Christians have been trying to convert the Chinese for over a thousand years. Although Christians make up only a small percentage of the Chinese population, Christianity is an established minority religion in China, and Chinese and foreign Christians...

(Zhongguo jidujiao xiehui) The China Christian Council (CCC) is the officially authorized representative organization for China’s Protestant population. Established in 1980, the CCC was designed to work alongside the Three-Self Patriotic Movement...

Christianity in China has developed since at least the 7th century AD. The introduction of Nestorianism, a Christian denomination, around 635 is considered by some to be the first entry of the Christian religion into China. However, recent discoveries...

Christian books are currently being produced in China by three types of publishers: (1) the China Christian Council, (2) seminaries and provincial Christian councils, and (3) non-Christian publishers, such as university or secular presses and the Religion and Culture Press of the government...

The Rev. Zhang Mengen steps solemnly to the pulpit and gazes out at the hundreds of followers packed into his new $50,000 church. Even the upper balcony is full. Slowly, silently, he lifts his palms toward heaven. The congregation rises. The freshly painted...

They worked the crowds at Olympic games in Athens, Sydney and Atlanta. And, even though China outlaws what they do, they will be on the ground next summer in Beijing as well.Christian mission groups from around the world plan to quietly defy the Chinese ban...

The installation of a Chinese bishop well regarded by the Holy See marked the beginning of what could be a "new chapter, a new reality" in the Catholic church's relationship with the government in Beijing, a Vatican official said Friday.Joseph Li Shan was appointed to...