Gospel Church, Jiangyou
| Gospel Church, Jiangyou | |
|---|---|
福音堂 | |
 Gospel Church after being rebuilt | |
| Location | Jiangyou, Mianyang, Sichuan |
| Country | China |
| Denomination | Chinese Protestant |
| Previous denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Low church evangelical |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1894 |
| Past bishop(s) | William Cassels |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1890s (old church building) 2008 (new church building) |
| Clergy | |
| Pastor(s) | Xianke Li[1] |
Gospel Church (Chinese: 福音堂; pinyin: Fúyīn táng; Wade–Giles: Fu2-yin1 tʽang2) is a Protestant church in the county-level city of Jiangyou, Mianyang, Sichuan Province. Founded in 1894, it was originally an Anglican church in the Hua Hsi Diocese of the Church in China.[2]
History[]
Protestantism was first brought to Jiangyou (then known as Chungpa) by Church Missionary Society missionaries in 1894.[3] Based in the city of Langzhong, where the cathedral is located, they established churches and missionary stations across western Sichuan, Gospel Church being one of them.[2]
After the communist takeover of China in 1949, Christian Churches in China were forced to sever their ties with respective overseas Churches, which has thus led to the merging of Gospel Church into the communist-established Three-Self Patriotic Church.
During the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the church was damaged beyond repair. A new Gospel Church was built at the junction of Fujiang Road and Qingxin Alley, completed in an entirely neo-Gothic style.[2]
See also[]
- Christianity in Sichuan
- Gospel Church, Guanghan
- Gospel Church, Kangding
- Gospel Church, Mianyang
- Gospel Church, Mianzhu
- Gospel Church, Wanzhou
- St John's Church, Chengdu
References[]
- ^ Li, Zhen (31 March 2017). "四川江油福音堂同工走访成都新津县、崇州市教会" [Visitation of the Members of Jiangyou Gospel Church to Churches at Xinjin County and Chongzhou City]. gospeltimes.cn (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Xie, Congdao (7 May 2013). "汶川地震五周年 江油教会仍未安定" [Five Years after the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, the Church in Jiangyou is Still Under Construction]. gospeltimes.cn (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Couling, Samuel (2007) [1917]. "Church Missionary Society: Diocese of West China". The Encyclopaedia Sinica. Kent: Global Oriental. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-901903-93-5. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- 19th-century Anglican church buildings
- 19th-century churches in China
- Churches completed in the 1890s
- Churches completed in the 2010s
- Former Anglican churches in Sichuan
- Protestant churches in China
- Rebuilt churches
- Gothic Revival church buildings in China
- Jiangyou