Christ's Church, Siming District

Xinjie Christian Church
Xinjie Christian Church
基督教新街堂
	Xinjie Christian Church in 2013
	Xinjie Christian Church Location in Fujian
	24°27′35″N 118°05′20″E / 24.459677°N 118.088775°E
Location	Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Denomination	Protestantism
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1847
Founder(s)	W. J. Pohlrnan
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church building
Style	Romanesque architecture
Groundbreaking	1933
Completed	1935 (reconstruction)
Demolished	1928
Specifications
Materials	Granite, bricks
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	基督教新街堂
Traditional Chinese	基督教新街堂
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīdūjiào Xīnjīetáng
Xinjie Christian Church
Chinese	新街堂
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnjiētáng

Xinjie Christian Church (Chinese: 新街堂), is a Protestant church located in Siming District of Xiamen, Fujian, China.^[1]

History[edit]

On 4 February 1842, the Reformed Church in America sent David Abeel to Xiamen, Fujian to preach.^[2] In December 1947, Uncle Fugui (福贵伯), a local believer, bought a piece of land in Taigou Tomb (now Taiguang Street) in downtown Xiamen for building church. In 1848, pastor W. J. Pohlrnan returned to the United States to raise $3,000 and built China's first Protestant church here.^[2] The dedication ceremony was held on 11 February 1849.

The church became dilapidated for neglect, and was demolished in 1928. A reconstruction of the entire church complex was carried out in 1933 and was completed in 1935, with Romanesque architecture style.

The church was closed in 1966 due to the Cultural Revolution, and was officially reopened to the public in 1979. It was designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ in 1982 and a provincial cultural relic preservation organ in 2005, respectively.