Guangxiao Christ Church, Protestant church in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China.
Guangxiao Christ Church is a four-storey Protestant church at 29 Guangxiao Road in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. It faces east, measures 26.7 metres high, 35 metres long and 23 metres wide, and seats over 1,200 worshippers. It was built between 1921 and 1924 for the Chinese Congregational Church.
Guangxiao Christ Church was built between 1921 and 1924 by the Chinese Congregational Church, a self-governing body organized by Chinese Christians in the United States, with general secretary Rev. Yuk Sam Tom planning the construction. After 1958, several Guangzhou congregations were merged into it. It was closed during the Cultural Revolution in 1966 and reopened for worship in 1991 after a HK$1 million repair funded by a Hong Kong church.
The church's name comes from Guangxiao Road, where it stands at number 29. Its Sunday services are held in Cantonese and Mandarin: the early service at 9:30 is in Cantonese or Mandarin, while the noon and evening services are in Mandarin. The congregation also ran Zhengguang Primary School and a kindergarten.
The church is located near Ximenkou metro station, making it easy to reach by public transit. The entrance is straightforward, and visitors should plan for regular service times.
In 1966 Red Guards piled books into a huge mound in the church courtyard and burned them for a full day; they then seized Pastor Huang Zesheng and forced him to hand over gold bars hidden in a wall cavity. The church was closed until religious activity resumed in 1991.
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