After John Macintyre, a missionary of the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission in England, preached the gospel in Yingkou, Liaoning, local believers gave sermons while selling books and established a church in Liaoyang in 1893.
Liuerpu Church in Liaoyang was set up in 1893 by a Christian sent by George Douglas, a British-Scottish missionary and pastor of the Presbyterian Church in England, who came to China in 1890.
According to the Religious Gazetteer of Liaoyang City, George Douglas first served as a pastor in England, then went to a seminary to study and devoted himself to missionary work. In 1890, he was sent to the Fengtian (now Shenyang) church as a pastor and then in charge of the primary school.
From 1895 to 1926, George Douglas presided over the Liaoyang Church of Liaohai. In the meantime, he mainly worked on four aspects.
First, handle church affairs. In 1894, James Lee died due to injury, and George Douglas became the pastor of Liaoyang Church. In October 1900, he returned to Liaoyang after taking refuge in Japan, visited fellow Christians, sorted out the affairs of the church, and resumed church and hospital work. In 1905, he rebuilt the Charity Hospital and the Church of Scotland Women's Hospital. In 2021, I saw that the Charity Hospital was still in existence, but the Church of Scotland Women's Hospital had been completely destroyed. Now only the stone carvings that record the Church of Scotland Women's Hospital remain. In 1907, with the 7,000 taels of silver donated by Pastor James Lee's father, George Douglas built the Liaoyang Great Chapel, which is now the Christian Church of Liaoyang City, as the location of the local CC&TSPM of Liaoyang City. Later, he used the surplus money to build a ward building in the Charity Hospital.
Second, establish the churches. From 1893 to 1909, seven churches were set up, including Liuerpu Church.
Third, establish schools. In 1904, George Douglas set up a school near the present Liaoyang Christian Church. Later, he established Wende Middle School on Dongwudao Street in Liaoyang City and served as its principal. He also founded Liaoyang Yucai Girls' School. Here, he assisted in establishing 13 primary schools affiliated with affiliated churches.
Fourth, he was responsible for the management of treatment affairs at Charity Hospital and Church of Scotland Women's Hospital.
After the founding of the Liuerpu Church, it was rebuilt in 1900 to the east of the river in Liuerpu. In 1914, it was relocated. Liuerpu Church covers an area of 1400 square meters, with a building area of 240 square meters.
There are also three figures associated with the Liuerpu Church.
J.W. Findlay (?-1950) wa s Scottish and a pastor of the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission in England. He had a Master of Arts degree. In 1922, he was sent to Liaoyang Christian Church by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland to assist the pastor in school education and missionary work. He was the principal of Wende Middle School at Liaoyang Christian for four years and then became the pastor of Liaohai Diocese, responsible for local missionary work. He was also responsible for running the school and teaching English. From 1934 to 1949, he was president of Mukden Theological Seminary. He died in 1950 at Northeastern Christian Seminary.
Liu Quanyue (1852–1940) was baptized in Mukden in 1877 by John Ross, a Presbyterian minister of the Scottish Church. He was ordained a priest by John Ross in 1889 and visited England in 1896. After 1890, he preached at Dongguan Church. After founding Xiguan Church, he was the first Chinese church minister in Northeast China and the first Chinese Presbyterian missionary in Liaoyang. According to the records, Liu was highly educated, eloquent, capable, humble, and resolute.
Wang Zhengao (1873–?) is a native of Dongbao, Liuerpu, and Liaoyang County. In 1894, he made a living by painting, embraced Christianity, and later carried out missionary activities in the Xiaobeihe area. In 1897, he was appointed by George Douglas to establish a church in Xiaobeihe Port, west of Liaoyang City, known as the Xiaobeihe Church of Liaoyang Diocese. He used funds from the Scottish Church to build 12 rooms for the mission. In 1899, the Northeastern Theological Seminary was officially opened, and Wang was among the first 13 freshmen. He wrote a brief history of the Liaoyang Christian Church and was one of the earliest priests of Chinese Christianity in Liaoyang. He served as the chairman of the Northeast Council of the Church of Christ in China and the vice chairman of the National Council of the Church of Christ in China.
During the Cultural Revolution, the Liuerpu Church stopped meeting for a time, and its followers scattered. After the reform and opening up, this church was able to resume meeting in 1995. In 1996, the local government agreed to give 1,000 square meters of land as returned property to the church. The construction of the church was completed on August 12 of that year.
Elder Qi Heping is in charge of the present Liuerpu Church. He was among the first batch of students at the Christian Training Center of Liaoning Province (studying for one year) and then studied as one of the first batch of students in the Technical Secondary Department of Northeastern Theological Seminary for two years.
