A Study Of Christianity Being Spread In Inner Mongolia

The spread of Christianity in countryside has become the hot topic during these years; especially the speed of its development is can not be ignorable. This paper is in the case study of Cha Town (whole name is Chars Town), KeZuoHou Banner, using anthropology angle of view, research object of Christians in the House Church and did the fieldwork by participant observation and in-depth interviews. The author investigated in the process of spreading Christianity in Inner Mongolia and described the basic condition and activities of the Church in detail. During the research, the author found the conflict and fusion between Christianity and local culture, and forming the localization of Christianity in this town. At the same time, the author explored the basic reason of changing religion.The paper is made of three parts. In the first part, the author begins with the basic condition of Chars Town and the House Church to introduce the main characteristic of Christians of this House Church. Such as the feature of gender, ethnic group, source of population, age, health, education and professions and so on.Then the author introduces the activities of this House Church from two aspects. The first one is regular activities in House Church which includes get-together, praying, dedication, sing Christian songs, sending good news and assignment. The second one is Christian’s individual daily activities which include praying, receive kindness, and make witness, study Bible and so forth. In the second part, the author narrates the conflict and fusion between Christianity and the native culture from life rituals like funeral and wedding ceremony, folk festival like spring festival, and important Christians’festivals such as Christmas Day, Thanks Giving Day, and Easter and so on. In the third part, the author uses the theory of religious market to explore the main reasons of the faith changing from customers, providers and products to analyze the personal needs of Christians, the effort of preachers and Christianity’s own attraction and so on.