We are the Calgary Chinese Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada, a multi-lingual (Cantonese, English and Mandarin) church with multiple services for people of all ages and from all walks of life. We are people redeemed by the grace of God through the sacrificial life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The complete realization of our redemption will come when Christ returns to gather His Church (the Body of Christ). We are members of the families of faith that make up of His Church (the universal church). Our local church is the visible, organized expression of the Body of Christ. Together we share our pilgrimage in discovering and realizing the fullness of life.

Our church exists to glorify God by proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ and building up a community of disciples (Matthew 28:19-20), through strategic evangelism, holistic care, biblical instructions and insightful worship at home and through missionary endeavors abroad.

We are called to follow Jesus in a life of service (Matthew 20:28). Our church will serve people of all ages and from all walks of life, especially all that come to us. However, we will concentrate efforts on Cantonese, English, and Mandarin speaking people of Chinese ethnicity in the city of Calgary with emphasis in the surrounding communities of the church.

Our progress will be measured and reflected by the following:

• Our unity and fruit-bearing for Christ (spiritual maturation - knowing more about Christ and deepening our relationship with Him)
• By a greater number of new converts and disciples
• Increasing attendance in Worship, Fellowship, Sunday school, Prayer meetings, Visitation ministry, and training groups/workshops/seminars
• By the number of brothers and sisters serving God with their gifts, having daily devotion, and willingness to serve God as a vocation
• New church plantings
• Our effectiveness in retaining new comers
• Our offerings and percentage given to global missions

David Fong October 7,2007

On behalf of the Board of Elders and the pastors, I would like to share some of our thoughts regarding the future direction of our church on this special occasion where we celebrate what God has done at CCAC for the past 35 years and look to the future for God’s guidance for CCAC. I will first of all highlight the past major events to see how God has led us thus far, then comment on where we are today, and finally look to the future.

CCAC was started 35 years ago in 1972 as largely a Cantonese speaking student church. Due to the need for a more permanent place of worship, in 1974 God led us to purchase a church in Bridgeland. In the same year, God also led Rev. G. Tsang to become the first Senior Pastor of CCAC. In addition to the students, there was also the explosive growth of the energy sector in the late seventies that contributed to a large influx of people moving into the city. In 1978, we had grown to have both Cantonese and English Sunday services. In response to the needs created by the above, a building project was initiated in the late 1970’s.

In the Fall of 1981, we moved into our current church building, which has become a home for us to worship our Creator-God, have fellowship with one another, proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ, and build up people to be a community of disciples of Jesus Christ. The following events have also shaped CCAC during the 80’s: Chinese School started in 1980, a revival crusade in 1982, the late Rev. L. Shum came to CCAC as a missionary intern in 1982 and later was sent as a missionary to serve in Surinam, and Rev. A. Low joined CCAC in 1982 and served as English ministry pastor and acting Senior pastor while pastor Tsang was on Sabbatical leave to Hong Kong serving at CCCOWE from 1986 to 1988 and as the senior pastor from 1988 to 1989. In Canada, the early 1980’s was characterized by recession, high unemployment, high inflation, and extremely high interest rates. By God’s grace, we came out from the turbulent and difficult period of the eighties stronger, with greater ministries development and striving more vigorously in our evangelistic efforts. God carried us through various difficult situations. We were united in our giving for our church mortgage and in commencing our growth plan through new church planting; our first new church was planted in 1988, a second new church was also grown out from us in 1991, and the third one emerged in 1993. We are grateful to God that our building mortgage was finally paid out in 1995.

In December 1990, God led Rev. David Poon to become our 3rd Senior Pastor. Throughout the rest of the 1990’s and the early 2000’s, despite the various challenges we faced, our church continued to be active in reaching out to our community through various means and ministries. In 1997 our mandarin ministry conducted its first worship service. In 2001, we adopted our first mission statement to affirm CCAC as a multi-lingual (Cantonese, English and Mandarin) church with multiple services for people of all ages and from all walks of life. We also collaborated with other churches and organizations like CCM service centre, CUPS and more recently Inn from the Cold in serving the community. We committed to be more generous in our giving and more devoted in our prayers in regards to mission works. We have, by the grace of God, played a more active role in missions by sending both short-term and vocation missionaries from our church. We have also made efforts to support seminaries by providing seminarian internship opportunities for the training of God’s servants, and we have also used our resources to help the poor and needy at home and abroad.

