Our Mission

As Christ Followers, We...

LOVE

Everything we do rests upon the foundation that God loves us (John 13:34). We express our love for God through worship and through the welcome (Romans 15:7) and care for others by His grace (Matthew 22:36-40; Acts 1:8).

LIVE

We aim to live out His Word in all areas of life (1 Peter 1:15-16, 2 Timothy 3:16-17), proclaim the truth of the Gospel (2 Timothy 4:2; Acts 5:42) and carry out the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20).

LEAD

We desire to be led and to lead others to love and live as Christ did (John 20:21), that we may be fully built up as the Body of Christ, mature and equipped for life (1 Thess. 5:11; Col. 1:28; Eph. 4:11-16).

Our Vision

"We envision GCAC as a Christ-centered church, a welcoming spiritual home for believers, our community, and the world"

  • We gather together to exalt the Triune God (Ephesians 3:20-21) and strive towards spiritual maturity (Hebrews 6:1) by devoting ourselves to the Holy Scriptures and through serving in the ministry (Ephesians 4:11-12; 1 Corinthians 12:4-7).

  • We are motivated by the love of Christ to reach out to our community and the world so that they would know the love of Christ through the Gospel and our works (Ephesians 5:1-2; Acts 1:8; James 2:17).

  • We are committed to doing this together in fellowship (1 John 1:3; Acts 2:42; Matthew 5:5), humility, and unity [not uniformity] (John 17:23; Colossians 2:2), so that Jesus Christ receives all the glory and praise (Revelation 7:12)!

Statement of Faith

Adopted by the 68th General Council of The Christian and Missionary Alliance

  1. There is one God, who is infinitely perfect, existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

  2. Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died upon the cross, the Just for the unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to the Scriptures. He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest. He will come again to establish His kingdom of righteousness and peace.

  3. The Holy Spirit is a divine person, sent to indwell, guide, teach, empower the believer, and convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment.

  4. The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice.

  5. Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God; he fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The portion of the impenitent and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment; and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss.

  6. Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all men; and those who repent and believe in Him are born again of the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and become the children of God.

  7. It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and be sanctified wholly, being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service. This is both a crisis and a progressive experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion.

  8. Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures and are privileges for the church in this present age.

  9. The Church consists of all those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the gospel to all nations. The local church is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God, for edification through the Word of God, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the gospel, and observance of the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

  10. There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life; for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment.

  11. The second coming of the lord Jesus Christ is imminent and will be personal, visible, and pre-millennial. This is the believer’s blessed hope and is a vital truth which is an incentive to holy living and faithful service.

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History

In the 1960s, San Francisco Chinatown was in peril of overcrowding. Rent went sky high. Some even nicknamed it the “City of Three Headaches” meaning that it was troublesome to find: 1. Housing, 2. Employment, and 3. Security. Housing was extremely difficult. The real estate industry saw this as an opportunity to expand new housing constructions in the surrounding suburbs. The Chinese in San Francisco began expanding to the East Bay including the City of Concord.

At that time, Rev. Philip Loh was church planting in the East Bay and saw many Chinese settling in Concord.  Recognizing this as a vision from God, Rev. Loh volunteered to come to Concord to begin a Bible study, despite the additional work adding weight to an already heavy load for him.

Once we reached a steady attendance, the Chinese Pastors Association of C&MA supported us financially for the pastor. We rented various places including Presbyterian, Seven Day Adventist, and Baptist churches as our place of worship. In 1993, we finally bought our existing property as the House of Our Lord.