant Christian churches in Mongolia are
Lutheran,
Presbyterians
Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
,
Seventh-day Adventists and various
evangelical Protestant groups.
In 2020, Protestants made up 1.10% of the country's population.
Protestant Christian teaching did not reach Mongolia until the mid-19th century, brought by missionaries such as
James Gilmour. The rise of a
communist government in the 1920s meant an end of the
Protestant Christian missions. However, since the end of communism in 1990, Protestant missionaries have become active again.
The country has a local Christian TV station,
Eagle TV
Eagle News ( mn, Ийглийн мэдээ ''Iigliin medee''), formerly known as Eagle TV ( mn, Ийгл Телевиз ''Iigl Televiz'') is a television broadcaster in Mongolia. The station focuses on independent news, uncensored live audience fee ...
, and a pro-Christian radio station, Family Radio.
The first
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...
came from efforts by American missionaries starting in 1991. As of the 2015 yearbook, the Mongolia Mission had 5 churches, 2107 members and a
language school in
Ulaanbaatar.
See also
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Religion in Mongolia
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Christianity in Mongolia
Christianity in Mongolia is a minority religion. As of 2005, the United States Department of State reports that approximately 24,000 Christians live in Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, which is around 2.5 percent of the entire registered populati ...
References
External links
Mongolian Evangelical Alliance
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