Kinmen Christian Church Introduction
In 1922, Pastor Ouyang Hou initiated the construction of a new church due to the old church being inadequate for use. The church was built in 1924 after purchasing part of the land where the old county magistrate's office from the Qing Dynasty was located and included the establishment of a community center, Peide Elementary School, and a kindergarten. It was completed in 1924. In June 1934, Pastor Huang Weimin went to Nanyang to raise funds and gather materials to build the pastor's office. After the opening of the five ports for trade at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Western missionaries came to Xiamen and Kinmen, but initially, they did not integrate well with local customs and had few followers. In the 22nd year of the Guangxu era (1896), the British London Mission established meeting places in two locations on the eastern side of Kinmen Island, namely Shamai and the Xiyuan salt fields. The following year, they set up a meeting place at the southern gate of Houpu, with about a hundred believers. In the same year, Pastor Shao Dezheng of the Presbyterian Church preached in Kinmen and established a meeting place at the northern gate of Houpu, known as Lieyu. In 1900, the China Christian Church was established, merging the London Mission and the Presbyterian Church, with Huang Hecheng as the first president, who purchased land to build a church on the site of Zhongxing Road in today's Beimenli. In 1922, due to the increase in believers, the old church was deemed inadequate, and the church decided to raise funds to rebuild the church. In April 1923, under the leadership of President Ouyang Hou, they purchased part of the land where the old county magistrate's office was located to build a community center along with Peide Elementary School and Kindergarten, spending over four thousand taels, and it was completed in December 1924. The Houpu Christian Church is situated at a height, giving it a grand presence. The church is a one-story building, and the pastor's office is located in the Hulong section, built in the style of a Western-style building. Source: Ministry of Culture
