Gospel Church, Zhenjiang
Church in Jiangsu, China
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Gospel Church, Zhenjiang (Chinese: 镇江市福音堂), locally known as Gospel Church, Daxi Road (大西路福音堂), is a Protestant church located in Runzhou District of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.[1]
| Gospel Church, Zhenjiang | |||||||
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镇江市福音堂 | |||||||
Gospel Church, Zhenjiang in 2013 | |||||||
  Gospel Church, Zhenjiang Location in Jiangsu | |||||||
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| Location | Runzhou District, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Denomination | Protestantism | ||||||
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| Status | Parish church | ||||||
| Founded | 1889 | ||||||
| Founder | Carl Frederick Kupfer | ||||||
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Functional status | Active | ||||||
Architectural type | Church building | ||||||
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| Materials | Granite, bricks | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 镇江市福音堂 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鎮江市福音堂 | ||||||
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| Gospel Church, Daxi Road | |||||||
| Chinese | 大西路福音堂 | ||||||
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History
In 1889, the Methodist Episcopal Church bought four mu lands to build the Gospel Church and its annex Chongdao School (崇道学校), designing by American missionary Carl Frederick Kupfer (郎登·库思非).[1][2] The new church is 1,216.92 square metres (13,098.8 sq ft), which can accommodate up to 1,000 Protestants.[1]
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the church sheltered a large number of refugees from the impending Japanese slaughter.[1] The church was looted when the Imperial Japanese Army occupied Jiangsu.[1]
The church was closed during the ten-year Cultural Revolution and was officially reopened to the public in 1980.[1] In May 1982, it was designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Zhenjiang government.[1]
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