History of CCCV
1983
February
Establishment of the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Victoria (the predecessor of Chinese Christian Church of Victoria).
1984
15th April
Establishment of Chinese Christian Church of Victoria, the ordination of Pastor Joshua Mak as minister of the church.
1986
September
Appointment of Mr. Woon Chan as pastor assisting in ministry.
December
Rev. Mak resigned to pursue further studies in Hong Kong.
1988
Establishment of Mission Department.
1991
March
Sister Ophelia Chen was appointed as Administrative Secretary.
October
Pastor Woon Chan was ordained as minister of the church.
1992
November
Special General Meeting voted to move to new location at 583 Orrong Road, Armadale.
1993
7th February
Commencement of worship service at new church in Armadale.
1994
February
Commencement of English worship service.
1995
Tony and Peggy Jensen began assisting in English ministry.
September
Rev. Sun Wai Kwong arrived to take up position as full time minister.
1996
August
David and Liz Richards took over from Tony Jensen to assist the English ministry.
1998
Commencement of Junior Church.
1999
Pastor Eng Hwa Cheng assisted in English ministry.
2000
Pastor Patrick Lok took over from Pastor Eng Hwa Cheng the English Ministry.
2001
June
Rev. Sun Wai Kwong resigned from our church.
2002
Pastor Lawrence Ng served as part-time pastor.
Esther and William Tse joined the English Ministry.
2003
January
Commencement of Cantonese service with Mandarin interpretation.
August
Rev. Joshua Mak again served as senior pastor of our church.
2004
Pastor Patrick Lok ordained.
2005
Rev. Joshua Mak returned to Sydney, but continued to serve as consulting pastor to our church.
2006
August
Pastor Lim Kian Gee served as part-time pastor.
December
Successfully purchased the church building in Nunawading.
2007
January
Commencement of bilingual (Cantonese and Mandarin) Chinese worship service.
July
Pastor Lim Kian Gee was appointed as full-time pastor.
November
Church moved to Nunawading.
2010
August
Commencement of Mandarin/English worship service in the afternoon.
Commencement of a second English service at 9:30am.
2011
April
Pastor Lim Kian Gee ordained.
2012
April
Brother Jonathan Wong commenced to serve as intern in the English Ministry.
December
Brother Alex Wong appointed as a voluntary part time ministry worker, serving the Mandarin/English ministry.
2013
April
Establishment of the Pastoral Team.
July
Rev. Lim Kian Gee resigned from our church.
2014
October
Mrs. Joshua Mak passed away to be with our Lord.
2015
February
Pastor Chen was appointed as part time pastor to assist in the Mandarin ministry
May
Annual General Meeting voted to appoint Pastor Yu Chao Ying and Pastor Jonathan Wong as full time pastors.
2016
February
Inauguration of Pastor Yu Chao Ying and Pastor Jonathan Wong as full time pastors to the Cantonese and English ministries respectively.
September
Commencement of 11am Mandarin Service