US Campus
Because of God’s grace and the partnership of AFC supporters, Ambassadors for Christ is able to reach and disciple Chinese intellectuals in even more campuses in the United States. Several of AFC campus ministry staff workers also provide family and marriage counseling.
States where AFC currently has active ministries include California, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Tennessee.
We invite you to explore the ministries of AFC Campus Ministry Missionaries in these areas.
James Wang
Associate Staff
University of Alabama
The Tuscaloosa Chinese Christian Church consists of Faculty, Visiting Scholars, Post doctorate researchers, Graduate students, Undergraduate students, and ELI (English Language Institute) students of University of Alabama as well as Chinese professional working in Tuscaloosa area. It is located in the First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Regular Activities:
Fellowship
Friday: 7:00-9:15pm. Attended by both Christians and non-Christians.
Babysitter provided.
Prayer Meeting
Wednesday: 7:00-8:00pm.
Sunday School
Sunday: 10:00-11:00am. One Christian group and one Seeker group.
Children's program provided by American church.
Sunday Worship
Sunday: 11:00am-12:15pm. Children's program provided by American church.
Contact Information:
James L Wang
Phone: (H)205-339-3128, (O)205-348-1972
Fax: 205-348-7067
jwang@bama.ua.edu
http://bama.ua.edu/~tccc
Rev. Gershom Lee
AFC Campus Director
Campuses: UC Riverside, UC Davis, and UC Irvine
Rev. Gershom Lee serves as Ambassadors For Christ's representative to campuses of the University of California, pursuing ministry opportunities in Riverside, Davis and Irvine. On these campuses, he meets with Chinese Bible Study and Prayer groups, teaching and training leaders. He also serves as a liason between these groups and AFC, providing seminar speakers.
Rev. Lee provides an important link between these campuses and the local Chinese Churches of the area as a preacher, an evangelist and discipler in the ministries of The United Chinese Christian Church of Irvine, Davis Chinese Christian Church, the Chinese Imannuel Church of Sacramento, and The Lord's Grace Chinese Church. His leadership spans a range of activities from guidance given to local professionals, as well as the baptism of new believers.
Rev. Lee is personally sought after as a speaker in various seminars and seminaries throughout the West Coast. The ministry includes tireless consultation and recruitment of missionaries. However, one of the primary functions of his ministry to which he constantly returns is in the personal discipleship accomplished through simple one-on-one discussions in which he has the opportunity to answer many questions about the Christian Faith.
Contact Information:
Rev. Gershom Lee
25582 Huron St.
Loma Linda, CA 92354
909-478-9356
530-574-3432 (cell)
glee@afcinc.org
gershomlee2002@yahoo.com
Rev. Jody Shu
Associate Staff
University of Berkley, CA
Reverend Jody Shu came to the US in 1978 to pursue his Ph.D in Chemistry. He was baptized and became a Christian in 1983. After working in the semiconductor industry for fifteen years, he was called be a full-time minister and went to seminary. After receiving his M.Div., he served in Sacramento churches for several years. Reverend Jody Shu is AFC associate staff in University of Berkley, CA.
The campus fellowships at University of California Berkley, CA
The Berkley Friday Bible study fellowship consists of undergraduate and graduate students of University of California Berkeley, CA (UC Berkley). The Tuesday fellowship consists of visiting scholars, professors, and staffs of UC Berkeley. They are the programs ministered by Chinese For Christ Berkeley Church located next to the campus of UC Berkley.
Pastor Jody Shu, as the associate campus staff, is serving in these fellowships together with leaders of Chinese For Christ Berkeley Church.
Regular Activities
Bible Study
Friday: 6:30-10:00 PM. Undergraduate and graduate students. Both Christians and non-Christians.
Tuesday: 6:40-10:00 PM. Visiting scholars, professors, and staffs. Both Christians and non-Christians.
