Xiamen Christian Bamboo Tree Church is located at Kaihe Road 133, Xiamen. Zhushutang is also a church with a long history in China. 1August, 847, missionaries rented local houses as preaching places. 100 in July, 850, a floor was added to the original house for the downstairs party, which can accommodate100 people. 12 On February 23rd, the church officially started. On Sunday, there were parties in the morning and afternoon, and five people were baptized. In China, the church also pays attention to education and other undertakings. On February 6th, a primary school was established on 1855, and the Xiamen branch of the National Salvation Hospital was opened on 1884. 19 15 Establish kindergartens and private schools. 1923, Liao and Liao Yuefa started to build Wenzhong Primary School. 1935, temple reconstruction, designed by the director who graduated from the American Institute of Engineering. The bell tower clock was bought from abroad. The temple was rebuilt on 1936 and is now the temple. The activities of the church in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression were interrupted. 1945 After Japan surrendered, Xiamen recovered, and the church resumed its worship, with a large number of young people and Taoists. 1958, Guan 'ai Neitang, Xi 'an Neitang and Shentian Neitang in Kaiyuan District of Xiamen were merged into Zhushu Neitang. 1966, the church closed, 198 1 initially resumed, and 1983 began to build the temple. The church work was carried out smoothly, which was deeply loved by the people and made due contributions to the rapid development of Xiamen Special Economic Zone. 1September 5, 999 19 was awarded as an advanced unit for the construction of Xiamen Special Economic Zone by Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Religious Affairs and Ethnic Affairs Committee. 1998 donated money to the disaster area145,000 yuan.

On August 6th, Pastor Ma Zi of American Reformed Church arrived in Xiamen by sailboat. He began his missionary career in Xiamen for more than forty years.

After Ma Zi came to Xiamen, because of the lush bamboo forests, she rented a private house as a preaching place at a place called Zhushujiao on the shore of Shaoshui Port (now Kaihe Road). He goes to church every Sunday morning and afternoon. 1July, 850, the missionary office was rebuilt and the private house was added. On February 23rd of the same year, 12, Zhushutang officially held a service and assembled on Sunday morning and afternoon. Five people were baptized that year (including Xinjie Church). On February 26th of the following year, the church established a primary school. From 65438 to 0855, the number of believers increased to 100. 1may 856 13 held the first Presbyterian church meeting, and the Presbyterian church formulated eight rules and regulations, which were publicized for three weeks and were recognized by all believers. Due to the increase of believers, the church spent 1.859, 1.300 yuan built a formal church near Zhu Shujiao's private residence and held a dedication ceremony. The church was named "Zhushujiao Chapel" because of its location, and now it is simply called "Zhushujiao Church". On June 26th of the following year, Zhang Quan Presbyterian Church held its inaugural meeting in Zhushutang Church.

Pastor Damaz has been preaching in Zhushutang for nearly twenty years. His pastoral society is very successful, caring about the lives of believers and often giving help, so it is highly respected by believers. Ma Zi's family members are also enthusiastic about missionary work and participate in missionary, cultural and educational work in Xiamen. 1870, Mrs. Mary, the wife of Damazi, opened a girls' school in Zhushutang to recruit women. After that, the school moved to Gulangyu and became the famous Yude Girls' Middle School. His second daughter, Mary, founded the Xiamen Foot-binding Association, which contributed to the abolition of foot-binding in Xiamen.

Damazi attached importance to the autonomy of the church in China and actively promoted the autonomy movement. 1855 On April 8th, Zhushutang and Xinjietang jointly elected four elders and three deacons. 1On June 26th, 860, the Presiding Council of Zhushutang was established.1On June 26th, 862, Elder Ye was elected as the first Chinese pastor of Zhushutang and became the founder of the self-supporting and self-employed pastor of the Chinese Church.

