Christianity in Guangdong

In the 16th century, missionaries entered Zhaoqing in Guangdong.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rlivio.it/cina/religione.htm |title=Cina - Religione |access-date=2011-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328061252/http://www.rlivio.it/cina/religione.htm |archive-date=2012-03-28 |url-status=dead }} Roman Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci came to Guangdong Province in 1583.{{cite web |url=http://www.prayforchina.com/province/Guangdong.htm |title=Guangdong |accessdate=2011-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928173548/http://www.prayforchina.com/province/Guangdong.htm |archivedate=2011-09-28 }} In September 1807 Robert Morrison landed in Guangzhou.{{cite web |url=http://www.seamist.org/peoples/han_chinese_laos.php |title=Agta Ramontado People - South East Asia Mission Teams |accessdate=2011-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930205110/http://www.seamist.org/peoples/han_chinese_laos.php |archivedate=2011-09-30 }} 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 was from Guangdong. The province has numerous house churches. Guangzhou has Union Theological Seminary. Religious liberty is closer to be respected in Guangdong than in other areas.{{cite web |url=http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca:8080/RIR_RDI/RIR_RDI.aspx?id=453053&l=f |title=Réponse à la demande d'information CHN103500.EF |accessdate=2011-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328094306/http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca:8080/RIR_RDI/RIR_RDI.aspx?id=453053&l=f |archivedate=2012-03-28 }} The house churches in Guangdong face the risk of being closed and its members punished.{{Cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,IRBC,,CHN,,4dd208a12,0.html |title=UNHCR | Refworld | China: Situation of Protestants and treatment by authorities, particularly in Fujian and Guangdong (2005 - May 2010) |access-date=2011-07-31 |archive-date=2012-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019062346/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,IRBC,,CHN,,4dd208a12,0.html |url-status=dead }} The province has more Protestants than it has Catholics. Lutherans were active in the province.{{cite web |url=http://www.elchk.org.hk/english/introduction-e.htm |title=ELCHK Eng Version |accessdate=2011-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001095818/http://www.elchk.org.hk/english/introduction-e.htm |archivedate=2011-10-01 }}

Christianity reached Chaozhou in the 19th century.{{cite web |url=http://chinesestudies.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-portal/html/cupjournal/pdf/2250-3426-1-PB.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-07-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328083442/http://chinesestudies.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-portal/html/cupjournal/pdf/2250-3426-1-PB.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-28 }} There were more than 100 Baptist churches.{{cite web |url=http://chinesestudies.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-portal/html/cupjournal/pdf/2250-3426-1-PB.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-07-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328083442/http://chinesestudies.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-portal/html/cupjournal/pdf/2250-3426-1-PB.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-28 }} Furthermore, there were Presbyterian churches.{{cite web |url=http://chinesestudies.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-portal/html/cupjournal/pdf/2250-3426-1-PB.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-07-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328083442/http://chinesestudies.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-portal/html/cupjournal/pdf/2250-3426-1-PB.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-28 }}

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiaying
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Shaozhou

• Beili Wang
• Christianity in Guangdong's neighbouring provinces
• Christianity in Fujian
• Christianity in Hong Kong
• Christianity in Hunan
• Christianity in Jiangxi
• Christianity in Macau

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