Growth of Christianity in China ‘may have come to an end,’ report says

Luke Randall  |  World
Date posted:  27 Feb 2025
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Growth of Christianity in China ‘may  have come to an end,’ report says

A house church in China. Source: IMB

There is ‘no clear evidence’ that Christianity continues to grow in China in the 21st century following rapid growth during the preceding decades, according to a newly released academic paper.

The article, titled ‘The Growth of Christianity in China May Have Come to an End’, was published in Sage Journal at the start of the year, and drew upon research from 19 nationally representative surveys gathered since the turn of the century, as reported by China Christian Daily.

Conrad Hackett and Yunping Tong, the article’s most prominent authors, said that while Christianity experienced the most prominent growth of all major religions in China in the period following the Cultural Revolution, the expansion of the faith has since flatlined in the 21st century.

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