Editing Peranakan Chinese (section)

====Christianity====
[[File:The Chapel, Sculpture Square, Singapore - 20101020-04.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Kampong Kapor Methodist Church]], Singapore.]]
A significant number of the modern Peranakan community have embraced [[Christianity]], most notably in Indonesia.

In 2019, a new branch of Singapore-specific Peranakan intermarriages were found to exist within the early Roman Catholic Church starting from 1834. This early church was set up by French missionaries (Mission Enstrangeres de Paris Order) in 1832 on Bras Basah Road, on the grounds  of the present day Singapore Art Museum. Approximately 26 intermarriages between mainly China-born Teochew men and Melaka Serani, Malay, Peranakan Chinese and Indian women, took place under the auspices of this church, between 1834 and the early 1870s. Most, if not all descendants, identify as Teochew Peranakans today.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marc Sebastian Rerceretnam|title=A History of Immigrant Roman Catholics and Converts in Early Singapore 1832-1945|date=20 August 2021|publisher=Yesteryear Books|isbn=978-0-6452364-0-8|page=160}}</ref>

In Singapore, the [[Kampong Kapor Methodist Church]], founded in 1894 by an Australian missionary, [[Sophia Blackmore]], is considered one of the first Peranakan churches. During its establishment, Sunday service were conducted in [[Baba Malay]] language, and it is still one of the languages being used in their services.

Despite living in Muslim majority countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, converting to Christianity allows Peranakans to continue eating pork which is a key part of the Peranakan diet.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jacqueline Knorr|title=Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia|date=15 March 2014|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-1-78238-269-0|page=150}}</ref> Moreover, Peranakans were traditionally English educated at missionary schools, notably in Penang.