Chinese Methodist church
It is also one of the four major Christian sects in Shanghai. Wesleyan has eight missions in China, belonging to the churches in Britain and the United States respectively. The missionary in Shanghai is the Southern Supervisory Council of the United States. 1848 (twenty-eight years of Daoguang), JISC sent two missionaries, Qin You and Dai Le, to Shanghai to preach and establish a church. The missionary areas of the Association are mainly in Shanghai, Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou and Huzhou.
Shortly after the missionaries of Qin and Dai came to Shanghai, they bought land and built houses at Zhengjiamuqiao (now the south intersection of Fujian), and the Gospel Church was built on 1850 (thirty years of Daoguang). At the same time, two primary schools were opened, and Liu Zhusong was hired as a Chinese teacher. 1852 (the second year of Xianfeng), the American mission sent Geng Huilian to China, and first built a second chapel in the south of Hongqiao, Shanghai. 1854 (the fourth year of Xianfeng), Qin You came to China again, accompanied by Tang Jacob, Lei David, and Li Wei. 1860 (ten years after Xianfeng), the delegation sent Lin Lezhi and Hua Meide to Shanghai. 1870 (nine years of Tongzhi), only two missionaries, Lin Lezhi and Bai Lan, and one China missionary, Liu Zhusong, were left.
1877 (the third year of Guangxu), Pan and his eldest son, Dr. Lan Huade, preached medicine in Shanghai. 1879 (the fifth year of Guangxu), the Trinity Hall was built in Xixinqiao. 1882 (the eighth year of Guangxu), it administered three missionary areas, 1 1 pastoral areas, and there were 18 missionaries in China. 1885 (11th year of Guangxu reign), Prynne rebuilt a larger chapel in Zhengjiamuqiao, still called Gospel Hall, and founded Huamei Bookstore to print church books and pamphlets. In the same year, the church sent Pan to China to preach and run schools.
The board of supervisors adopts the supervisor system, and the board of supervisors sends 1 supervisor to China every year. The annual parliament is the highest organization to supervise the church, and all missionary deployment, educational plans and economic budgets are discussed and handled by the annual parliament.
1886 (in the 12th year of Guangxu), the delegation sent Governor Wei to China to set up the first annual parliamentary meeting, which was held in Lin Lezhi's official residence. 1887 (13th year of Guangxu), the supervisory committee held the second annual parliament, which was presided over by Pan, and the parish was adjusted at the meeting. In the same year, the Supervision Department (at the intersection of hankou road, Yunnan, later renamed Motang) was completed. 1893 (19th year of Guangxu), Lin Lezhi set up another pastoral area in Hongkou. 1898 (the 24th year of Guangxu reign) The annual parliament was held in Motang, Shanghai, and the 50th anniversary of missionary work in China was celebrated. Since then, the annual general meeting every year 1 time is nothing more than increasing parishes and pastoral areas and sending missionaries. 1922, at the request of believers in China, the Committee began to recognize the China Supervisory Committee as an independent parliamentary committee in China (before that, the English name of the China Supervisory Committee was always the China Missionary Area of the American Supervisory Committee), and planned to set up missionary departments in three northeastern provinces. The following year, Lin Jingtang in Hongkou, built in memory of Lin Lezhi, was completed.
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194 1 In March, the first annual parliament of the merged central government was held in Motang, Shanghai. After unanimously approving the merger, the name is the Chinese Methodist Church, and the highest organization is the Central Annual Parliament, which consists of 10 Annual Parliament. The China Annual Meeting of the Supervisory Committee was renamed as the East China Annual Meeting, and there are also annual meetings in West China, North China, Central China, Shandong and Fuzhou. Jiang Changchuan, and missionaries, Su and Li Xuande were elected to be in charge of the 10 parliament.
