![]() He also conducted 51 interviews with Christian leaders who were both ethnically Chinese and dedicated to serving the Chinese diaspora in Britain.Īmong its key findings, the study asserts that Chinese churches have become the fastest growing Christian community in Britain since 2021, due to Hong Kongers. ![]() Besides analyzing secondary data, he conducted a nationwide online survey which gathered 1,179 responses from ethnic Chinese-both Christians and non-Christians-in England, Scotland, and Wales. Huang, the study’s lead researcher, is originally from Shanghai, China, and is now based in Oxford, England. It seeks to develop an “expansive understanding” of the Chinese Christian community’s spiritual and religious characteristics, explore their level of scripture engagement, and encourage the development of more scholarship on how technology and social media can serve their communities. “But what happens beyond that? That’s quite a critical question, not only for British-born Chinese but for the 1.5-generation Hong Kong migrant now.” Church growth spurtīilled as the “largest study of its kind in Europe,” the Bible and the Chinese Community in Britain (BCCB) research project is a joint initiative between LST and the British and Foreign Bible Society. “The study is correct to say that children and youth ministries are booming,” said Alexander Chow, a Chinese American lecturer in theology and World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. And if Chinese Christians don’t mobilize fast enough, they risk missing a key evangelism window, as the study found British-born Chinese to be less receptive to the faith. Though they are slowly becoming more outward-looking, Chinese churches have long been insular. But its data also suggests several obstacles to faith remain. The study concluded that Chinese non-Christian immigrants are open to Christianity and ready to hear the gospel. ![]() Led by Yinxuan Huang, a research fellow at London School of Theology (LST), its findings were released October 8 at a seminary symposium. The impact of all these worshipers is shown in a new report on Chinese Christianity in Britain, the first systematic study of its kind. One church in Manchester has multiplied from less than 200 attendees to 1,200 due to the recent influx of immigrants from Hong Kong. For many Hong Kong immigrants to Britain, a church is their first point of connection.Ĭhinese pastors in the UK report their congregations have doubled or tripled in size. ![]()
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