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The new ultra-modern Haidian Christian Church in Zhongguancun, Beijing, is the largest church standing in west Beijing today. According to Answers.com, approximately 3-5% of the Chinese population is Christian (40 to 65 million). And while the powers that be state that only 1% of the population is Christian, western demographers say underground churches house as many as 80-100 million believers. The magazine Christianity Today, estimates that with an average 200,000 Chinese converts every year, Christianity has become the fastest growing religion in the nation, and has outpaced growth of the erm, largest political party here which boasts a membership of 70 million people.
Photo from Li Song.
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that is just ridiculous the way they've labeled it "Christian Church," as if it were a museum exhibit or a "Chinese Restaurant." Laughable.
Not a bad looking building tho (from this angle at least).
But I do like the way that they've managed to contain every cross with in boundaries, but like 军 holds cars.
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I think with these new churches from the worlds fasted growing religion(tm) the Chinese are just swapping one form of brainwashing for another.
"And on the 7th Mao beheld his efforts and rested".
Being China, there has to be a small shopping center with upscale retail outlets in there.