194 1 year, the East China Parliament was established, and all previous parliaments were presided over by the missionary Su. After 1949, missionaries returned to China one after another, and the Chinese Methodist Church severed its relationship with the missionary society. 1953 The 8th East China Annual Conference and 1956 The 9th East China Annual Conference were presided over by Jiang Changchuan, President of China People's Association. Jiangsu area
Nanjing parish of Methodist Church is one of the five parishes of the annual meeting of Chinese Methodist Church in Central China, which is located at No.81City Hall, in the clothing gallery. 188 1 year (the seventh year of Guangxu in Qing dynasty), Dr. He Huairen of American Methodist Church came to Nanjing from Jiujiang to practice medicine and preach. In Nanjing, Huiwen women's primary and secondary schools, hospital clinics, children's welfare clubs, women's bathrooms and women's sewing classes were established, and Jinling University, Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences, Jinling Theological Seminary and Jinling Women's Theological Seminary were also co-organized with other sects. 194 1 year, there are more than 10 main halls and branch libraries in Nanjing diocese, with the Gallery Town Hall being the largest. The Central China Parliament and Nanjing Parish are both located in the City Hall, and Nie, the first priest in China. After the Pearl Harbor incident broke out, American missionaries in Nanjing were imprisoned in Shanghai concentration camp by the Japanese army, and Methodist activities stopped. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, he resumed his activities, with about 65,438+0,500 male and female believers. 1950 participated in the three-self reform movement of various Christian factions in Nanjing. 1959 In the spring, six affiliated churches held a joint service, and the Methodist Church stopped its activities.
Tianjin area
1860 (Xianfeng decade) in July, Dr. Henry Bai of the American church came to Tianjin with the British and French allied forces and became the first missionary to Tianjin. /kloc-April of 0/862 (the first year of Tongzhi), transferred to Beijing. The following year/kloc-October 24th, Dr. Charles Alfred Stanley came to Tianjin to take over. Later, Shan Jiali's son also worked as a missionary in Tianjin. Before the Boxer Rebellion, there were only Zizhulin Church and Cangmenkou Church in Tianjin parish, as well as branches in several counties. After the Boxer Rebellion, the Congregation used boxer indemnity to expand its power rapidly, especially the county branch of Tianjin diocese built its church quickly. 1900 (the 26th year of Guangxu) In October, a new church was established in Jinghai County, and Shan Jiali presided over the ceremony. 1902 (in the 28th year of Guangxu), American missionary William Amon established churches in Dongyingli and Zhaocun, Wen 'an County, which belonged to Tianjin diocese. Subsequently, churches were built in Xinzhen on 1903, Su Qiao in Wen 'an on 1904, Beicang in Tianjin on 1906 and Mazhuang Town in Gu 'an County. 1906, in order to meet the needs of the development of missionary work, Shan Jiali moved his congregation and its affiliated schools from Zizhulin to the newly purchased Xigu Longwang Temple. The property of Zizhulin was sold to the French Ministry of Industry to rebuild roads, and the proceeds were used to expand churches and schools in Xigu. From 1907 to 1909, churches, Zhen Zhen Middle School (now Tianjin No.30 Middle School) and Yangshan Girls' Middle School (Yangshan was named after Shan Jiali's wife) were built successively. Since then, the congregational activity center has moved to Xigu, but there is no church in the concession. However, because Xigu is remote, it moved to Gangwei Road in Hebei District on 19 18, where churches and schools were established, and the scale was larger than before. After several migrations, the Congregation finally took Gangwei Road as the activity center of the church and school. Based in Tianjin, the congregation also spread to Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places, and established eight councils in Tianjin, Beijing, Zhangjiakou, Tongzhou, Baoding, Pangzhuang, Linqing and Shanxi. By 1905, all eight parishes had laid a solid foundation. Methodist schools in Shanghai are:
Chinese and Western Academy (188 1) was founded by Lin Lezhi in the former Sanyitang. 1884 After the new school building was completed, it moved to Kunshan Road, and 19 1 merged into Soochow University. )
Soochow Law School (19 15) was established on Kunshan Road after the merger of Chinese and Western Academies into Soochow University. )
Chinese and Western Girls' School (1890, Lin Lezhi and Hai Shude were founded in hankou road, Tibet Road, and moved to Jiangsu Road in 19 17. )