Chongwenmen Hall of Beijing Christian Church

Chongwenmen church of the Christian Church of Beijing, founded in 1870, is the first church established by the Methodist Church of the United States in Beijing and even the whole North China. It is the oldest Protestant church in Beijing. At present, there are Chinese and Korean gatherings in the church, and various Ministry fellowship activities are rich and colorful.

Chongwenmen Hall of Beijing Christian Church

Chongwenmen church of the Christian Church of Beijing, founded in 1870, is the first church established by the Methodist Church of the United States in Beijing and even the whole North China. It is the oldest Protestant church in Beijing. At present, there are Chinese and Korean gatherings in the church, and various Ministry fellowship activities are rich and colorful.

introduce

Chongwenmen church of the Christian Church in Beijing is the first church established by the Methodist Church of the United States in Beijing and the whole North China. It was called aslitang at that time. When the church was first built, its appearance was the same as it is now, but it was relatively small and could only accommodate four or five hundred people. With the increasing number of church believers, the Methodist Church was rebuilt in 1880, and the new church was completed in 1882. In the summer of 1900, the hall was burned during the Boxer Movement. In 1902, the Qing government funded the reconstruction of yasli hall, which was completed in the spring of 1904. This is the chapel we see today. At that time, apart from the church, office and clergyman's residence (both located at No. 2 and No. 3 Hougou hutong), yasli church also had the properties of No. 1-2 Xiaoshun Hutong, No. 43 chongnei street and three cemeteries. With the development of church work, the Methodist church built Tongren Hospital, women's and children's Hospital, Huiwen kindergarten, Huiwen primary school, Huiwen Middle School, mu zhennu middle school, nursing school, Huiwen University (later merged into Yanjing University) and Huiwen Seminary (later renamed as Beijing seminary) around the chapel.

At the beginning of liberation, the above-mentioned hospitals and schools were all taken over by the government and turned into public hospitals. In the summer of 1958, the churches in Beijing carried out joint worship. The activities of asili church were suspended. The chapel and its affiliated buildings were occupied by Beijing No.13 middle school for women (formerly muzhennv middle school, later changed to No.125 middle school). The chapel was used as the auditorium of the school. During the "Cultural Revolution", all kinds of equipment in the hall were seriously damaged and beyond recognition. In the spring of 1982, the Beijing municipal government implemented the religious policy. With the assistance of the relevant departments, after a lot of negotiations, after paying RMB 20000 to 125 middle school, yasli hall was officially renamed Chongwenmen Hall of Beijing Christian Church after a large-scale renovation, and the gathering activities resumed at Christmas that year.

The architectural style of Chongwen gate hall is unique. The whole church covers an area of 8246 square meters. The main hall is divided into two parts: the main hall and the auxiliary hall. The main hall has more than 400 seats, and the auxiliary hall has more than 300 seats. In the middle, there are gates that can move up and down, which can be separated or combined. The chapel is round in shape, with a double-layer umbrella structure made of wood as a whole. The architectural style is extremely unique. In 1990, it was approved by the Beijing Municipal People's government as a key cultural relics protection unit at the municipal level.

In August 2001, the Beijing Municipal People's government allocated 4.8 million yuan to renovate the chapel and its attached houses. The glass of the chapel has been replaced with the traditional painted glass of the church, the chairs have been replaced with long wooden chairs, and the accessory rooms have also been rebuilt. On December 22, 2002, the 20th anniversary of Chongwenmen Hall's restoration and the thanksgiving service for its restoration were held. In 2004, it was the 100th anniversary of the founding of Chongwenmen hall. With the care and help of all walks of life, Chongwenmen hall held a series of celebration activities.

Current situation

At present, Chongwenmen church has four services every Sunday at 7:00, 8:30, 10:30 and 19:00 in the morning. There is a Korean gathering at 1:30 in the afternoon. More than 4000 believers attend the gathering every Sunday. In order to facilitate foreign friends to participate in the two Sunday services in the morning, English simultaneous interpretation is set up in our church. In addition to Sunday service, there will be a prayer meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays, a preliminary evangelical meeting and a Korean prayer meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, a prayer meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursdays, a sister meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Fridays, and a youth meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Chongwenmen church is the largest Protestant church in Beijing at present. It is also a foreign-related church and enjoys a certain reputation at home and abroad. It has received former US Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Kerry, and the famous preacher, pastor geppelli, has visited many times. Every Sunday, foreign embassy officials and foreign believers come here to worship, and there are often International Church exchanges.

From 1870 to 1904, the chief priests of Ashley church were all foreign missionaries; in 1904, when the new church was built, Chinese became the chief priests. After liberation, Reverend Cheng rugang, Reverend Yin Jizeng, Reverend Shi Zesheng, Reverend Wu Wei and reverend Gao Ying served as the chief pastors of Chongwenmen church. At present, Reverend Liu Cuimin is mainly responsible for the affairs of the church.

development

Because Ashley hall was built by American church, it has been concerned by Americans. On June 28, 1998, during President Clinton's state visit to China, he went to Ashley hall with his wife Hillary Clinton and daughter to worship. Clinton also made a brief speech here. He said that we can be united with people of different regions, races, beliefs and religions in the world. "The Chinese people and the American people are brothers and sisters. At a time when terrorism and the shadow of war are threatening the world, we hope that there will be more peace and understanding.

The Brief Introduction to BeijingChongwenmen Christian Church

The Chongwenmen Church of Beijing Christian Council was first established in 1870 when it was then called Asbury Church . It was the first church constructed by the American Methodist Church in Northern China . The scale of this church was smaller than its present size. It was originally

designed to hold 400 to 500 people. Although the church appears now as it did back then, its current seating capacity is 2,000 people. As the number of believers increased, the Methodist church began reconstruction of the building ， which was completed in 1882. During the Yihetuan Movement (Boxer Rebellion) of 1900, the church was burned down. In 1902, the Qing Dynasty Government appropriated money to rebuild the Asbury Church and was completed in the spring of 1904. This is the main structure we have here today. Following the completion of the new building, a Chinese pastor held the senior position. Previous to this date, the position of senior pastor was held by foreigners.

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