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The article provides a statistical and spatial study of the number of Protestants and the available Protestant churches in four Chinese provincial capital cities: Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Hefei, and Fuzhou. This information is compared and contrasted to information related to Protestants and Protestant churches in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include religion in China, religion and communism, average travel time of parishioners to their churches, the shortage of churches in China, and the average number of church-goers attending services in China and the U.S.

Several case studies are presented concerning Protestant house churches in the People's Republic of China (PRC) as of Spring 2012. The article describes the development of Chinese Protestant churches since the formation of the PRC in 1949, including the growth of the so-called Three-Self Churches (TSC). The article states that house churches in China were not legally permitted to exist, to build churches, or found religious schools as of 2012. The article also discusses Article 36 of the Chinese constitution and the use of the Christian bible in China.

The article discusses restrictions on the rights of farmers in China to migrate from agricultural areas to cities, a lack of freedom of movement seen as an important source of Chinese farmers' impoverishment. The history of constitutional limitations on internal migration in China since the 1950s is outlined, and its justifications based on the urban and industrial policy agenda of the Chinese Communist Party are discussed. The system is seen as one of discrimination against rural populations in favor of urban residents, and ways of correcting this social injustice are suggested.