Christ's Church, Shangcheng District

In 1859, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America sent John Livingstone Nevius from Ningbo to Hangzhou to preach.[2] The church was originally built by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America with the help of Zhang Chengzhai (张澄斋) in November 1864.[2] Four years later, Zhang Chengzhai, a Chinese believer and co-founder of the church, was proposed as its first pastor.[2] As the number of believers increased, the management decided to purchase land to prepare for the new church building.[2] Zhang's son, Zhang Baoqing (张葆卿), donated 10,000 silver dollars and the church raised another 50,000 silver dollars.[2] Reconstruction began in 1924 and were completed in 1927.[2] It was put into use in 1930.[2]

The church was closed during the ten-year Cultural Revolution.[2] And was occupied by the Hangzhou Library.[2] On 30 August 1981, it was officially reopened to the public.[2] At the end of 1983, Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie came to visit.[2] In December 2013, it was designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Hangzhou government.[2]

• Official website (in Chinese)

• Weihong, Luo (1 May 2014). 中国基督教（新教）史 [History of Protestantism in China] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House. ISBN 9787208121324.