The Fangcheng Fellowship (Chinese: 方城团契), also known as the China for Christ Church, is a Christian movement in the Peoples Republic of China.

Getting its name from the Fangcheng district of Henan Province, it was established in the early 1970s by Li Tianen[1] and experienced major growth in the 1980s.[2] It expanded to become one of the largest house church networks with, as of 2010, an estimated ten million members.[3] If considered Protestant, it constitutes one of the largest Protestant denominations in the world, and the second largest in China, behind the state-supported Three-Self Patriotic Movement.

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  1. ^ Old, Hughes Oliphant (15 March 2010). The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church: Our own time. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 624. ISBN 978-0-8028-1771-6. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. ^ "The Pentecostal Legacy of the Indigenous Churches in China". China Source. June 12, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Shaw, Mark (25 March 2010). Global Awakening: How 20th-Century Revivals Triggered a Christian Revolution. InterVarsity Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-8308-3877-6. Retrieved 14 May 2012.