History

History of CCCV

February 1983
Establishment of the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Victoria (the predecessor of Chinese Christian Church of Victoria).
February 1983
15th April 1984
Establishment of Chinese Christian Church of Victoria, the ordination of Pastor Joshua Mak as minister of the church.
15th April 1984
Sep 1986
Appointment of Mr. Woon Chan as pastor assisting in ministry.
Sep 1986
December 1986
Rev. Mak resigned to pursue further studies in Hong Kong.
December 1986
1988
Establishment of Mission Department.
1988
March 1991
Sister Ophelia Chen was appointed as Administrative Secretary.
March 1991
October 1991
Pastor Woon Chan was ordained as minister of the church.
October 1991
Nov 1992
Special General Meeting voted to move to new location at 583 Orrong Road, Armadale.
Nov 1992
7 February 1993
Commencement of worship service at new church in Armadale.
7 February 1993
February 1994
Commencement of English worship service.
February 1994
1995
Tony and Peggy Jensen began assisting in English ministry.
1995
September 1995
Rev. Sun Wai Kwong arrived to take up position as full time minister.
September 1995
August 1996
David and Liz Richards took over from Tony Jensen to assist the English ministry.
August 1996
August 1997
The English Youth Fellowship was established. A Chinese-English joint worship service was held every month starting in November.
August 1997
1998
Commencement of Junior Church.
1998
1999
Pastor Eng Hwa Cheng assisted in English ministry.
1999
2000
Pastor Patrick Lok took over from Pastor Eng Hwa Cheng the English Ministry.
2000
June 2001
Rev. Sun Wai Kwong resigned from our church.
June 2001
2002
Pastor Lawrence Ng served as part-time pastor.

Esther and William Tse joined the English Ministry.
2002
January 2003
Commencement of Cantonese service with Mandarin interpretation.
January 2003
August 2003
Rev. Joshua Mak again served as senior pastor of our church.
August 2003
2004
Pastor Patrick Lok ordained.
2004
August 2005
Rev. Joshua Mak returned to Sydney, but continued to serve as consulting pastor to our church.
August 2005
August 2006
Pastor Lim Kian Gee served as part-time pastor.
August 2006
December 2006
Successfully purchased the church building in Nunawading.
December 2006
January 2007
Commencement of bilingual (Cantonese and Mandarin) Chinese worship service.
January 2007
July 2007
Pastor Lim Kian Gee was appointed as full-time pastor.
July 2007
November 2007
Church moved to Nunawading.
November 2007
2008
Mandarin Congregation: Fasting and prayer for forty days (21/4/2008-30/5/2008).
2008
August 2010
Commencement of Mandarin/English worship service in the afternoon.

Commencement of a second English service at 9:30am.
August 2010
April 2011
Pastor Lim Kian Gee ordained.
April 2011
April 2012
Brother Jonathan Wong commenced to serve as intern in the English Ministry.
April 2012
December 2012
Brother Alex Wong appointed as a voluntary part time ministry worker, serving the Mandarin/English ministry.
December 2012
April 2013
Establishment of the Pastoral Team.
April 2013
July 2013
Rev. Lim Kian Gee resigned from our church.
July 2013
October 2014
Mrs. Joshua Mak passed away to be with our Lord.
October 2014
February 2015
Pastor Chen was appointed as part time pastor to assist in the Mandarin ministry.
February 2015
May 2015
Annual General Meeting voted to appoint Pastor Yu Chao Ying and Pastor Jonathan Wong as full time pastors.
May 2015
February 2016
Inauguration of Pastor Yu Chao Ying and Pastor Jonathan Wong as full time pastors to the Cantonese and English ministries respectively.
February 2016
September 2016
Commencement of 11am Mandarin Service.
September 2016

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