Attending Sunday Service in a Heritage Church Building in Guangzhou

We went to an English speaking church service in China the first Sunday we were here in Guangzhou. Thus was our second Sunday, our last Sunday on this trip and we would really like to attend a local church meeting. Since google has been blocked in China, we had to searched online using another search engine.

It was not easy for us to find a local church here as they were not widely advertised. So I got info from a church friend in Canada and she gave us a few recommendations.

 Unfortunately, we could not find the service hour and got there at about 10:30 am when the service was just finished at that time.

This church is a beautiful historical building in Guangzhou

We found out that the service at this church started at 9am!

A nice lady recommended us to another church where the service started at 12pm.  On our way to the second church, we stopped at the Heng Bao Shopping Centre,  had our breakfast and then headed to the church.

Located very close to the Jie Tai Plaza, this church has been declared a heritage building and under the Guangzhou City Government's protection since 2008.

This church is a historical building under the government's protection 

This is truly a magnificent church with some interesting architectural detail such as the semicircular balcony outside one of the  front windows.

We got to the church around 12pm, a lady pastor was already preaching to the congregation.

Once inside the church, we tried to find a seat and sit down as quietly as possible. Heading towards a pew, I was called back by the usher and was informed that I could not be in the main sanctuary because I was wearing flip flops !

We sat in the balcony of the church for the Sunday Service

The young people leading the last hymn

She told us to go to the upper level where there was a TV set up. But we peeked into the balcony level and there were not a lot of people so we went and sat there.


We could understand little of what the pastor was saying. Later, we found out that the service started at 11:30 and we missed half of the program already.

When they sang the last song,  a team of young people led the singing with a female drummer accompanying the team.

I was touched by how the congregation worshiped at that church

When I saw the family in front of us raising their hands to praise God,  my eyes were filled up with tears, not sure why.

Address of the church in Guangzhou in Chinese

I was sorry that we missed the beginning part and almost half of the service. I would love to have attended the service in its entirety.

After church, we did some shopping in the area and bought some pretty sandals, also went to Ikea and bought some stationery items for J.

It was a busy afternoon for us as we went to the Rosedale Hotel  and bought the coach tickets for our direct ride back to the Hong Kong airport for the next day.

R.T.
Guangzhou
China