Christianity is a minority in Qinghai province of the People's Republic of China. is a major proportion of Christianity in Qinghai. An Apostolic Prefecture of Xining of the Roman Catholic Church exists. Most Christians in the province are Protestants.Most Protestants are house church Christians. Xining has . The number of members of the major church in the capital of the province increased fromn 800 in 2992 to 7000 in 1997. Most are not Christians. The province had 400 Christians in the 1940s. Gansu is an area with persecution of Christians. Many Christians were sent to internal exile in Qinghai. The churches in the province include Datong County Church, Guide County Church, Huangyuan County Church and Longyang Gorge Church. Amity Foundation distributed relief after the major earthquake.