Shamian Christian Church
沙面基督堂
基督教沙面堂
Shamian Christian Church
Shamian Christian Church is located in Guangdong
Shamian Christian Church
Shamian Christian Church
Location in Guangdong.
Shamian Christian Church is located in China
Shamian Christian Church
Shamian Christian Church
Shamian Christian Church (China)
23°06′46″N 113°14′53″E / 23.112784°N 113.248055°E / 23.112784; 113.248055
LocationShamian, Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong
CountryChina
DenominationProtestantism
History
StatusParish church
Founded1865 (1865)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch building
StyleVictorian style
Years built1865
Groundbreaking1865
Completed1865
Specifications
Floor area767 m2 (0.000296 sq mi)
MaterialsBricks
Clergy
Bishop(s)Lin Enling (林恩灵)

Shamian Christian Church (Chinese: 沙面基督教堂; pinyin: Shmian Jīdūjiàotáng) is a Protestant church located in Shamian, Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.[1][2]

History

Shamian Christian Church was built by the Church of England in 1865 for British expatriates. It was located in the Shamian Guangzhou British Concession. After World War II, the Nationalist Government retracted the Concession and handed the church over to the South China Diocese of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui, or Anglican Church in China.[1][2]

Following the Chinese Communist Revolution, the local government took custody of the Shamian Christian Church. After the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 1978, a policy of some religious freedom was implemented. In 1980, the Guangdong Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Church and Guangdong Christian Council took over its administration. Services resumed in 1991.[1][2]

Parish

The church has one Sunday Service (主日崇拜) at 9:30am on Sunday morning. The Weekday Meeting (祷告聚会) is at 19:30pm on Saturday.

References

  1. 1 2 3 广东省基督教沙面会堂 [Shamian Christian Church in Guangdong province]. Protestant churches in China (in Chinese). 7 December 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Yang Yi (扬伊) (27 June 2017). 广东省基督教沙面堂纪念复堂25周年. gospeltimes.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 September 2019.

Further reading

  • Weihong, Luo (2014-05-01). 《中国基督教(新教)史》 [History of Protestantism in China] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House. ISBN 9787208121324.
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