Christianity is a minority in Inner Mongolia region of the People's Republic of China. There are Orthodox Churches in Labdarin, Manzhou and Hailar. The Shouters are active in Inner Mongolia. About 100,000 Chinese Christians were in the region in 1993.The region has few Mongolian Christians. Numerous house church leaders were detained in Xilinhot in 2008.Inner Mongolia is an area of rapid growth of Protestantism. Religious Affairs Bureau staff have declared a Christmas gathering in Duolun County illegal in 2006. Inner Mongolia Bible School (formerly Inner Mongolia Training Class) was founded in 1987.Inner Mongolia has more than 170,000 Protestants and over 1,000 official churches.Tongsun Street Church was started with the help of Swedish missionaries around 1900. According to Tjalling Halb