The history of Lutheran churches in China started in the 19th-20th century with arrival of Lutheran missionaries from Germany, Northern Europe and the United States.
In northern China, and in the provinces of Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Hunan and Guangdong, the missionaries established churches, schools and hospitals. In 1920, the Chinese Lutheran Church was formed, along with a seminary and the Lutheran Publishing House. The Lutheran Theological Seminary in Shekow, Hupei province in central China, moved to Hong Kong in 1948, and was relocated on Tao Fong Shan in Shatin. In Hong Kong itself, the Rhenish mission society began its work in 1847 when two missionaries, Heinrich Köster and Ferdinand Genähr, began to work there.
Today there are three LWF member churches in Hong Kong: Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church, The Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong.
