{"id":39279,"date":"2025-05-25T14:36:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T14:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=39279"},"modified":"2026-11-11T18:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:16:47","slug":"christians-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/christians-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiani in Cina: i numeri e la legge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Christianity is legal in China as long as it is practised inside a church that is registered with the state. For Protestants that means a congregation of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement and the China Christian Council, and for Catholics a parish under the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. Millions more, by the estimates we have, worship outside those bodies in what are called house churches and underground churches, and the regulations do not allow their meetings. As for how many Christians\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christianity is legal in China inside state-registered churches. Counts run from 20 million to about 130 million, and each is set beside what it counts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[541],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-39279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts-stats"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41559,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/counting-christian-churches-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":39279,"position":0},"title":"How Many Christian Churches Are in America? 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