Shatin Baptist Church () is a

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multi-site

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, affiliated with the

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, headquartered in

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ne ...

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History

The church was founded in 1962. Frank Joseph Shulman, Anna See Ping Leon Shulman, ''Doctoral dissertations on Hong Kong 1900-1997'', Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 2001, p. 475In 1977, it inaugurated its main building. Shatin Baptist Church runs a few activities such as L.O.S.T, Children Christendom and hosts the 279th division of the

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. The Church organisation has campuses in

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, Lek Yuen, Siu Lek Yuen, Sha Tin Wai and

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References

External links

{{commons category, Shatin Baptist Church
Official Website of the Shatin Baptist Church
Sha Tin Evangelical megachurches in Hong Kong 1977 establishments in Hong Kong Baptist churches in Hong Kong Baptist multisite churches