Beijing Street Church
Church building in Dalian, China
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Beijing Street Church (simplified Chinese: 北京街礼拜堂; traditional Chinese: 北京街禮拜堂) is a Protestant church located in Dalian, Liaoning, China. It is the former Dalian Lutheran Church (traditional Chinese: 大連路德教堂; simplified Chinese: 大连路德教堂) and its church building is now a Historical Building Protected by Dalian City. It was recently renamed as Dalian City Cheng-en Church (大连市承恩堂, literally "Dalian City Receiving Grace Church"), but the local people still call it "Beijing Street Church." The building is just over two miles away from Xinghai Square.[1]
Brief history
- From 1895, the Danish National Church (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark) sent missions to Beijing and northern China, and in 1914, built the Dalian Lutheran Church.[2] Dalian was Japan's leased territory at that time.
- It officially belonged to the Lutheran Church of Northern China, of Lutheran Church of China. In the nearby naval port of Lüshun, another Lutheran church was built, which also still exists.
- At the end of the Second World War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China. it came to be known as Beijing Street Church.
- During the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1977, all religious activities were suppressed, and the church was closed.[2]
- When the Cultural Revolution ended, Christian worship restarted, and the building came to belong to the post-denominational China Christian Council.
- The offices of the China Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee of Dalian City, which used to be housed in the former rectory of this church, had recently moved to May 1 Square.
- In 2002, it was listed as a Historic Building Under Protection of the City of Dalian.
- In 2006, it was renamed as Dalian City Cheng-en Church (Chinese: 大连市承恩堂, literally "Dalian City Receiving Grace Church), but the local people still call it "Beijing Street Church."[3]
See also
- Christianity and Protestantism
- Christianity in China, Protestantism in China and Three-Self Patriotic Movement
- Danish National Church (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark)
- Holy Cross Church, Wanzhou (Former Lutheran church in Chongqing)
- Yuguang Street Church and Dalian Catholic Church in Dalian, China