However, because the bell tower's style is too modern, Paul Richter and Hachmeister read the draft and gave notes for improvement.

[2] Construction started on 19 April 1908 and was completed on 23 October 1910, under the financial support of the German Governor's Office in Qingdao.

Four years later, after the end of World War I, German missionaries were repatriated, and the church was taken over by the Lutheranism in Qingdao.

[2] After the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941, all British and American in the north China were detained in the Weixian Internment Camp, the church was presided over by Su Baozhi (苏保志), a German priest of Qingdao Tongshan Society (青岛同善会).

In June 2006, it was listed among the sixth batch of "Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shandong" by the State Council of China as a part of the Qingdao German Architectural Complex [zh].