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Chinese Ministries

Our Chinese ministries range from a Chinese church among the Cornell University community in Ithaca, NY to a church plant, church and immigrant ministry in Brooklyn, NY.

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First Ithaca Chinese Christian Church

429 Mitchell Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-8272 • ficcc_mail@yahoo.com • www.immanuel.net/sites/ficcc
Rev. Tony Hsu and Rev. Paul Epp, Pastors

Founded in 1983 with Rev. David Wong as the founding pastor, the church has ministered to Asian university students at Cornell University. The church has grown over the years and after 17 years of holding services in Cantonese and Mandarin, an English service was added in 2000 for those students/faculty for whom English was their preferred language.

The church holds evangelism events in the fall to reach new students. There are fellowship groups that meet for discipleship all during the school year and a baptism service held in the spring. With a student population, there is always a lot of turnover in the church body but it keeps them active in advancing the gospel each school year.

There are many "alumni" of the church who have gone on from FICCC to serve as faithful church members in churches in the U.S. and all over Asia.

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Church Plant at Second EFC in Brooklyn, NY

Church Planters: Pastor Wayne and Cecilia Wong-Po

Partnership with ANACEFC: ANACEFC (Association of North American Chinese Evangelical Free Churches) continues to provide support for this church plant within the Second EFC in Brooklyn. The Chinese EFC in Calgary.

BRIEF HISTORY: It's a church plant within the existing structure of Second EFC in Brooklyn, NY. As Second EFC grew, they became increasingly burdened for the thousands of Chinese right outside the doors of the church. The church prayed fervently that God would send them a staff person who could bond with the existing staff of the church and be the pastor of the Chinese ministry. Wayne, Cecilia and others have used Tai Chi exercise classes, English classes, and pancake breakfasts to attract those in the neighborhood to the church. Youth are ministered to by the multicultural youth ministry at Second EFC.

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New York Chinese EFC

6501 6th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11220
(718) 759-1755 • redekopb@hotmail.com

BRIEF HISTORY: This church was born out of ministry in the Chinese garment factories of Manhattan. It is a church with many working class Cantonese-speaking Chinese immigrants. In the 1990's, Grace Mo and Rebecca Lee ministered in five different garment factories in Manhattan.

As the ministry bore fruit in changed lives, they began to sense that a church plant would provide a place for nurturing and growth for these new believers. The first few believers came from the garment factory ministry, but new believers now are coming from extended family and other contacts. The languages used are Cantonese and Mandarin and the youth are jointly ministered to by the Chinese and English ministries in the building.

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Dorcas Ministries

Dorcas Ministries was established to bring the gospel to the immigrant Chinese Community in the garment factories of NYC. Grace Mo and Rebecca Lee have given years of leadership to Dorcas Ministries. Our New York Chinese EFC was birthed with new believers out of this ministry. In 2005, a ministry center was established in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Services include:

• Walk-in services to help with various needs
• ESL classes which serve over 100 immigrants each semester
• Computer classes
• VBS ministry in the summer in partnership with First EFC
• Citizenship classes
• Health screenings
• Parenting workshops
• Other special events

They are a non-profit ministry under the Eastern District. Grace is the Executive Director who donates her time to the ministry. Rebecca is the Program Director and is supported as a missionary to the Chinese people in NY. As Dorcas grows, there is a need for helping to pay part-time staff to meet the growing ministry needs. Please consider adding Dorcas Ministries to your mission budget or giving a one-time gift. Grace and Rebecca are also available to come to your church to share about the ministry.

Here is the Dorcas Ministries website: www.dorcas-nyc.org. There are tabs to view the website in English or in Chinese.