Mochou road Church

Mochou road Church

The earliest gospel of Nanjing came from Suzhou by Tong Genfu, a missionary of the British inland society, in 1867. In 1873, Mr. and Mrs. Waley of American Presbyterian Church came to Nanjing to preach. In 1884, the "four poles chapel" was built, which can accommodate 100 people. In 1884, Mingde women's middle school (now Nanjing women's technical secondary school) was established. In 1888, li man built a formal church in the east of Mingde women's middle school, called "the Church of Jesus", which can accommodate 400 people. In 1910, sun Xisheng of Shandong Presbyterian Church was employed as the pastor of the church. He was the first Chinese pastor in China for 17 years.

Mochou road Church

History of development

In 1927, the Jesuit Church was renamed Hanzhong Church in Nanjing. In 1934, four poles (roads) were widened into Mochou road. Hanzhong hall was demolished and a two-story sermon was built beside it (demolished in 1991 and later completed as Nanjing Christian building). In 1936, pastor Bao Zhong raised money to rebuild Hanzhong hall with 1100 taels of gold, which belongs to Gothic architectural style. The building area is 746 square meters and can accommodate more than 1000 people. Hanzhong hall was designed by elder Chen Yuhua, the younger brother of Chen Yuguang, President of Jinling University. General Feng Yuxiang, a Christian, inscribed the corner stone "because Jesus Christ has laid a good foundation." General Zhang Zhijiang inscribed the plaque of Hanzhong hall. Hanzhong hall held a foundation laying ceremony on the afternoon of August 4, 1936. It was officially opened to the public on October 16, 1938 and was completed in 1942. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese aggressors in China committed the Nanjing Massacre. Hanzhongtang set up a refugee shelter to protect many refugees from being killed by the Japanese army. After the establishment of the church, pastor Bao Zhong was in charge until the founding of new China in 1949.

In 1954, Hanzhong hall was renamed Mochou road hall. In 1958, the church was merged and United worship was implemented. Our church is one of the four churches in Nanjing. Li Jian'an is the pastor of our church. During the cultural revolution, the church was closed and the house was occupied by other units. At the end of 1980, Nanjing municipal Party committee and government vigorously implemented the policy of freedom of religious belief, and our church resumed worship. At that time, pastor Xu Enshi restored the church as it was, according to the memories of the elderly workers.

Famous church leaders and pastors came to our church to preach or worship: bishop Ding Guangxun, Mr. Han Wenzao, Mr. Xu rulei, Vice President Chen Zemin, Mr. Jiang Peifen, elder Ji Jianhong, Mr. Bi Yongqin, pastor fan Peiji, elder Lei Zhibo, pastor Luo Zhenfang, pastor Guo lemu, pastor wang Weifan, Pastor Zhao Zhien, pastor Bao Jiayuan, pastor Lin Dean and pastor wang Xiuxian , pastor wang aiming, pastor Gao Ying, pastor Zhou Yongjian, etc. On November 16, 2006, the church committee was changed. The chairman was pastor Li Lancheng. The deputy directors were Sister Li Guangming and brother Gu Baolin. There were 9 members and 6 consultants. Pastor Jiang Junyu, pastor Xu Enshi, preacher Wang Zhaonan, preacher Wang Xuefeng and preacher fan Lei worked in the church. There are more than 4000 believers in this church. There are nine gatherings every week. About 3800 people attended the worship on Saturday and Sunday. Baptize twice a year and commune six times a year. There are more than 30 ministry groups in the hall, which are divided into educational affairs department, church affairs department, finance department and training department. Our church not only pays attention to raising believers and building churches, but also pays attention to caring for the society and serving the people. We are running the church well according to the principle of "autonomy, self-reliance and autobiography", strengthening the construction of theological thought, adhering to the principle of loving the country and religion, honoring God and benefiting people, and making contributions to the construction of a harmonious society. After the restoration, the first pastor was pastor Han Peter (1980-1990); the second pastor was pastor Wu Fangzhong (1990-1992); the third pastor was pastor Xu Enshi (1992-1995); and the fourth pastor was pastor Li Lancheng (1995 to present).

English version

The gospel was broad to Nanjing from Suzhou early in 1867 by George Duncan of the China Inland Mission. Due to the language barrier, it did not bear fruits well. Later, Albert whiting and Charles LEAMAN of the Presbyterian Church USA come to preach the good news in 1873 and 1874, With a capacity of 100 people. They also helped find the fameus Nanking girl's boarding school (also called Mingde school) in 1884. LEAMAN build a formal church object to Mingde school in 1888, called 'Jesus church,' which had a large capacity of 400 people from the Shandong Presbyterian Church in 1910. He served the church for 17 years. Jesus Church was renamed Hanzhong Church in 1927. The church building was torn down in 1934 because the road was widened, but a two story evangelistic center was built in its place.

Rev. Paul Abbott (Bao Zhong) who arrived in Nanjing in 1936 rebuild Hanzhong Church in the Gothic style we see today, with a capacity of 1000 people. The church was designed by elder. Chen Yuhua, the younger brother of Mr. Chen Yuguang, the president at that time of Jinling University. The famous Christian general Feng Yuxiang suspected the words on the corner stone, 'The foundation is Jesus Christ', while the calligraphy for 'Hanzhong Church ' was written by another general, Zhang Zhijiang. The church building foundation was laid on August 4th, 1936 and the building was completed in 1942. During that period, the church served as a refugee center to protect many people from the invading Japanese Army. Rev. Paul was he

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