Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

is a minority in

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) ...

, a province of China. The province has more Christians than it has

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

Christianity in Hong Kong Christianity has been in Hong Kong since 1841 when British Empire started to rule Hong Kong. As of 2020, there were about 1.2 million Christians in Hong Kong (16% of the total population), most of them are Protestant (around 800,000) and Catholic ...

enjoys more liberty.

16th century

In the 16th century, missionaries entered

Zhaoqing Zhaoqing (), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanzhou, Dinghu ...

in Guangdong. Roman Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci came to Guangdong Province in 1583. In September 1807 Robert Morrison landed in Guangzhou. Elijah C. Bridgman and his wife, the first American Protestant missionaries to China, arrived in Guangzhou in 1830. The Protestant population of Guangdong exceeds half a million.

Watchman Nee Watchman Nee, Ni Tuosheng, or Nee T'o-sheng (; November 4, 1903 – May 30, 1972), was a Chinese church leader and Christian teacher who worked in China during the 20th century. His evangelism was influenced by the Plymouth Brethren. In 1922, ...

was from Guangdong. The province has numerous

house church A house church or home church is a label used to describe a group of Christians who regularly gather for worship in private homes. The group may be part of a larger Christian body, such as a parish, but some have been independent groups that see ...

es. Guangzhou has Union Theological Seminary. Religious liberty is closer to be respected in Guangdong than in other areas. The house churches in Guangdong face the risk of being closed and its members punished. The province has more Protestants than it has Catholics. Lutherans were active in the province.

Chaozhou

Christianity reached Chaozhou in the 19th century. There were more than 100 Baptist churches. Furthermore, there were Presbyterian churches.

List of Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Guangdong

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou (Canton) ( la, Archidioecesis Cantonensis, ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guangzhou in China. History * 1848: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong-Guangxi from the Diocese of ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen/Kongmoon ( la, Chiammenen(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Jiangmen in the Ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China. History * January 31, 1924: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiaying The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiaying/Kayíng/Meizhou ( la, Chiaïmen(sis), ) is a diocese of the Catholic Church which is headquartered in the city of Meizhou, in the ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China. History * February 20, 1929: E ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou/Swatow ( la, Scianteuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Shantou in the Ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China. History * April 6, 1914: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Chaozhou 潮 ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Shaozhou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chaozhou/Shíuchow/Shaoguan ( la, Sciaoceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Chaozhou in the Ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China. History * April 9, 1920: Established as the Apostolic Vicaria ...

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16th century

Chaozhou

List of Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Guangdong

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