Ye, the first Chinese priest in Zhushutang, was born on March 29th, 1832. When he was young, he was adopted by a timber merchant family in Xiamen. I heard the sermon on beating horses in my early years and was moved by the Holy Spirit. He was determined to turn to God, but his father opposed it. Later, the property of the Ye family was lost in the turmoil of the Knife Club. The desperate Ye family was taken in. They witnessed the great love of Christ from Ma Zi's behavior and were deeply moved, so the whole family turned to the Lord. From then on, Ye Zhang Han was determined to dedicate his life to the Lord. He entered a seminary and served in the church. Because of his solid truth foundation and familiarity with Xiamen customs, he became the first Chinese priest. After serving in Zhushutang for 65,438+08 years, Pastor Ye went to Xiaoxi and other places in Taiwan Province Province to preach and made contributions to the spread of the gospel in Fujian and Taiwan.

On 1883, Pastor Ye went to Xiaoxi, and Mr. Ye was appointed as the second pastor of Zhushu Church. The following year, Zhushutang established Baochi Hospital (later Xiamen Branch of National Salvation Hospital). 1On June 2nd, 909, Reverend Zheng Pengcheng passed away. Mr. Lin Wen was appointed as the third pastor of Zhushutang. 19 15, the church established a kindergarten and a Mongolian school. 1930, Mr. Wu Jingxing was appointed as the fourth pastor of Zhushu Church. 1934, Mr. Cai Zhicheng was appointed as the fifth pastor of Zhushu Church. He organized people's night schools and encouragement meetings to train young believers to read the Bible, sing hymns and learn culture. 1May, 938 10, Xiamen fell and Ludao was occupied by the Japanese. Many believers fled to Gulangyu or other places to take refuge, reducing the number of people attending worship. Mr. Yang Huaide was appointed as the sixth pastor of Zhushutang. 1940, Mr. Wang became the seventh pastor of Zhushutang after Mr. Yang. From 65438 to 0943, Mr. Lin Yi was appointed as the eighth pastor of Zhushu Church. 1September, 945, Japan surrendered and Xiamen recovered. Most believers returned to Xiamen, and the number of church worshippers increased greatly. The church hired Mr. Shen as the ninth pastor, and his wife, Ms. Shao Youwen, was responsible for the pastoral work of young people and Taoists. The following year, pastor Shen left his post and went to Longyan. Mr. Zheng Xijue was appointed as the tenth pastor of Zhushutang. At that time, there were 600 believers in the church.

49 years later, Zhushutang joined the "Three Ones". 195 1 year, Pastor Zhu Shutang participated in the preparatory committee for the "three-self" reform of the Christian War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in Xiamen and served as the main member of the first representative meeting of the "three-self". 1958 the hospital and school attached to this hall were taken over by the government. In the same year, Sanzi practiced "joint worship" and merged some small churches into the cathedral. Guan 'ai Neitang, Xi 'an Neitang and Kanda Neitang in Kaiyuan District of Xiamen were merged into Zhushu Neitang. At this time, the pastor of Zhushutang was Yan Tianyou. 1966, when the Cultural Revolution broke out, Zhushutang, like other churches, was doomed and forced to close.

From 65438 to 0979, the state implemented a religious policy, and some closed churches reopened. 198 1 65438+February 20th, Zhu Shutang resumed joining the Party. According to the historical records of Zhushutang: "There are hundreds of believers in Japan, with mixed feelings of sadness and joy, and they are grateful." Under the protection of God, in 1983, the work of the church gradually resumed, and the church began to renovate the church and found the removed clock. Anonymous contributed to repay the arrears of alimony, and the gospel flourished. The number of converts has increased to more than 400, the number of hymns has increased to 60, and the number of believers has reached 1000. And set up encouragement meetings, prayer meetings and hymn meetings. Two Christian associations in Xiamen appointed Pastor Yan Tianyou as the founder of the Help Book Hall.