Prayer meeting
The last week of the month, after Sunday worship. 1:00-2:00 PM
Sunday worship
Chinese For Christ Berkeley Church
2715 Prince St., Berkley, CA 94705
Contact Information
Pastor Jody Shu
4950 Empire Ave. APT A4
Oakley, CA 94561
Phone: 916-833-6287
Gabby Zhong
Campus Minister
Campus: Emory University
She was raised during the age of the Great Cultural Revolution in China. Atheistic education convinced her that with man’s effort, once can accomplish anything, “There have never been saviors, gods, or emperors … .” In 1987, She went to study overseas, earned a degree, and found a job with her own effort; however, she gradually felt emptiness in the depths of her heart … after a lengthy journey in search of truth, she eventually became a Christian in 1993.
As her spiritual life grows, the burden to share the gospel with Chinese people increases in her heart. After four years of struggle and confirming, she answered God’s call in 2000, dedicated her self to be a full time minister, and went to a seminary for training. Since 2004, she have graduated from seminary and have joined the campus ministry of Ambassadors for Christ, which evangelizes Chinese students.
In 2005, she came to Atlanta Chinese Christian Church, teamed up with a Chinese student fellowship, and began a campus ministry. The main areas of her ministry have been one-on-one discipleship training, group and personal evangelism, spiritual caring and shepherding, Sunday School teaching, participation on a mothers fellowship, expansion of the student ministry, and participation in part of the ministry of the pastoral team.
May God use a little vessel like her to reach the great numbers of outstanding students in North America!
The Qing Quan(青泉) Fellowship consists of graduate and undergraduate students from Emory University， Georgia state university, Herzing university. It is the part of the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church (ACCC) which is located north of Atlanta, GA. As a regional campus staff member of AFC, Gabby Zhong is serving in this fellowship under the leadership of ACCC. She mainly serves in the areas of developing campus fellowship, build up student Christians to be His disciples, one-on-one evangelism/disciple training, team building, leadership training, caring, and counseling.
Regular Activities:
Bible Study
2nd and 4th Friday: 7:00-8:30pm. All are welcome—attended by both Christians and non-Christians. No children program provided.
Evangelical meeting
1st and 3rd Sunday nights 6:00-9:30pm including dinner.
Prayer Meeting
The 4th Sunday night of each month: 7:30-10:00pm.
Sunday Worship
Atlanta Chinese Christian Church
The Tempo 信望爱Fellowship consists of scholars, graduate and undergraduate students from Georgia state university, Herzing university. It is the part of the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church (ACCC) which is located north of Atlanta, GA. As a regional campus staff member of AFC, Gabby Zhong is serving in this fellowship under the leadership of ACCC. She mainly serves in the areas of developing campus fellowship, build up student Christians to be His disciples, one-on-one evangelism/disciple training, team building, leadership training, caring, and counseling.
Regular Activities:
Bible Study
every Friday: 7:30-9:30pm. All are welcome—attended by both Christians and non-Christians. No children program provided.
Evangelical meeting
4th Saturday nights 6:00-9:30pm including dinner.
Prayer Meeting
The 2nd Tuesday night of each month: 7:30-9:30pm.
Grocery shopping: every Saturday 2:00pm leaving from Tempo apts.
Sunday Worship
Atlanta Chinese Christian Church
Contact Information:
鍾赤軍 Gabby Zhong
4434 Britt Road, Tucker, GA 30084
Phone: 404-728-0652Fax: 770-908-1773
gzhong@afcinc.org
The AFC Mainland Chinese Christian Fellowship at JHU mainly consists of Post doctorate researchers, scholars, and PhD students form the main campus as well as medical campus and hospital of JHU. Its regular activities are held at AFC Student Center, which is situated just across the street from the main campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The regular activities include Chinese and English Bible study, prayer meeting, one-on-one evangelism/disciple training, leadership training, English class, caring and counseling.
