Our History
In the spring of 1981, Pastor Wilfred Chung was sent by Bro. Herman Wooten, the Director of Missions of Orange County Southern Baptist Association (OCSBA), to do a study on the needs of Chinese Americans in the Orange County. From this, Pastor Chung had a desire to plant a Chinese Church in the Saddleback Valley.
On May 21, 1981, the El Toro Baptist Church (ETBC) charged Pastor Chung to start a Chinese congregation. Several Chinese families in the area opened their homes for a Bible study on Friday evenings. Months later, the bible study group began their first morning Worship on September 13, 1981 at ETBC. Twelve people made decision for Christ at that service.
The following years were a time of spiritual growth as we constructed our vision for the church. Our numbers grew and our passion for Christ flourished. By the grace of the Lord, we grew financially and organized to be an independent church on April 23, 1989, with 58 members.
By faith, we moved out from ETBC in March 1993 to a rented suite in Lake Forest to hold our very own Sunday Service. The Lord enabled our church to grow in attendance and Offerings.
With a vision to grow, the church sought God’s guidance to purchase its own building. The building campaign officially began on January 5, 2001. God answered our earnest prayers. By the end of 2005, the church was able to raise funds exceeding our Hallelujah goal. After years of searching, numerous prayers, and long deliberation, we found our current church building in Irvine and made the final purchase on February 6, 2006. For the next few months our brothers and sisters worked full heartedly to turn the building to a church sanctuary for worship. On Resurrection Day in 2007, we were able to move in with great joy to start the worship at the current location.
Church Renovation was completed in 2007 with new church signage.
In October 2009 Pastor
Chung has announced his intention to retire as he would be reaching 70 years
of age by early 2010. Then a Pastor Search Committee was formed to find
God’s plan for our next Pastor. Pastor Chung officially retired at the end
of August 2010. With God’s grace, CCBC was able to call Pastor Timothy
Chang as our interim part-time pastor starting Sept 1, 2010 since Pastor
Chang has already committed to help the Glory Church. Praise the Lord, on
July 01, 2011, God has led Pastor H.P. Shiao to be the full-time Pastor of
CCBC. 
Pastor Shiao and his wife Amy
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With honor, Pastor Chung retired at the
age of 70
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God is mercy. In June 2016, God answered our prayers to call upon Pastor James Chun-min Yeh to our church far away from Ohio to CCBC in Irvine of Southern California. We welcome Pastor Yeh to lead us to grow the church and minister God’s words to the people in the neighborhood. In March 2020, Pastor Yeh has shifted his focus to different missionary fields and will be hitting the road shortly. We gave our fond farewell to his new journey. |
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In August 2020,
Chinese Community Baptist Church of South Orange County is
honored to have our church founder, the Rev. Dr. Wilfred Chung, return to
serve as Pastor Emeritus. |
