The Brief History
of
Our church was a church planting effort
initiated by the Chinese ChurchesAssociation (CCA) of the Christian &
Missionary Alliance (C&MA)of United States in 1981. Rev Paul Tse
launched the first SundayService on November 25, 1981. One year later,
the church was formallyapproved by the CCA and was legally named the
Metro Phoenix ChineseAlliance Church.
Previously we have met at Mckemy Middle
School, Desert Rose Lutheran Church,Tri-City Alliance Church, Lakeshore
Bible Church, Danforth Chapel ofArizona State University, Dobson
Academy. We moved to our currentpermanent location in Tempe during the
Mothers' Day of 2009.
In the past 30 years, we have grown through
the leadership of a fewpastors - Rev. Paul Tse, Rev. Philip Huynh, Rev.
Sing-kin So, andcurrently Pastor Alan Kwong. Rev. Jeff Lee has also been
helping usout in-between transitions of pastoral leadership.
We have the long tradition of ministering to
immigrants, students andfamilies, especially to those who speak
Cantonese, although manyChinese who speaks Mandarin also attend our
services. As we grow andthe need for serving English-speaking
congregants become imminent, welaunched our English service in 2008.
We see the need to reach out not only to the
Cantonese and Englishspeaking, but also to the working class besides the
professionals,new immigrants besides the old established diaspora, the
youngbesides the adults. We also honor the mandate in the Scripture
notjust to share the Gospel but also to disciple the believers.
We are a C&MA church at heart, with missions
in our blood. We striveto support global missions work around the globe
through our supportof missionaries, their ministries through our
prayers, finances andhuman resources.