Kau Yan Church
Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Kau Yan Church is a church in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. The building is located at Western Street, between Third and High Streets. The church was established by the Basel Mission and is now succeeded by the Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong.
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基督教香港崇真會救恩堂 | |
_-_404.jpg.webp) The church building's exterior, 2017 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Christianity |
| Sect | Protestantism |
| District | Sai Ying Pun |
| Location | |
| Location | 97A High Street |
| Country | Hong Kong |
  Shown within Hong Kong | |
| Geographic coordinates | 22.285494°N 114.140864°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Palmer and Turner |
| Style | External: Neo-Gothic & Tudor Internal: Romanesque & Neo-Classical |
| Founder | Rudolph Lechler of the Society of Basel Mission (巴色傳道會) |
| Date established | 1852 |
| Groundbreaking | 1 June 1931 |
| Completed | 24 December 1932 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 基督教香港崇真會救恩堂 | ||||||||
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The existing Gothic Revival church building was completed in 1932, but the church's history dates back to 1861, when Rev Theodore Hamberg established a Hakka congregation at the site.
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External links
Media related to Kau Yan Tsung Tsin Church at Wikimedia Commons- Historic Building Appraisal: Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Kau Yan Church Archived 8 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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