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History of CCCV

DateEvent
February 1983Establishment of the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Victoria (the predecessor of Chinese Christian Church of Victoria).
15th April 1984Establishment of Chinese Christian Church of Victoria, the ordination of Pastor Joshua Mak as minister of the church.
Sep 1986Appointment of Mr. Woon Chan as pastor assisting in ministry.
December 1986Rev. Mak resigned to pursue further studies in Hong Kong.
1988Establishment of Mission Department.
March 1991Sister Ophelia Chen was appointed as Administrative Secretary.
October 1991Pastor Woon Chan was ordained as minister of the church.
Nov 1992Special General Meeting voted to move to new location at 583 Orrong Road, Armadale.
7 February 1993Commencement of worship service at new church in Armadale.
February 1994Commencement of English worship service.
1995Tony and Peggy Jensen began assisting in English ministry.
September 1995Rev. Sun Wai Kwong arrived to take up position as full time minister.
August 1996David and Liz Richards took over from Tony Jensen to assist the English ministry.
August 1997The English Youth Fellowship was established. A Chinese-English joint worship service was held every month starting in November.
1998Commencement of Junior Church.
1999Pastor Eng Hwa Cheng assisted in English ministry.
2000Pastor Patrick Lok took over from Pastor Eng Hwa Cheng the English Ministry.
June 2001Rev. Sun Wai Kwong resigned from our church.
2002Pastor Lawrence Ng served as part-time pastor.
Esther and William Tse joined the English Ministry.
January 2003Commencement of Cantonese service with Mandarin interpretation.
August 2003Rev. Joshua Mak again served as senior pastor of our church.
2004Pastor Patrick Lok ordained.
August 2005Rev. Joshua Mak returned to Sydney, but continued to serve as consulting pastor to our church.
August 2006Pastor Lim Kian Gee served as part-time pastor.
December 2006Successfully purchased the church building in Nunawading.
January 2007Commencement of bilingual (Cantonese and Mandarin) Chinese worship service.
July 2007Pastor Lim Kian Gee was appointed as full-time pastor.
November 2007Church moved to Nunawading.
2008Mandarin Congregation: Fasting and prayer for forty days (21/4/2008-30/5/2008).
August 2010Commencement of Mandarin/English worship service in the afternoon.
Commencement of a second English service at 9:30am.
April 2011Pastor Lim Kian Gee ordained.
April 2012Brother Jonathan Wong commenced to serve as intern in the English Ministry.
December 2012Brother Alex Wong appointed as a voluntary part time ministry worker, serving the Mandarin/English ministry.
April 2013Establishment of the Pastoral Team.
July 2013Rev. Lim Kian Gee resigned from our church.
October 2014Mrs. Joshua Mak passed away to be with our Lord.
February 2015Pastor Chen was appointed as part time pastor to assist in the Mandarin ministry.
May 2015Annual General Meeting voted to appoint Pastor Yu Chao Ying and Pastor Jonathan Wong as full time pastors.
February 2016Inauguration of Pastor Yu Chao Ying and Pastor Jonathan Wong as full time pastors to the Cantonese and English ministries respectively.
September 2016Commencement of 11am Mandarin Service.
June 2018Ps Chen discontinued his service at CCCV.
July 2018Rev Lok served as the Interim Pastor in the Mandarin Ministry until December 2018.
June 2019Rev Daniel Li served as the Interim Pastor (part time) for Mandarin Ministry until June 2020. Ai Cheng Hau commenced serving as Children Ministry Worker.
Feb 2020Avis Ng resigned from her position as the Church Secretary. Ida Tso commenced serving as the Church Secretary.
July 2021Jeremy and Monica Hu commenced their placement in CCCV under Rev Rob Chen’s guidance.
January 2022Mary Lok commenced serving as Children Ministry Worker. Maggie Deng commenced serving as Church Secretary.
June 2022Ps. Paul Shi served as the Interim congregational pastor of LifeSpring while Ps. Jono was on Sabbatical leave.
September 2022Ps Jeremy Hu appointed as Full Time Associate Pastor for Mandarin Ministry after SGM.
November 2022Ordination ceremony of Ps Michael Yu and Ps Jonathan Wong, and Inauguration ceremony of Ps Jeremy Hu.
December 2022Rev Daniel Li served as the Interim congregational pastor (part time) while Rev Michael Yu was on Sabbatical Leave.
October 2023Rachel Lin commenced serving as Children Ministry Worker.
December 2023Rev Michael Yu resigned from CCCV.
June 2024Ai Cheng Hau resigned from her position as Children Ministry Worker. Ps John Ng appointed as the Congregational Pastor for Cantonese Ministry after AGM.

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