Hop Yat Church

In 1843, Pastor James Legge of the London Missionary Society (now the Council for World Mission) moved the Ying Wa College, which he had founded in Malacca, to Hong Kong. They dedicated themselves to evangelistic work outside of class, and all the new Chinese believers were baptized at the college, which was known as the "Ying Wa College Guild". In 1862, the Chinese Self-Governing Association was established; and missions were set up in Sheung Wan and Sham Shui Po. In 1941, during the Japanese invasion, the Hong Kong churches fell to the Japanese. After the liberation in 1945, Hop Yat Church was rebuilt and flourished even more than before. In September 1955, the Hop Yat Church Kindergarten was opened. In 1957, the Kowloon Branch Church was completed and opened. In September 1960, The Hop Yat Church Primary School was founded. In September 1984, the North Point Branch Church was completed and opened, and the Hop Yat Church Chan Pak-hung Memorial Kindergarten was also established. In 1997, the Ma On Shan Branch Church was completed and opened, and the Hop Yat Church Shan Jia Chuan Memorial Kindergarten was opened to nurture children in the area. In the same year, the "Hop Yat Church Senior Citizens Centre" (Elderly Day Activity Centre) was opened at Harbour City on Tanner Road, North Point. File:HK Perth Street Hop Yat Church (Kowloon) HKCCCC.JPG|Hop Yat Church Kowloon File:HK Cloud View Road 48 Hop Yat Church (North Point) The Church of Christ in China 1.JPG|Hop Yat Church North Point File:CCC HopYatChurch MaOnShan.jpg|Hop Yat Church Ma On Shan ==Main church==

The main church (the Hong Kong Church) is located at 2 Bonham Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island. Built in 1926 as the oldest of the Hop Yat family, it is now designated as a Grade I historic building in Hong Kong. It was also the first church built and funded by the local Christian churches in Hong Kong. In recent years, the main activities have been missionary work, adult and elderly education, apprenticeship programs, and single-parent care, etc. ==Kowloon Church==

The Hop Yat Church Kowloon Church is located in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon. It has the following departments: Propaganda, Women's Affairs, Sunday School, Youth, Sacred Music, Fellowship, Charity, Finance, General Affairs, and Missions. ==Ma on Shan Church==

The Church is located in Ma On Shan, New Territories. There are 5 departments: Worship and Devotional Department, Fellowship and Care Department, Believer Department, Evangelism and Outreach Department, Church Administration Department. ==North Point Church==

The North Point Branch is located on Cloud View Road, North Point, Hong Kong Island, and is the third church built by Hop Yat Church. It has five departments: Evangelistic Outreach, Believer Development, Membership Life, Praise and Spiritual Exercises, and Church Administration. ==Other affiliated units==

They include • Hop Yat Church School, • Social Service Department of the Church of Christ in China - Hop Yat Church, • Hop Yat Church Chan Pak Wang Memorial Day Nursery. ==See also==