We are a community of believers who are built on the teachings of God's word.
We believe in holding true to the hopeful, and abundant promises offered through Jesus Christ no matter life’s joys and challenges; that whoever should believe would be given eternal life.
We do life together in the mercy, grace, and freedom that is offered to us through the blood bought forgiveness of Jesus Christ.
We give generously because God first gave us the greatest treasure — Jesus Christ. We believe in stewardship, not ownership.
The Bible is written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Mark 13:31). Therefore, the Bible is our absolute authority in all matters of faith and conduct (John 8:31-32; 20:31; Acts 20:32).
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, being equal in their divine perfections. They execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence, and redemption (Genesis 1:1, 26; John 1:1-3; 4:24; Matthew 28:19; Romans 1:19-20; Ephesians 4:4-6).
(Genesis 1:26-27; 5:2). But man sinned (Genesis 3) and, as a consequence, all human beings are born with a sinful nature (Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:19), are sinners by choice (Romans 3:23) and, therefore, under condemnation (Genesis 2:17; 3:19; Romans 6:23).
(John 1:1-2; John 3:16-18; Philippians 2:6). He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary (Matthew 1:18, 20, 23; Luke 1:26-38). Jesus came in flesh to save people from their sins (Matthew 1:21; John 1:14). He died on the cross (John 19:18; 1 Peter 2:24), and in Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins (Romans 5:6-8; Ephesians 1:7). Jesus Christ was raised to life from the dead (1 Timothy 3:16; Romans 6:9-10) and was taken into heaven, where He is seated and interceding for us at the right hand of God (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 1:3; 7:24-25). This same Jesus will come back to judge the living and the dead (Acts 1:11; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 4:5).
There is no other name given by God to men by which they may be saved (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). We believe that it is by grace we have been saved, through faith - and this not from ourselves, for it is the gift of God - not by works so that no one can boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). We believe that if we confess with our lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised Him from the dead, we will be saved (Romans 10:9).
...of which Christ is the Head and all regenerated persons are members (Romans 8:9; Ephesians 2:19-22; 5:23). We believe that the local church, consisting of a community of believers who profess faith in Jesus Christ, is organized and committed to carry out the functions of worship, fellowship, discipleship, and the preaching of the gospel (Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Acts 2:42; Hebrews 10:23-25; Matthew 22:37-40; 28:18-20), all for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).
September 1982 — Several believers had a vision to reach out to the Chinese community in southeast Edmonton.January 2nd, 1983—The first worship service was conducted at Edith Rogers Junior High School. Over 100 persons were in attendance. October 1983—God led Rev. Cyrus Lam and his family to serve as ECCC’s first Senior Pastor. The church started to rent its present location in that year.
October 1987 — The 450-seat sanctuary adjacent to the existing building was completed, in order to accommodate the growing congregation of over 200. January 1992—The Education Building was completed, creating much necessary classroom space for Sunday School.
1995 — The English congregation, numbering over 100 people, moved into the sanctuary for Sunday worship services. 1996—In response to a sizable influx of mainland Chinese immigrants, a second service was started to reach out to this group of Mandarin-speaking group. March 1996—The 2.5-acre site, including the existing building (formerly a Catholic school), was purchased, as the church sought to expand its facilities. April 1999—An independent Mandarin worship ministry was established.
2000 — All three congregations voted unanimously to proceed with a fourth phase of the building expansion project.
June 2003 — The fourth phase of the building expansion was completed, creating a 300-seat auditorium with an adjacent gymnasium and an additional 20 classrooms. When the divider is removed, the auditorium and gym combine to hold 750 people during joint worship services.
September 2004—The Cantonese-speaking congregation began a Saturday evening worship service as an outreach ministry.2004—Important constitutional amendments were made, paving the way for a new governance model to be implemented in January 2006.
May 2012—Amended the By-laws and the Saturday Church Ministry (SCM) was formed as an additional Congregation.
Our church is keen in missions. Since the beginning of the church we have organized 49 local and overseas short term mission trips with over 160 participants in spreading the Christian faith around the world. To work towards the 2020 Vision of Act Missional, we support church building projects in India, Colombia and Cambodia. We raise local missionaries and send them out to the mission fields. We are committed to advance gospel work beyond our local church by increasing the mission budget as the church budget grows. In 2015, the mission expenditures represent a 17% of general fund budget.
Our mission steering committee launched a vision trip with a team of our leaders to Guatemala scouting the long term partnership with local mission agency and churches from 2016 onward.
Rev. Ivan Doo
Senior Pastor
Rev. Henry Ling
Associate Pastor
Rev. Chanh Kwok
Assistant Pastor | English Pastor
Ptr. KaTsun Tsang
Assistant Pastor | English Pastor
Ptr. Noel Shi
Assistant Pastor | Mandarin Pastor
Ptr. Joseph Zhuang
Assistant Pastor | Mandarin Pastor
Ptr. Jonathan Cheung
Assistant Pastor | Cantonese Pastor
Ptr. Justin Chan
Assistant Pastor | Cantonese Pastor
Ptr. Esther Wong
Assistant Pastor | Cantonese Pastor
Ptr. Osric Wu
Assistant Pastor | Next Gen Ministry
Sunsy Kwok
Children's Director | Next Gen Ministry
Mase Wong
Children's Director | Next Gen Ministry