Shanghai Community Church is located
at Hengshan Road in southwestern Shanghai. It is the largest Christian church in
Shanghai.
Some American immigrants established a
church at Donghu Road in 1920. At first, most Christians that worshiped here
were Americans. In 1923, immigrants from differentcountries in Shanghai raised
funds and began the construction of a new church at Hensan Road. It was finished
in 1925 and called Shanghai Community Church. Christians of different
denominational divisions of Christianity worshiped here thereafter. It imitated
English style and was constructed with red bricks. The door of the church faces
the north, and the interior is quadrate. It has corridors, aisles and a pointed
vault. The roof of the church is a scissors-shaped timberwork; the
ice-crackle-like glass is embedded in arc windows. Originally Shanghai Community
Church was the dedicated church for immigrants, later some Chinese Christians
with high social status worshiped here, especially during the Anti-Japanese War
when Chinese priests presided over the services. After 1949, the services were
completely taken charge by Chinese priests.