Regular Activities:
Bible Study
1) Friday in English: 7:15-10:00 PM
2) Saturday in Chinese: 6:30-9:30 PM
English Class
Thursday: 7:30-9:00 PM
Other
One-on-one evangelism/disciple training, caring, prayer meeting, and counseling mainly through Faithful Liao; annual “Barn Party” by Bob and Susie Lawton, Christmas gathering at house of T.J. Huang; one or two evangelistic meetings at JHU campus annually.
Contact Information:
Faithful Liao
2952 Wyman Parkway
Baltimore MD 21211
410-243-8200
faithfulliao@hotmail.com
Fenhua Fu
Associate Staff
Campus: UMBC
She came to know Christ in 1990 and dedicated her life to serve Him in 1993. She came to AFC as a campus ministry worker in 1996 right after she graduated from Calvary Theological Seminary. Her major was Bible and Counseling. Fenhua and Aaron were married in 1998. They have two children, Samuel and Abigail. In the past ten years, she has been involved in Chinese Bible study groups and Chinese churches. She's also involved in Biblical counseling for couples and families. They all go to University of Maryland Baltimore County on Friday evenings. She and Samuel go to Johns Hopkins University on Saturday evenings, and they all go to both Chinese Bible Church of Howard County in the morning and Chinese Bible Church of Baltimore County in the afternoon on Sundays.
Contact Information:
傅芬華 Fenhua Fu
6121 Golden Bell Way
Columbia, MD 21045
410-505-4653 (Home)
443-538-3373 (Cell)
ffulam@hotmail.com
T.J. Huang
Associate Staff
Campus: JHU
T.J. Huang was born again in1986, ten years after he was baptized in 1976 when he was a graduate student at National Taiwan University. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Univ. of Pittsburgh in 1986 and his M.A. from Columbia Bible School & School of Mission, Columbia International University in 2007. Since then, he has served as a part-time Mission Minister at Chinese Christian Church of Baltimore (CCCB). Meanwhile, he has been a project manager at State of Maryland, Department of the Environment for 26 years.
As a member of CCCB, he has also served in various functions including preacher, personal evangelism trainer, Sunday worship song leader, Sunday school teacher, student fellowship counselor, and deacon for 24 years. He has led three brothers and sister from CCCB to participate in the Medical short-term Mission Team of Care Ministry International to Cambodia since 2008 and engaged in Bible training at different areas of Asia since 2007.
T.J. Huang and his wife have two sons: Mike and Dan. He and his wife have been involving in AFC MC Student Ministry at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) since 1996.
Contact Information:
T. J. Huang
9818 Hickoryhurst Drive
Baltimore MD 21236
443-834-2130 (cell)
tainjhuang@hotmail.com
Bob and Susie Lawton
Associate Staff
Campus: Johns Hopkins University, English Ministry
Bob and Susie are involved in ministry to Chinese intellectuals at the AFC Student Center near Johns Hopkins University. Bob has a BS in engineering from Princeton University and M.Div. from Grace Seminary. Susie studied music at Westminster and has a BA from Moody Bible Institute. They served two years in campus ministry in New Jersey, and then four years as missionaries in Chile. The Lord then led them back to the States for ministry among internationals which they have been doing since 1984.
Contact Information:
羅恩播與蘇茜 Bob and Susie Lawton
301-805-2245
240-461-6751 (Bob’s Cell)
301-318-3190 (Susie’s Cell)
boblawton@comcast.net
Faithful Liao
Campus Minister
Campus: Johns Hopkins University, Chinese Ministry
Faithful dedicated her life to serve the Lord fulltime before she came to the States. The Lord led her to Pennsylvania after serving with another group for a few years in New Orleans. In 2000 when she was a volunteer working for AFC Bookstore, the Executive Director of AFC, spotted her and appointed her to be a full-time staff member attached to AFC Student Center, which is situated just across the street from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Faithful is a strong prayer warrior and a mother figure to the young students and scholars at Johns Hopkins University. Everybody fondly calls her ‘Liao A-yi’ ( Aunty Liao). She is almost 24 hours on call. Besides preparations for meetings, she often responds to the urgent requests for help among the students and scholars.
