Qualla: Yuguang Street Church https://qualla.com/yuguang-street-church en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/t/yuguang-street-church-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Yuguang Street Church https://qualla.com/yuguang-street-church Yuguang Street Church: Introduction https://qualla.com/yuguang-street-church/ Photo credit Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0. The cornerstone inscription, carved in both English and Japanese, tells the story before you even step inside: "To the glory of God this stone was dedicated May 6th 1928 by Francis Lushington Norris D.D. bishop in north China." Two languages on one stone, laid in a Chinese city that was at the time under Japanese administration on land that had previously been leased to Russia. Yuguang Street Church, originally the Dalian Anglican Church, is a building whose very existence required the cooperation of colonial powers that would soon be at war with each other.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/t/yuguang-street-church-wp/wwyt-yuguang-street-church-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Yuguang Street Church: Two Empires, One Church https://qualla.com/yuguang-street-church/ Photo credit Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0. An earlier Anglican church had been built on the premises of the British consulate in Dalian in the early 20th century, when the city was still known as Dairen under Japanese control. By the late 1920s, a more permanent structure was needed. In 1928, the Church of England and the...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/t/yuguang-street-church-wp/wwyt-yuguang-street-church-two-empires-one-church.mp3 0:06 2 full Yuguang Street Church: Surviving Through Ownership https://qualla.com/yuguang-street-church/ Photo credit Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0. When World War II ended in 1945, the Chinese government confiscated all Japanese-owned buildings in Dalian. Religious buildings seized in this way were never returned to religious use. But Yuguang Street Church survived because of a legal technicality rooted in its binational ori...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/t/yuguang-street-church-wp/wwyt-yuguang-street-church-surviving-through-ownership.mp3 0:06 3 full Yuguang Street Church: Broken Glass, Borrowed Purpose https://qualla.com/yuguang-street-church/ Photo credit Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Cultural Revolution, which convulsed China from 1966 to 1977, spared no religious institution. At Yuguang Street Church, the stained glass windows were smashed and all religious activities were suppressed. The building was converted into a children's activity center, its sanc...

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