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Christianity in Inner Mongolia

Christians are a minority in the Inner Mongolia region of the People's Republic of China. There are Eastern Orthodox Churches in Labdarin, Manzhou, and Hailar.[1] The Shouters are active in Inner Mongolia.[2] About 100,000 Chinese Christians were in the region in 1993.[3] The region has few Mongolian Christians.[3] Numerous house church leaders were detained in Xilinhot in 2008.[4] Inner Mongolia is an area of rapid growth of Protestantism.[5] Religious Affairs Bureau staff have declared a Christmas gathering in Duolun County illegal in 2006.[6] Inner Mongolia Bible School (formerly Inner Mongolia Training Class) was founded in 1987.[7] Inner Mongolia has more than 170,000 Protestants and over 1,000 official churches.[8] Tongsun Street Church was started with the help of Swedish missionaries around 1900.[9] According to Tjalling Halbertsma, Christians used to live in Inner Mongolia before 1206. [10] Hohhot used to have or has a very large house church with more than 1500 church members.[citation needed] Protestantism entered the region in the late 19th century.[11] Due to the Dungan Revolt (1895–96), the western Inner Mongolian Han Chinese Catholic village Xiaoqiaopan had defensive procedures instituted by the Belgian Priests in charge.[12] Missionaries were killed during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.[11] The French Catholic vicar apostolic, Msgr. Alfons Bermyn, wanted foreign troops garrisoned in inner Mongolia, but the Governor refused. Bermyn petitioned the Manchu Enming to send troops to Hetao where Prince Duan's Mongol troops and General Dong Fuxiang's Muslim troops allegedly threatened Catholics. It turned out that Bermyn had created the incident as a hoax.[13][14] In Fengzhen, a church was founded as early as 1892.[11] Most Christians in Inner Mongolia are Han Chinese.[11]

Catholicism

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Its priest tried to prevent the demolition of the only Catholic church of Ordos and was arrested. [15] The area is served by the Archdiocese of Suiyuan, the Diocese of Chifeng, and the Diocese of Jining. Inner Mongolia has Catholic villages.[16] It has an underground Catholic seminary.[16] Several priests of the underground Catholic Church had been arrested in 2007.[17] There are also more than 200,000 Catholics in Inner Mongolia.[3] The Catholic Church has a history of over 120 years.[3] There are at least 32 Catholic churches and 100 home meetings.[3] During the Boxer Rebellion, more than 2000 Catholics were murdered in Inner Mongolia.[18] Four bishops appointed by the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association are present in Inner Mongolia.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Orthodox Churches of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region". Orthodox.cn. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2015-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e "Mongolian | OMF". www.omf.org. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "China "Detains" House Church Alliance President In Inner Mongolia". Worthynews.com. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "China: Christians neglected in Inner Mongolia". Religioscope. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. ^ "House Church in Inner Mongolia Raided, Woman Missionary Sentenced to Re-education through Labor | dossiertibet". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  7. ^ "Bible Ministry Exhibition of the Protestant Church in China Website". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  8. ^ "Christians Neglected in Inner Mongolia". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  9. ^ "The Bible in Inner Mongolia - UBS China Partnership - Bibles in China". Ubscp.org. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ a b c d "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ Bickers, Robert A.; Tiedemann, R. G., eds. (2007). The Boxers, China, and the World (illustrated ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 30. ISBN 978-0742553958. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  13. ^ Ann Heylen (2004). Chronique du Toumet-Ortos: Looking through the Lens of Joseph Van Oost, Missionary in Inner Mongolia (1915–1921). Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. p. 203. ISBN 90-5867-418-5.
  14. ^ Patrick Taveirne (2004). Han-Mongol Encounters and Missionary Endeavors: A History of Scheut in Ordos (Hetao) 1874–1911. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. p. 539. ISBN 90-5867-365-0.
  15. ^ "CINA Mongolia Interna, demolita l'unica chiesa cattolica di Ordos per costruire una nuova strada". Asianews.it. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Catholiques chinois sous haute surveillance". Lavie.fr. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Vier priesters van de verboden kerk in China opgepakt". Het Belang van Limburg. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Scheut Missions-CICM Missionaries in China". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
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