Brief history

• From 1895, the Danish National Church (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark) sent missions to Beijing and northern China, and in 1914, built the Dalian Lutheran Church, in this city which was Japan's leased territory at that time.

• It officially belonged to the Lutheran Church of Northern China, of Lutheran Church of China
  Lutheran Church of China
  The Lutheran Church of China or LCC was a Lutheran church body in China from 1920 to 1951. It was established as a result of the consultations between the various Lutheran missionary bodies in China that was initiated during the China Centenary Missionary Conference held in Shanghai in 1907...
  
  . In the near-by naval port of Lüshun, another Lutheran church was built, which also still exists.

• At the end of the Second World War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  . it came to be known as Beijing Street Church. When the Cultural Revolution 1966-1977 ended and Christian worship restarted, it came to belong to the post-denominational China Christian Council
  China Christian Council
  The China Christian Council or CCC was founded in 1980 as an umbrella organization for all Protestant churches in the People's Republic of China with Bishop K. H. Ting as its president. It works to provide theological education and the publication of Bibles , hymnals , and other religious...
  
  .

• The offices of the China Christian Council
  China Christian Council
  The China Christian Council or CCC was founded in 1980 as an umbrella organization for all Protestant churches in the People's Republic of China with Bishop K. H. Ting as its president. It works to provide theological education and the publication of Bibles , hymnals , and other religious...
  
   and Three-Self Patriotic Movement
  Three-Self Patriotic Movement
  The Three-Self Patriotic Movement or TSPM is a state-controlled Protestant church in the People's Republic of China...
  
   Committee of Dalian City, which used to be housed in the former rectory of this church, had recently moved to May 1 Square.

• In 2002, it was listed as a Historic Building Under Protection of the City of Dalian.

• In 2006, was renamed as Dalian City Cheng-en Church , but the local people still call it "Beijing Street Church."

At This Church Today

• Address: No. 605, Changjiang Road, Xi-gang District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province 116011

Phone: 0411-8363-1678

• The church keeps the form of the building as it was built in 1914.
• Among the six Protestant churches in the six Districts of Dalian, this church, Yuguang Street Church
  Yuguang Street Church
  Yuguang Street Church is a Protestant church in Dalian, China It is the former Dalian Anglican Church and its church building is now a Historical Protected Building of Dalian City.-Brief history:...
  
   and Lüshun Church retain the original buildings, while Harvest Church, Xinggong Church for the Korean Chinese and Jinzhou Church were rebuilt in the past ten years.
• Services are held on Friday evening (for youth) and three times on Sunday. Bible study is also done.
• Baptism is done usually on Sunday a week or two before Christmas Day or Easter.
• A Christmas program including the 50-member chorus is held on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day, no service is held, but the song and dance programs are held from morning till a little after noon.
• A play from the Bible
  Bible
  The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
  
   is held each year on a weekend after Christmas.

See also

• Christianity
  Christianity
  Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
  
   and Protestantism
  Protestantism
  Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
  
  
• Christianity in China
  Christianity in China
  Christianity in China is a growing minority religion that comprises Protestants , Catholics , and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although its lineage in China is not as ancient as the institutional religions of Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism, and the social system and ideology of...
  
  , Protestantism in China
  Protestantism in China
  Protestant Christianity entered China in the early 19th century, taking root in a significant way during the Qing Dynasty. Some historians consider the Taiping Rebellion to have been influenced by Protestant Christian teachings. Since the mid-20th century, there has been an increase in the number...
  
   and Three-Self Patriotic Movement
  Three-Self Patriotic Movement
  The Three-Self Patriotic Movement or TSPM is a state-controlled Protestant church in the People's Republic of China...
  
  
• Danish National Church (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark)
• Yuguang Street Church
  Yuguang Street Church
  Yuguang Street Church is a Protestant church in Dalian, China It is the former Dalian Anglican Church and its church building is now a Historical Protected Building of Dalian City.-Brief history:...
  
   and Dalian Catholic Church
  Dalian Catholic Church
  Dalian Catholic Church is a Christian Catholic church located in Dalian, China. It was built in 1926 and is the only Catholic church in Dalian...
  
  in Dalian, China

External links

• China Christian Council home page in Chinese and English
• Christian churches and theological seminaries, China Christian Council) ( (Addresses and phone numbers, in Chinese)