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Protestants
Statistical data on the
Protestant community in
China
Information provided by
the Office of Religious
Affairs
700 000
6.5 million
Information provided by
the CPPCC
Number of Protestants
1949:
1994:
Number of religious
workers
18 000 clergymen and
missionaries
1 000 seminarists
Number of churches
8 000
8 000
Number of meeting places
20 000
20 000
Number of seminaries
13
13
Number of bibles printed
1949:
1994:
700 000
7 million
Early 1980s:
10 million
Since 1994: 2 200 000
Newspaper
"Tian Feng" (Heavenly
Wind)
Number of national
Protestant associations
National Committee of
the Three-Self Patriotic
Movement of the
Protestant Church in
China (1954)
China Christian Council
(1980)
"Heaven"
Taoists
Statistical data on
the Taoist community
(2 main sects Quanzhen
Taoism and Zhengyi
Taoism)
Number of priests and
nuns living in temples
Information provided by
the Office of Religious
Affairs
6 000
Number of Taoists not
living in temples
Information provided by
the CPPCC
10 000
30 to 40 000
Number of temples open
to the public
600
1 000
Associations
China Taoist Association
(national) (1957)
80 local organizations
Newspaper
China Taoism