The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China (
Abbr
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: HKCCCC, ) is a
Protestant
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
Christian church organization in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
. Its history can be traced back to the formation of the
Church of Christ in China
The Church of Christ in China ( zh, t=中華基督教會, s=中华基督教会, first=t, p=Zhonghua Jidu Jiaohui) was a coalition of churches in mainland China, established in the early half of the twentieth century. After missionaries were expelle ...
, which is a uniting church consisting mainly of churches with
Congregational
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and
Presbyterian
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traditions (reformed traditions), including the
London Missionary Society
The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational m ...
,
British Baptist Missionary Society and others.
Initially established as the Sixth District Association of the Guangdong Synod of the Church of Christ in China (), the Hong Kong Council was reorganized from its predecessor in 1953 after the
Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...
took over
mainland China
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, because their connection with the Guangdong Synod cannot be maintained due to the political situation.
The construction of their first church building, , was completed on 10 October 1926. It is located at 2
Bonham Road
Bonham Road is a main road in West Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, running mainly East-West. The road connects Pok Fu Lam Road in the west, near the University of Hong Kong, and Caine Road in the east, at the junction with Hospital ...
in the
Mid-Levels area in the city.
HKCCCC is one of the sponsoring bodies in Hong Kong that runs many local schools including the .
See also
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Church of Christ in China
The Church of Christ in China ( zh, t=中華基督教會, s=中华基督教会, first=t, p=Zhonghua Jidu Jiaohui) was a coalition of churches in mainland China, established in the early half of the twentieth century. After missionaries were expelle ...
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Christianity in Hong Kong
Christianity has been in Hong Kong since 1841 when British Empire started to rule Hong Kong. As of 2020, there were about 1.2 million Christians in Hong Kong (16% of the total population), most of them are Protestant (around 800,000) and Catholic ...
References
External links
The official website
Christian organizations established in 1953
Protestant churches in Hong Kong
Members of the World Council of Churches
Christian denominations in Asia
Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches
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