Since 1859, Zhushutang has three churches. The first building was built in 1859. 1903, a house near the church caught fire, and the church was damaged and burned down in the fire. In February of the following year, with the dedication of American friends and believers, the church was rebuilt, and the construction cost was 7000 yuan, and the second church was built. The existing building is the third church, which was rebuilt on 1935, with a building area of 275 1 m2 and a church area of 39 1.5 m2. According to experts, the architectural style of Zhushutang is close to Gothic. The structural treatment of the church is to compromise the advanced western structural materials and integrate them into the architectural style of southern Fujian: its roof structure does not use the pointed arch buttressing technology of the traditional western church, but uses wooden triangular cymbals.

Thanks to the Lord's leadership and blessing, the Ministry of Zhushutang has become more and more perfect and the church has become more and more prosperous. There are four priests, 24 elders, more than 4,000 registered believers and an internal publication, Vineyard.

In August 1847, 19 rented a bamboo building as a missionary, and held a meeting on Sunday morning and afternoon.

1850 On July 6th, the original Zhushujiao residential building was added with a floor for the downstairs party, which can accommodate 100 people.

1850 12/23, the official worship began, and the party was held on Sunday morning and afternoon. Five people were baptized (including Xinjie Church).

In August 185 1, women began to go to church. Eight people were baptized that year (including Xinjie Church).

The primary school was founded on February 26th. 1855.

1855 On April 8, our church and Xinjie Church jointly elected four elders and three deacons, and the number of believers grew to more than 100 that year.

1855, 10 In April, the Presbyterian church gathered in the bamboo forest for the first time, which became the beginning of autonomy.

1856 may 13 held the first executive meeting.

1856 On May 20th, eight rules of the Standing Committee were formulated and published for three weeks. No member objected.

1859101On October 30th, a formal church was built near the residential building in Zhushujiao, with a cost of 1300 yuan, and a dedication ceremony was held, which was the first temple of Zhushutang Association.

On June 26th, 1860, Zhang Quan Presbyterian Church held its inaugural meeting in Zhushutang.

1860 On August 25th, our church broke away from Xinjie Church and established its own church. Elect four elders and two deacons.

On February 1862, 1 1, Elder Ye was appointed as the first pastor of Zhushutang, becoming the first self-supporting and self-employed pastor in China.

1883 Pastor Ye went to Xiaoxi, and Mr. Ye was appointed as the second pastor of Zhushutang.

Opening of Xiamen Branch of Salvation Hospital 1884.

1903, a fire broke out nearby and the first temple of Zhushutang was burned down.

1904 12 was dedicated by American friends and believers to rebuild the church, with a construction cost of 7,000 yuan, making it the second temple of Zhushu Church.

1June 2, 909 Pastor Zheng Pengcheng passed away. Mr. Lin Wen was appointed as the third pastor of Zhushutang.

19 15 Establish kindergartens and private schools.

1923, Liao and Liao Yuefa, two Kun Zhong funded the construction of a primary school.

1930, Mr. Wu Jingxing was appointed as the fourth pastor of Zhushu Church.

From 65438 to 0934, Mr. Cai Zhicheng was appointed as the fifth pastor of Zhushu Church. People's evening schools and encouragement meetings are held to train young people to read the Bible, sing hymns and learn culture.

The temple was rebuilt for the third time in 1935.

1936, the temple was rebuilt for the third time, which is now the temple.

1937 may 10, Xiamen was occupied by Japan, and the number of worshippers decreased. Mr. Yang Huaide was appointed as the sixth pastor of Zhushutang.

1940, Mr. Chen Jie was appointed as the seventh pastor of Zhushu Church.

1945 In September, Japan surrendered, Xiamen recovered, Pastor Yang Huaide left, and Mr. Lin Yi was appointed as the eighth pastor of Zhushu Church. At that time, most of the congregation returned to work in Xiamen, the church resumed worship, and there were many young people and Taoists. Mr. Shen and Ms. Shao Youwen were hired to take charge of educational affairs.

1946, two colleagues, Shen and Shao Youwen, left to work in Longyan Church. Mr. Zheng Xijue was appointed as the tenth pastor of Zhushutang. At that time, there were 600 people at the party.