With gratefulness to God, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Rev. & Mrs. G. Tsang, Rev. & Mrs. Alan Low, and Rev. & Mrs. David Poon for having faithfully served CCAC as her Senior pastors for the first three decades of its existence. May God richly bless you and continue to make you blessings to others in furthering His Kingdom. I would also like to thank those pastors and their wives who had served CCAC in the past. I trust that God had used you and your wives during your ministering at CCAC and in shaping CCAC to become what we are today. I would like to acknowledge those who served CCAC as elders and deacons and their spouses in the past. May God establish the works of your hand for His Kingdom and Glory. May God also bless our office support staff for their hard works. Now, I would like to recognize our pastors and elders serving you today. Last but not least, I thank each of you, my dear brothers and sisters, for your commitment and love to God, your love for one another, and your ministry and service at CCAC, as we share our lives together in our journey of faith.

Today our church Sunday attendance is about 800 to 850. In a sense, God allows CCAC to minister to a community of approximately 1000 people. We are blessed with tremendous gifts and talents and abundant resources. Since we are given much, we are also responsible for much. Church leadership recognizes that our “time“ has changed; we have passed the era of Christendom and modernity. In the past 25 years, our world has been profoundly shaped by such factors: paradigm shift with respect to truth and knowledge, globalization of trade, the end of cold war, 911 event in 2001 and technological advances. The leadership also recognizes that there ought to be a paradigm shift as guided by the Spirit, such that we, as a church, will remain “relevant” and effective in fulfilling the mission God has given to His church.

As for the future, the leadership proposes that we re-affirm the following together, with respect to

1. Who we are and our vocation

“CCAC is a community of God’s people, called and sent to be witnesses by Jesus Christ, enabled and gifted by the Holy Spirit to shape ourselves in such a way that our lives and ministries are a faithful witness according to His mission.” Our mission is rooted in God’s Character and God’s purpose to restore and heal creation.” God’s master plan for His creation (Eph 1:10), is to unite and reconcile all things in Christ so that men and women can again serve their Maker.

2. What we will be like in 10 to 20 years

a. Growing and becoming more mature: unity in the faith and knowledge of God, obedience to the great commandment, and fulfillment of the great commission.

b. Relationship with our community: CCAC shall make a significant impact through our service as a church in our active involvement in the community.

c. Size: a target of 1,500 Sunday service attendees across three congregations over next 10 to 20 years.

d. Building: we may move into a new building in the next 5 -10 years, that will facilitate our ministries and growth.

May God continue to lead us and use us as His agent to represent the reign of His kingdom in transforming our world!

我們卡城華人宣道會是隸屬於加拿大宣道總會，藉著多堂崇拜，以三種語言（粵語、英語和華語）為不同年紀及不同背景的人而設立的。我們都是藉著那位犧牲生命、經歷死亡和已經復活的耶穌基督而蒙神恩典救贖的人。當基督再回來招聚祂的教會（基督的身體）的時候，也就是我們身體真正得贖之時。我們是信心大家庭的成員之一，乃是由神的教會（即普世性的教會）所組成的。我們的地方教會就是肉眼看見了有組織的基督身體的顯明。我們都願彼此分享自己所得著豐盛生命的天路歷程。

我們教會存在的目的是為了要榮耀神。就是要宣講耶穌基督的好信息和建立一群屬主的門徒（太廿八19 —20），還要藉著有策略的佈道、 全人的關懷、聖經真理的教導、發人心省的敬拜和國外宣教的熱誠。

我們被召跟隨主一生的服事（太廿28）。本堂願意服事任何年紀和任何背景的人，我們將首要集中力量去幫助卡城會說粵語、英語和華語的僑胞，與及加強服事鄰近教會的社區。

能以之衡量及反映出進度的均分列于下：

• 從我們為基督所結出的果子和表現出的合一上；（屬靈的長進—在認識基督及與神相交的關係上都有加深。）
• 自初信主和作門徒的人數上；
• 在參加崇拜、團契、主日學、禱告會、探訪事工、訓練小組、專題講座和研討講習等聚會的出席人數上；
• 從弟兄姊妹以屬靈恩賜事奉神、每日定時靈修和願意全職事奉神的人數上：
• 在新的植堂工作參與上；
• 從保留新朋友的有效程度上；
• 在我們的奉獻上和與捐獻環球宣教的百分率上。

方港生 2007年10月7日

當我們一同慶祝教會三十五週年的時候，不能不數算神為教會所作的一切美事，仰望祂帶領教會走前面的日子。謹代表長議會及牧師們與你們分享有關教會前景。首次讓我把教會過去的重要事件簡略提出，再報導教會的現況，最後是展望未來。

