Protestantism Christianity in Hong Kong

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a chapel of church of christ in china in bonham road.


the protestant churches in hong kong have 500,000 registered members.


the presence of protestant community dates 1841. great light newspaper (大光報), christian newspaper based in hong kong , distributed in hong kong , china, in operation in 1900s, dr. man-kai wan, 尹文階 (1869–1927) chairman of board , dr. sun yat-sen (a secondary school classmate of dr. wan) contributor.


to tsai church (道濟會堂), founded london missionary society in 1888 , located @ 75 hollywood road, mid-levels (半山區), hong kong, sun s place of worship while studied medicine in hong kong college of medicine chinese (香港華人西醫書院). fung-chi au (區鳳墀, 1847-1914), sun s teacher of chinese literature, elder of tsai church. due growth, church erected large building in 1926 , renamed hop yat church (合一堂).


chinese methodist church (循道衛理聯合教會) started in 1882 @ wellington street, hong kong. upon expansion, moved aberdeen street , caine road. in 1936, moved new building @ 36 hennessy road, hong kong. in 1998, building replaced 23-story building. in addition, church has started numerous branch churches , schools on hong kong.


about 500,000 protestant christians live in hong kong. protestant church made of on 1,300 congregations in more 50 denominations. major denominations anglicans, baptists, lutherans, adventists, christian , missionary alliance, church of christ in china, methodist, pentecostal , salvation army. emphasis on youth work, many congregations have high proportion of young people.


two weekly newspapers published, christian weekly , christian times. 2 ecumenical bodies facilitate co-operative work among protestant churches in hong kong. older one, dating 1915, hong kong chinese christian churches union. second co-operative body hong kong christian council, formed in 1954. major mainline denominations , ecumenical services constitute membership core of council, committed building closer relationships among churches in hong kong churches overseas, , stimulating local christians play active part in development of hong kong society. chairman of council, rt revd thomas soo, represents protestant community in 6 religions meetings.


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