Liaoyang Church now has three full-time preachers and more than 300 followers. Its church board, choir, service group, visiting group, and memorial group are all well organized.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times and the author reported in Liaoning.)
- Translated by Nicolas Cao
基督教新教早在1874年由英国苏格兰基督教长老会传教士马钦太传到营口，后面经本地信徒在辽阳售书布道，在1893年设立了教会。
辽阳市辽阳县的刘二堡教会是由英国苏格兰传教士、英国基督教会长老会牧师德教治（1877-？）于1893年差派传道人到这里创办的。
《辽阳市宗教志》显示：德教治牧师初在英国任牧师，继进神学院学习，投入传教工作。1890年，被派到奉天(今沈阳)教会，任牧师，到辽阳教会负责教会小学工作。
1895年至1926年，他主持辽海辽阳中堂会。其间主要做四个方面工作。
第一、处理教务。1894年，李雅各牧师受伤而亡，他接替雅各牧师做辽阳中堂会工。1900年10月，从日本避难重返辽阳，探访教友，整理教务，恢复教堂及施医院工作。1905年，重修施医院、仁母院。2021年笔者看到施医院尚存，可惜仁母院已经损毁殆尽，现在只保留一统记录仁母院的石刻。1907年，德教治用雅各牧师父亲的七千两白银捐建辽阳大礼拜堂，即现在的辽阳市基督教堂，为辽阳市基督教两会所在地。其后，他用余款在施医院建一栋病房。
第二、传教设立教会。从1893年设刘二堡教会，直到1909年，共创设7所教会。
第三、创办学校。1904年，他在现在的辽阳市基督教会附近办校，后在辽阳市东五道街建辽阳文德中学，任校长；也创立了辽阳育才女子学校。此处，协助其他下属教会创办13所小学。
第四、负责管理施医院、仁母院救治事务。
刘二堡教会创办后，1900年复建场所于刘二堡的河东，1914年，移地重建。占地面积1400平方米，建筑面积240平方米。
还有与刘二堡教会有关的三位人物。
方德立(J.W.Findlay，?-1950年)，英国苏格兰人，文学硕士（M.A.），英国苏格兰长老会牧师。1922年，受苏格兰长老会派到辽阳基督教会协助德教治牧师做学校教育和传教工作。他曾任辽阳基督教文德中学校长四年，之后任辽海教区牧师，负责当地传教工作。其间也负责办校及英语教学工作。1934年至1949年，任奉天神学院院长。1950年，逝于东北基督教神学院。
刘全岳(1852-1940年)，1877年，在奉天由英国苏格兰基督*教长老会牧师罗约翰施洗入教。1889年，被罗约翰封立为牧师。1896年，至英国游览观光。1890年后，在东关教会讲道，继创立西关教会，他是东北地区第一位中国籍教会牧师，也是最早在辽阳传教的中国基督教长老会传教士。资料记载，刘学识高，口才好，能力强，为人谦卑，性格坚毅。
王正翱(1873-?)，是一位土生土长的辽阳县刘二堡东堡人。1894年，他以绘画为生，信奉基督教，之后在小北河一带进行传教活动。1897年，受英国基督教德教治委派至辽阳城西小北河埠设立教会，史称辽阳教区辽西堂会小北河教会。他用苏格兰差会资金建筑12间房作为传教场所。1899年，东北神学院正式启动，13名首届新生中就有王。他撰写《辽阳基督教会简史》，是中国基督教辽阳籍最早被封立的一位牧师。他曾任中华基督教会东北大会会正、中华基督教会全国总会会副。
在文化大革命那段期间，刘二堡教会曾经一度停止聚会，信徒也失散。改革开放后，1995年教会才得以恢复聚会。当时教堂已经没有了，只是在民宅聚会，1996年，当地政府同意给地块1000平方米，作为教产归还。当年8月12号竣工献堂。
现在的刘二堡教会由齐和平长老负责。他曾在第一届辽宁省基督教培训中心学习一年、尔后又在东北神学院第一届中专部学了二年。
教会现有专职传道人三位，信徒有三百余人。教会执事会、诗班、服务组、探访组、追思组等组织健全。
（福音时报特约撰稿人于辽宁报道）
辽宁辽阳刘二堡教会：139年的荣耀见证
After John Macintyre, a missionary of the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission in England, preached the gospel in Yingkou, Liaoning, local believers gave sermons while selling books and established a church in Liaoyang in 1893.
Liuerpu Church in Liaoyang was set up in 1893 by a Christian sent by George Douglas, a British-Scottish missionary and pastor of the Presbyterian Church in England, who came to China in 1890.
