Baptist Church, Yangzhou

Baptist Church, Yangzhou (Chinese: 扬州浸会堂), locally known as Baptist Church, Xianliang Street (贤良街浸会堂) and Chapel, Cuiyuan Road (萃园路礼拜堂), is a Protestant church located in Guangling District of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Baptist Church, Yangzhou
扬州浸会堂
Baptist Church, Yangzhou in 2011
Baptist Church, Yangzhou Location in Jiangsu
32°21′52″N 119°32′28″E
Location	Guangling District, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Denomination	Protestantism
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1923 (1923)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church building
Specifications
Materials	Bricks
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	扬州浸会堂
Traditional Chinese	揚州浸會堂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yángzhōu Jìnhuì Táng
Baptist Church, Xianliang Street
Simplified Chinese	贤良街浸会堂
Traditional Chinese	賢良街浸會堂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiánliáng Jiē Jìnhuì Táng
Chapel, Cuiyuan Road
Simplified Chinese	萃园路礼拜堂
Traditional Chinese	翠園路禮拜堂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cuìyuán Lù Lĭbaì Táng

History

The church traces its origins to the former Lingquan Teahouse (灵泉茶馆). The Southern Baptist Convention bought it in 1917 and reformed it as a church in 1923. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army commandeered it and used it as a cinema and cafe house. The church was restored and redecorated in 1946. The church was closed during the ten-year Cultural Revolution. It was officially reopened to the public in 1981. In January 2008, it was designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Yangzhou government.

Further reading

• Weihong, Luo (1 May 2014). 中国基督教（新教）史 [History of Protestantism in China] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House. ISBN 9787208121324.