CABC

Milestones

Date Milestone
1983-04 Establishment of a prayer group
1984-01 Joseph Fung finished Moore College and became honorary pastor
1984-03 Started Cantonese sermon worship
1984-05 Establishment of Cantonese Youth Group
1984-05 Started weekday cell group
1989-05 Started worship at Marsden High School
1989-07 Establishment of Chinese Australian Baptist Church
1990-01 Purchase first church property – Lovell House
1993-02 Induction of Pastor Wan Ying Su and Pastor Johan Linder
1993-08 Church planting at Pennant Hills High School
1994-01 Purchase church property at Thornleigh
1994-03 Induction of Pastor Lawrence Tan
1995-03 Induction of Pastor Scott Girvan
1995-04 "West Ryde" and "Thornleigh" became sister churches
1995-04 Started worship at Thornleigh
1995-07 Sending missionary to Bolivia
1996-02 Induction of Pastor Pius Li
1998-04 CABC - West Ryde and CABC - Thornleigh became two independent churches
1998-07 Sending missionary to Thailand
1999-01 Sending missionary to Malawi
2000-01 Hefin Jones started as student observer
2000-01 Induction of Pastor David Ng
2001-06 Induction of Pastor Terence Lau
2002-02 3 elders appointed
2002-02 Induction of Pastor John Adric
2003-07 Started 3pm Cantonese Service
2003-07 Dedication of church extension
2003-08 Church library opened
2004-05 Induction of Pastor Hefin Jones
2004-07 Started 7pm English Service
2007-01 Ordination of Terence Lau as Senior Pastor
2007-01 Simon Porter started as student observer
2007-03 Senior Pastor Joseph Fung retired
2007-04 Kate Werry started as Pastoral Assistant
2007-10 Induction of Pastor Herbert Chan
2008-03 Started 5pm English Service
2008-07 Sending missionary to Cambodia
2008-10 3pm Service transformed to Cantonese/Mandarin bilingual service
2008-10 Induction of Pastor Peter Dart
2010-06 Sending missionary to Thailand
2010-07 Church website launch
2011-10 Ordination of Pastor Peter Dart
2011-10 Ordination of Pastor Herbert Chan
2011-12 Induction of Pastor Michael Leader
2012-01 Sending missionary to Japan