1958, Guan 'ai Neitang, Xi 'an Neitang and Shentian Neitang in Kaiyuan District of Xiamen were merged into Zhushu Neitang.

1966 church stopped meeting.

198 165438+On February 20th, the church resumed its session of16 years. There are hundreds of believers in Japan, with mixed feelings of sadness and joy and tears of gratitude.

19811February 24th, the first Christmas celebration after the resumption of the meeting, there were only a dozen people in the choir.

1983 Construction of the temple was started, and the removed clock was taken back. An anonymous person donated money to repay the arrears of alimony, and the gospel flourished. The number of people registered in the church increased to more than 400, the number of hymns increased to 60, and the number of Sunday worshippers reached 700. And set up encouragement meetings, prayer meetings and hymn meetings. The Municipal People's Congress awarded Pastor Yan Tianyou as the president of this association.

During the period of 1989, the president's executive committee was divided into: holy workers' group, economic group, housing group, chorus group, youth friendship group, family patrol group, nursery, duty room, reception group and funeral group.

In 199 1, the Municipal People's Congress awarded Pastor Zhuang as the president of this association.

1991may, the first three floors of the pastor building were rebuilt. The establishment of140th anniversary and the restoration of10th anniversary were held in February. There are 1360 believers.

1992 February 16, the city Christian association appointed Mr. Chen Yiping, the Trinity Church, as the 12 pastor and the founder of Zhushu Church.

A tea party was held on June 28th 1992 to welcome all the old priests and Mr. Chen Yiping as the 12th pastor and the founder of Zhushutang. Mr. Xie Liren preached. Farewell to Yan Tianyou, Zhuang, Xu Jiaen, Horn, Pastor, Liu and Wu Xi.

1August 9, 992, the first rules and regulations of Zhushutang Association were formulated.

1 992165438+1October1elected by the parishioners: Wu Tianxing, Guo Jingyi, Cai Laihao, Chen and Liao were elected as elders, and Zheng Yiqun, Lin and Huang were elected as alternate elders. The President's Executive Committee added: Evangelical Foundation

1August 993 15 A 38-member delegation from the American Reformed Church visited. Reverend Wendell Carlson visited the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Sunday, entitled "Five Cakes and Two Fish".

On August 1994 and 1 Sunday, Xie Liren preached and changed jobs at two Christian congresses in the city.

On August 4th, 1994, Pastor Chen Yiping announced that Pastor Joseph Yeung had been appointed as the 13 pastor of Zhushutang.

1On September 23rd, 1994, the Municipal Christian Association held a forum for all its members to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the Three-Self Movement and celebrate the National Day, and announced that Pastor Joseph Yeung was appointed as the president of the main book club.

A delegation of eight people from the World Bible Association visited our meeting.

1995 On the evening of February 6th, Pastor Zheng Guozhi of American Church came to our church to preach, and Pastor Joseph Yeung presided over and translated.

65438+1May 9, 1995, a delegation of 9 members from the Taiwan Province Provincial Church Vision Mission was led by Pastor Li Youqing and preached in the form of song and dance, with Pastor Joseph Yeung presiding.

1995 On the evening of June 15, a group of 24 singers from Singapore Truth Church came to our club to sing, led by Pastor Pan Zhicheng.

1997 In August, Pastor Wu transferred from Tongan Houhe Church to our church. Chen Zixi, Wu Delong, Zhang Meiyou, Chen Weijun, Wu Yizu and Li Suxian were appointed as deacons.

1 99810 June1Yunnan Miao Chorus I will sing.

1999 went abroad in September and was transferred to work in Yunnan.

1999 1 1 The original Lujiang kindergarten belongs to our association.

On April 20th, 2000, a Philippine rock music delegation came to our club to sing.

On May 1 day, 2000, Shanghai Jingling Church Choir came to our club to sing.

On September, 2000 17- 18, we held the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of our church/KLOC-0. The activities included gratitude service, celebration, spiritual meeting, traffic forum and joint praise meeting.