I am so glad to share the story of Heavenly Church (Tian’en Church – Chinese pronou-ciation) in Shanghai.
It was established in1932 by an American and is one of the oldest churches in Shanghai Chuan Sha Area. The picture on the right is of the little house (406m2) in which the church began – now a dilapidated building.
I was not told its history from 1949 to 1987, I just know the general history for almost all the churches in China from 1949 to 1966. During that period, a lot of churches were closed. The buildings were used as factories or government offices. Even today, the history from 1966 to 1976 is taboo for people to talk about in China.