According to the Religious Gazetteer of Liaoyang City, George Douglas first served as a pastor in England, then went to a seminary to study and devoted himself to missionary work. In 1890, he was sent to the Fengtian (now Shenyang) church as a pastor and then in charge of the primary school.
From 1895 to 1926, George Douglas presided over the Liaoyang Church of Liaohai. In the meantime, he mainly worked on four aspects.
First, handle church affairs. In 1894, James Lee died due to injury, and George Douglas became the pastor of Liaoyang Church. In October 1900, he returned to Liaoyang after taking refuge in Japan, visited fellow Christians, sorted out the affairs of the church, and resumed church and hospital work. In 1905, he rebuilt the Charity Hospital and the Church of Scotland Women's Hospital. In 2021, I saw that the Charity Hospital was still in existence, but the Church of Scotland Women's Hospital had been completely destroyed. Now only the stone carvings that record the Church of Scotland Women's Hospital remain. In 1907, with the 7,000 taels of silver donated by Pastor James Lee's father, George Douglas built the Liaoyang Great Chapel, which is now the Christian Church of Liaoyang City, as the location of the local CC&TSPM of Liaoyang City. Later, he used the surplus money to build a ward building in the Charity Hospital.
Second, establish the churches. From 1893 to 1909, seven churches were set up, including Liuerpu Church.
Third, establish schools. In 1904, George Douglas set up a school near the present Liaoyang Christian Church. Later, he established Wende Middle School on Dongwudao Street in Liaoyang City and served as its principal. He also founded Liaoyang Yucai Girls' School. Here, he assisted in establishing 13 primary schools affiliated with affiliated churches.
Fourth, he was responsible for the management of treatment affairs at Charity Hospital and Church of Scotland Women's Hospital.
After the founding of the Liuerpu Church, it was rebuilt in 1900 to the east of the river in Liuerpu. In 1914, it was relocated. Liuerpu Church covers an area of 1400 square meters, with a building area of 240 square meters.
There are also three figures associated with the Liuerpu Church.
J.W. Findlay (?-1950) wa s Scottish and a pastor of the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission in England. He had a Master of Arts degree. In 1922, he was sent to Liaoyang Christian Church by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland to assist the pastor in school education and missionary work. He was the principal of Wende Middle School at Liaoyang Christian for four years and then became the pastor of Liaohai Diocese, responsible for local missionary work. He was also responsible for running the school and teaching English. From 1934 to 1949, he was president of Mukden Theological Seminary. He died in 1950 at Northeastern Christian Seminary.
Liu Quanyue (1852–1940) was baptized in Mukden in 1877 by John Ross, a Presbyterian minister of the Scottish Church. He was ordained a priest by John Ross in 1889 and visited England in 1896. After 1890, he preached at Dongguan Church. After founding Xiguan Church, he was the first Chinese church minister in Northeast China and the first Chinese Presbyterian missionary in Liaoyang. According to the records, Liu was highly educated, eloquent, capable, humble, and resolute.
Wang Zhengao (1873–?) is a native of Dongbao, Liuerpu, and Liaoyang County. In 1894, he made a living by painting, embraced Christianity, and later carried out missionary activities in the Xiaobeihe area. In 1897, he was appointed by George Douglas to establish a church in Xiaobeihe Port, west of Liaoyang City, known as the Xiaobeihe Church of Liaoyang Diocese. He used funds from the Scottish Church to build 12 rooms for the mission. In 1899, the Northeastern Theological Seminary was officially opened, and Wang was among the first 13 freshmen. He wrote a brief history of the Liaoyang Christian Church and was one of the earliest priests of Chinese Christianity in Liaoyang. He served as the chairman of the Northeast Council of the Church of Christ in China and the vice chairman of the National Council of the Church of Christ in China.
During the Cultural Revolution, the Liuerpu Church stopped meeting for a time, and its followers scattered. After the reform and opening up, this church was able to resume meeting in 1995. In 1996, the local government agreed to give 1,000 square meters of land as returned property to the church. The construction of the church was completed on August 12 of that year.
Elder Qi Heping is in charge of the present Liuerpu Church. He was among the first batch of students at the Christian Training Center of Liaoning Province (studying for one year) and then studied as one of the first batch of students in the Technical Secondary Department of Northeastern Theological Seminary for two years.
Liaoyang Church now has three full-time preachers and more than 300 followers. Its church board, choir, service group, visiting group, and memorial group are all well organized.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times and the author reported in Liaoning.)
- Translated by Nicolas Cao
Liuerpu Church of Liaoyang: Glorious Witness of 139 Years
