Gospel Church, Mianzhu
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Gospel Church[lower-alpha 1] is a Protestant church situated in Minzhu Alley, in the county-level city of Mianzhu, Sichuan Province. First built in 1923, it was formerly an Anglican church in the West Szechwan Diocese of the Church in China.[1] It has been subjected to the control of the state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Church since 1954.
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Gospel Church, Mianzhu | |
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Location | 26 Minzhu Alley, Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan |
Country | China |
Denomination | Three-Self Church (Protestant) |
Previous denomination | Anglican |
Churchmanship | Low church evangelical |
History | |
Status | Church |
Founded | 1923 |
Founder(s) | John Howard Lechler, et al. |
Past bishop(s) | William Cassels |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Style | Sichuanese architecture (old church building) Gothic Revival (new church building) |
Groundbreaking | 1923 (old church building) 2010 (new church building) |
Administration | |
Province | China (formerly) |
Diocese | Szechwan (formerly) West Szechwan (formerly; since 1936) |
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After the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, a new Gospel Church was built on Yuxian Road. The original church is also known simply as the Chapel.[lower-alpha 2][2]