Recently Shenzhen Buji Church has been relocated near a garden owing to the urban construction planning. The new seven-story church has a construction area of 8417.82 m2 with an underground garage and equipment rooms. The main sanctuary can seat 1500 people and the side-chapel hold 500. It is marked by two towers at the height of 46.97 meters.
The church's official website introduces that Theodore Hamberg, a Swedish missionary, was the first man to evangelize in Buji in 1852. In 1853, Buji Church was being built in Lilang Village and completed in 1854.
With the spreading of the gospel in the region, another new church was founded in Laoxu Village's subdistrict in 1901. Therefore, there were two churches in the area which went through relocation and repair.
Buji Church had been occupied as a classroom of a school due to the historical reasons since 1950 and given back in 1970 when the school was moved. However, the church became a public place and left without maintenance.
As for Laoxu Church, it had been used by a hospital, school and factory after 1958 when the service was suspended. It resumed the service in 1987 and renovated the church seven years later. In 2002, it moved to a larger church to meet the need of increasing believers.
Translated By: Karen Luo