卡城華人宣道會於1972年創立至今已三十五載，七十年代的教會都是以講廣東話的學生為主。因應需要一個穩定的崇拜地點，神在1974年引導我們購下Bridgeland的一所教會。同年曾家彬牧師成為本堂首任牧者。除了學生的加入，再加上七十年代末期的能源工業急劇增長，吸引了不少的人移居本巿，教會不但有粵語崇拜也開始有英文崇拜。因應所需教會開始建堂計劃。

1981年的秋天，我們遷入現在堂址。我們在這個屬靈的家敬拜創造的主，實踐肢體生活，廣傳福音；建立一個基督化的群體。1980年教會開辦了中文學校。1982年舉辦了一次復興大會。同年已故岑文華牧師成為教會第一位實習宣教士，後被差往蘇利南宣教。1982劉桂倫牧師任本堂英文部牧師，並於曾家彬牧師利用他的休假年(1986­1988)到華福事奉時，劉牧師任職代理主任牧師，更於1988­1989年成為本堂主任牧師。1980初期，卡城面臨經濟衰退；高失業率，高通脹，極高利率，都是當時社會的特性。但藉著神的恩典，我們不但渡過這場風暴，更能在疾風中茁壯成長，事工更大的擴展，為福音工作更不遺餘力。神拖帶我們經過不同的困境，並賜我們力量面對不同的挑戰。教會同心為著按揭，熱心奉獻，並以植堂開始教會增長的計劃。1989年我們在市南植第一間姐妹堂，1991及1993相繼開展了另外兩所分堂。感謝神，本堂按揭已於1995年全數清還。

1991年十二月潘國華牧師上任為教會第三任主任牧師。縱然經歷九十年代末及二千年初的各種問題和挑戰，教會繼續活躍於社區外展工作。1997年開始有第一次的國語崇拜。於2001年我們確立了教會的宗旨，那就是確認卡城華人宣道會是一所多種語言(粵語、英語、國語)的教會，為要服事不同年齡和不同背景的會眾。我們亦與其他教會和團體合作，如中信輔助中心，CUPS 及 Inn from the Cold，為社區提供社會服務。我們願意為宣教事工更多奉獻、更恆切禱告。

能更積極參與短宣工作或派出宣教士，實是祂的恩典。我們也盡力支持神學院﹔如提供實習工場給神學生和運用我們的資源去幫助本地或國外的貧乏人士。

為我們過去三位主任牧師師母﹕曾家彬牧師師母，劉桂倫牧師師母，潘國華牧師師母的忠心事奉﹔我實在滿心感謝神。願神厚厚賜福給他們，使他們在神的國度繼續成為多人的祝福。還有其他曾經在教會事奉的牧師師母，由於他們當時在教會的事奉，塑造出今天的教會。我也藉此向所有曾任長老執事的弟兄及他們的配偶致謝，願主堅立他們手所作的工﹗還有辦公室的幾位秘書，願神親自報答妳們的勞苦﹗今天在我們中間事奉的牧師長老及每一位親愛的弟兄姐妹，謝謝你們的愛心及對神的委身，你們彼此相愛熱心事奉，能與你們同奔這信心之旅，我感謝神﹗

今天教會的崇拜出席人數約八百至八百五十。神藉卡城華人宣道會在社區服事近一千的人眾。神賜予我們極大的恩賜和才幹，並豐富的資源；我們既已得著這厚恩，就當為這厚恩作出相對的回應。過去二十五年，世界有極大的變遷，以神立國的觀念已被忽略，人不再肯定對真理的認知看法，商業全球化，蘇美冷戰的結束，2001年的911事件及科技突飛猛進，教會領袖必須靠聖靈引導，明白體會這一切的改變，才能更有效達成神的使命。

在未來的日子，教會領袖提議以下需認定的事實﹕

1. 我們是誰及我們的天職是什麼﹖

卡城華人宣道會是屬神子民的群體。被耶穌基督呼召及差遣並靠著聖靈的能力和恩賜塑造我們。以致我們的生活及事奉都能忠心地見證神的使命。我們的天職是建基於神的屬性及祂指望修復及醫治創造。神最偉大的計劃(以弗所書1﹕10) 就是叫萬物在基督裡同歸於一，以致人人都可以再事奉造他們的主。

2. 教會在十至二十年後會變成怎樣？

a. 繼續生長和成熟: 在信心及對神的認識上合一，遵行最大的誡命，並完成神的大使命。

b. 與社區的關係: 教會藉著不同的渠道及積極的社區參與，帶來強而有力的正面影響。

c. 人數: 未來十至二十年內三堂主日崇拜聚會總人數能達到一千五百人的目標。

d. 建築物:在未來五至十年轉到新的建築物聚會，提供更多發展空 間給予不同事工發展。

願神繼續帶領我們，使用我們作祂國度的代表人去改變這個世界。