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The Davis Chinese Christian Church began in 1969 as a small prayer group which later became a Bible study fellowship. The first Sunday morning worship was held January 18th, 1970 in the basement of Davis Community Church. DCCC was legally incorporated in 1973 with four primary purposes: to worship God, to edify believers, to cultivate fellowship among Christians, and to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.
Over the past 34 years, attendance has grown steadily along with our facilities. Our current site, a former residence at 536 Anderson Road, was acquired and modified in 1979, and had to be expanded in 1982. Not long afterwards, space again became a problem, and 602 Anderson was rented for use in 1986. Finally in 1988, the lot next door to the church was purchased. The new 200-seat sanctuary was dedicated in November, 1989, and the renovation of the old building was completed in February, 1990. In 1992, a former residence at 542 Anderson Road was acquired for fellowship and Sunday School purposes. On this site a new Christian education wing and new offices were constructed in 2001. Sunday worship attendance now exceeds 350. Worship services in 1970 were conducted in Mandarin, with simultaneous translation into English to a small group off to the side. Because the number of English-speaking members increased, translation form the pulpit was added, and then in 1986, the English-only service was begun to complement the existing bilingual worship. A Children's Worship was begun in the fall of 1992 to meet the needs of the many children in the church. In April 2001 a Cantonese worship service was added. Along with attendance, the need for staff has also grown. During the first 10 years, Gershom Lee, Moses Yu, and Jacob Fok provided guidance and preaching part-time. In 1982, Brother Lee was appointed full-time after serving many years at Chinese Grace Bible Church of Sacramento. Randall Chan came on full-time in August, 1989 and served two years as the assistant pastor. Howard (Hoy) Hsieh interned starting in 1987 and joined full-time in September of 1990 as an assistant pastor, in which capacity he served for two years. Curtis J. Chan came on as at the next assistant pastor in May of 1992 and moved on to another pastorate in August of 1995. Tony Wang served as assistant pastor from February 1998 to September 2002. Beginning in September 2003 Philip Gee serves as the English pastor, and in October 2003 Mondy Chen serves as the Mandarin pastor. In August 2005 Eric Li serves as the Cantonese pastor. Pastor Lee retired as senior pastor in June 2004 to focus on missionary work. Our church could never function just with a full-time staff. A board of elders/deacons, made up of representatives from each of the resident families of the church, began handling administration early on. As the tasks increased, working teams were formed, numbering as many as 19! In 1990, the working teams were reorganized into six ministry committees, with the chairs of each committee selected from the deacon board and the co-chairs selected either from the deacon board or the Coworkers Team. In July of 1993 the Future Planning Committee was also added to the existing six. Revival and Enrichment Committee was added in 1996 and dissolved to become the Evangelism Committee in 1997. Building ad hoc was added to work on building expansion project for Christian education in 1998 and dissolved soon as the building was completed in 2001. The current chairmen and co-chairmen of the nine committees are as following:
Sunday school for both children and adults is held in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Our fellowship groups are many and varied: Jr./Sr. High School Youth, College Mandarin, College Cantonese, College English, Cantonese Young Adult, English Young Adult, English Family Group, Gospel, Scholars, Mandarin Jia Mei, English Adult, Cantonese Adult, Mandarin Adult, and Truth. The fellowship groups give us opportunities to know each other better, support one another, study the Bible together and tell others about Jesus. Each of the fellowship groups is under the supervision of the pastoral staff and the elder/deacon board. We welcome anyone who has not yet settled into a church home in Davis to come to Davis Chinese Christian Church to learn, grow, and to serve with us. |
Davis Chinese Christian Church
536 Anderson Road
Davis, CA 95616, USA