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Changsha Church Christianity

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Country
  
Website
  
www.church-cb.com

Status
  
Parish church

Province
  
Denomination
  
Protestantism

Founded
  
1902 (1902)

Year built
  
1902

Architectural style
  
Chinese architecture

Changsha Church Christianity

Location
  
Xiangchun Street, Huangxing North Road, Changsha, Hunan

Address
  
China, Hunan, Changsha, Kaifu, Pengjiajing, 外湘春街80

The Changsha Church Christianity (simplified Chinese: 长沙市城北堂; traditional Chinese: 長沙市城北堂; pinyin: Chángshāshì Chéngbeǐtáng) is a 20th-century Chinese traditional architecture church. It is located in the Xiangchun Street, Kaifu District of Changsha, Hunan, China.

History

It was built in 1902 by the London Missionary Society, then its management by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in 1912, and was destroyed by the war. It was rebuilt in 1917.

In 1947, the Hunan Chinese Independent Christian Church was founded in here.

In 1966, the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, then the church closed and became a warehouse. It again opened to pilgrim in 1980.

In May 2002, it was listed as a "Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the Provincial Level" by the Hunan government.

References

Changsha Church Christianity Wikipedia


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