| St John's Cathedral, Langzhong | |
|---|---|
| Gospel Church | |
聖約翰座堂 | |
 St John's Cathedral, circa 1914. | |
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| 31°35′N 105°59′E / 31.58°N 105.98°E | |
| Location | 5 Yangtianjing Street, Langzhong, Sichuan |
| Country | China |
| Denomination | Three-Self Church (Protestant) |
| Previous denomination | Church in China (under the jurisdiction of the Church of England)[1] |
| Churchmanship | Low church evangelical |
| History | |
| Status | Church prev. cathedral |
| Founded | 1908 |
| Founder(s) | William Cassels (China Inland Mission) |
| Dedication | John the Evangelist |
| Past bishop(s) | William Cassels Frank Houghton (first bishop of East Szechwan) |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | George A. Rogers |
| Style | Gothic Revival with traditional Sichuanese elements |
| Groundbreaking | 1913 |
| Completed | 1914 |
| Administration | |
| Province | China (formerly) |
| Diocese | Szechwan (formerly) East Szechwan (formerly; since 1936) |
St John's Cathedral,[a] today known as Gospel Church,[b] is a Protestant church situated on Yangtianjing Street in the county-level city of Langzhong, Nanchong, Sichuan Province. Founded in 1908, the church had been the Anglican cathedral, originally designated as a pro-cathedral,[2] of the Szechwan Diocese (and later of East Szechwan) of the Church in China,[3] and the largest Anglican church in Southwest China.[4] It has been subjected to the control of the state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Church since 1954.
- ^ Bird-Bishop, Isabella (1900). The Yangtze Valley and Beyond (volume II). London: John Murray. p. 5.
Paoning is a great centre of China Inland Mission work. The directors of this body, which is undenominational, endeavour so far as is possible to group the missionaries of each ecclesiastical body together, and in this part of Sᴢᴇ Cʜᴜᴀɴ they all belong to the Church of England.
- ^ Broomhall, Marshall (1926). W. W. Cassels: First Bishop in Western China. London: The China Inland Mission. pp. 289–290.
- ^ Wang, Meng (2010). ""剑桥七杰"与阆中圣约翰教堂" [The 'Cambridge Seven' and St John's Church in Langzhong]. 守望吾土吾乡 (in Simplified Chinese). Yinchuan: Ningxia People's Publishing House. ISBN 9787227044475.
- ^ "中国式教堂建筑巡礼之三：百年古老福音堂重放昔日光彩" [Chinese-style Church Architecture Tour 3: The Century-old Gospel Church Restored to Its Former Glory]. wh.cnki.net (in Simplified Chinese). 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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