Contact Information:
廖忠心 Faithful Liao
2952 Wyman Parkway
Baltimore MD 21211
410-243-8200
faithfulliao@hotmail.com
Dr. Chaw Bing Chang
Associate Staff
Campus: MIT, Boston
Chaw-Bing Chang was born in Sichuan, China and raised in Taiwan. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior when he was a sophomore in college. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from State University of New York in 1971 and has been with MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory where he currently is a senior member of the technical staff and a leader of an advanced technology research group. He is a member of Chinese Bible Church of Greater Boston and has served in various roles including pulpit interpreter, Sunday school teacher, student ministry counselor, deacon, and elder. Chaw-Bing and his wife Kia-ling have two daughters: Karen and Connie with three grandchildren, all from Karen and Berhan.
Contact Information:
張召斌博士 Dr. Chaw-Bing Chang
781-981-4115 (Office)
781-929-1397 (Cell)
cbc@ll.mit.edu
Minju Li
Campus Minister, Cleveland, OH
He was an archaeologist and historian in Fine Art studies and a professor in Archaeology Department, Beijing University. He confessed his faith and accepted Jesus Christ as his Savoir in 1998 when he was a visiting scholar in Harvard University. He went to Gordon – Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts as a full time theological student to get equipment for the service in 2005. He finished his studies with Master of Divinity degree in May 2009. Cooperated with Cleveland Chinese Evangelical Church (CCEC), He began his ministry as a campus minister to serve the students and the professors and their family members in Greater Cleveland, Ohio in Feb. 2010. He and his wife have three children, John, Roger, and Grace.
Jun Wang
Associate Staff
Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Chatham University and Carlow University
AFC Campus Ministry at Pittsburgh
Each year, more than 300 new students and scholars moved to Pittsburgh for further study or career development at Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Chatham University and Carlow University. Only about 5% out of >2000 Chinese students and scholars are Christians.
The campus ministry of Ambassadors for Christ at Pittsburgh started from September, 2010. The mission of AFC staff at Pittsburgh is to bring non-believers to Christ and to train disciples for Christ, through interdependent partnership with PCCCO (Pittsburgh Chinese Christian Church at Oakland), PRISM (Pittsburgh Region International Student Ministries), SPC (Shadyside Presbyterian Church) and Bellefield Presbyterian Church.
Regular Activities:
Friday Evening Fellowship
Friday: 6:30 –9:30 p.m.
Anyone who has interest to know Christ, Christianity or Christians in real life is welcome to join us. We are composed by college students, graduate students, post-docs, professionals and housewives.
Saturday Morning Bible Study
Saturday: 9 –10:15 a.m.
Anyone who has interest to know Christ or knowledge in the Bible is welcome. Continental breakfast is provided.
Sunday Worship
Sunday:
Chinese and English: Pittsburgh Chinese Christian Church at Oakland (10 a.m.-12 p.m.)
(http://www.pccoakland.org/en/pcc.htm)
English only: Shadyside Presbyterian Church (11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.) (http://www.shadysidepres.org/)
Bellefield Presbyterian Church (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
(http://www.bellefield.org/)
Sunday Evening Open House
Sunday: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Anyone who has interest to practice English, make friends with local Americans or enjoy Christian fellowship is welcome.
Dinner is provided.
http://www.prismpgh.org/
Contact information:
王军 Jun Wang
410-241-6744 (cell)
jun.wang.2006@gmail.com
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew and Sophia Chan
Associate Staff
Campus: Texas A&M University
For more information on the Texas A&M Campus Ministry, check out http://cccf.tamu.edu
Contact Information:
Andrew and Sophia Chan
1706 Briar Rose Court
College Station, TX 77843-5552
Phone/Fax: 979-764-7114
aschan@cox-internet.com