Beijing Street Church

Beijing Street Church is a Protestant church located in Dalian, China. It is the former Dalian Lutheran Church and its church building is now a Historical Building Protected by Dalian City. It was recently renamed as Dalian City Cheng-en Church (大连市承恩堂, literally "Dalian City Receiving Grace Church"), but the local people still call it "Beijing Street Church."



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. In the nearby 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. 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.
 * The offices of the China Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic Movement 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 (, literally "Dalian City Receiving Grace Church), but the local people still call it "Beijing Street Church."