PHOENIX — Pastors and deacons from Chinese churches across the United States and Canada discussed a goal of planting 800 Chinese churches by 2020 during a June 14 meeting in Phoenix.
The Chinese Baptist Fellowship, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, has 260 member churches, said Peter Leong, president and interim executive director of the fellowship.
“If every state planted one church a year, then we can do it,” said Leong, who has served 23 years as pastor of Southwest Chinese Baptist Church, Houston.
Leong noted that the effort coincides with North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) new strategy, Send North America, which focuses on mobilizing missionaries and churches to plant churches across the United States and Canada.
Jeremy Sin, NAMB’s multiethnic team coordinator for Asian people groups, said the Chinese population in North America has increased dramatically. In 1980, there were 1 million Chinese in the United States, compared to the 4 million who now reside within the United States.
Prior to 1985, most Chinese immigrated from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Now, most come from mainland China, Sin noted.
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