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The holy assembly hall travels Yantai of China

The holy assembly hall travels Yantai of China

Write: Benta [2011-05-23]

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In Qing Dynasty the 11th year of Xianfeng in Qing dynasty, U.S.A. soak letter can creat Dengzhou, soak letter can in Peng Lai, set up church holy assembly hall, holy assembly hall can soak letter organizationing and churching most early, North China of China. With manage 11 year, Dengzhou it soaks letters to be can until county town paint the intersection of Henan and pieces of the west build Christ church, call holy assembly hall of Dengzhou at that time . Dengzhou holy assembly hall American building originally, by church and bell tower being conjuncted to commit. The eastern church is the one-layer structure, the altar faces west, there are baptism pools in the centre, both sides are in order to change one s clothes in the room, can hold nearly 400 people in the hall. It is three storeys that the western bell tower is old, hang the copper bell on the wooden frame of the garret, every Sunday, the bell resounds through in the whole city.
Later, because is long neglected and in disrepair, damage is serious, were repaired in 1987, transformed it as two layers of structure, it is the entry on the first floor Pass the drawing room) ,The west of large shop front, two side doors lead to the church eastwards; It is the storeroom on the second floor.
Successively in the intersection of American and missionary that hall this preach, in order to admire, it draws lady to be most influential in international religion, she is that American Christianity organizes the first to send to the foreign woman priest. From 1987, have foreign visitor visit Peng Lai on a special trip every year, pay a visit, place oneself in 1915 whether large U.S.A. admire, draw, offer as a gift and love the tablet by Ms. .