Ben and Maggie Chan
FIELD
After successfully planting two Chinese churches, Ben was appointed to be Missions Door's Chinese Ministry Specialist. Ben and Maggie serve the Lord among the Chinese in Southern California and China.
Through their ministry, over 2000 people have heard the Gospel, and over 100 people have believed in God and gotten baptized in Southern California. During this time they have taken mission trips to China to minister through preaching, visitation, discipleship, social concerns and training. The training is provided to church leaders, pastors and lay leaders.
To be more effective in the ministry, Ben and Maggie are working hard to build a Chinese ministry team, by both planting churches in the United States and wide-range ministry in China.
FAITH
Ben and Maggie, both born and raised in China, met through their ministry involvement with the church in China. Ben's heritage is strong as he is from a five-generation Christian family.
In 1974, Ben felt the call to begin ministry in house churches. After seven years of full-time theological education at the seminary, he worked as a seminary teacher, and then as director of pastoral training and as administrative dean in Southern China.
He has also been involved in ministry in local churches since 1974. In 1993, Ben came to study at Fuller Theological Seminary, School of World Mission for Intercultural Studies, and graduated in 1995.
Maggie is the first Christian in her family. She was baptized in 1986. God added to the saved numbers in her family through their faith. Ben and Maggie joined Missions Door in 1994, right after Maggie came to join Ben at Fuller.
FAMILY
Ben and Maggie were married in 1992. They have one daughter, Josephine.
