Chaengwattana Community Church- (Our History):
Nonthaburi, Thailand
(a suburb of Bangkok)
Chaengwattana Community Church (CCC)
held its first official meeting as the Evangelical Church of
Chaengwattana on Easter Sunday, April, 1992. The church began as a
daughter church of the Evangelical Church of Bangkok (ECB) located in
the heart of Bangkok. At that time, there were three well known and
well attended Protestant churches in the Bangkok area, all located in
the central business section of the city. About this same time, the
International School of Bangkok (ISB) began the process of finalizing
a new campus and relocating to the north side of the city in the
province of Nonthaburi.
A group of individuals associated with the
Evangelical Church of Bangkok began to consider starting a new church
to minister to this "new" community which was about 25 kilometers or
45 minutes away from the home church at ECB. As the number of
believers living on the north side of the city increased, there was
an increasing need for a more geographically accessible church for
those who were unable to travel into the heart of the city for
various reasons. Hence, the Evangelical Church of Chaengwattana (ECC)
was born. Since ECC was a daughter church of ECB, which was
affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, the new church
shared this affiliation in the early years.
The first pastor of the church, David Seckinger,
was married to the daughter of the man credited with starting the
Evangelical Church of Bangkok, some 23 years earlier. So, it was
fitting that the first pastor of this new "daughter" church be
married to the daughter of the founder of one of the oldest
Protestant churches in Bangkok.
The church first met in Nichada Thani at the ISB
school campus, but later moved to a hotel that provided a conference
room which served as the congregation's meeting room for some time.
The church later decided to move to facilities near the center of the
population to which the church was ministering. Therefore, a move was
made to the area known as Nichada Thani, not far from a main
thoroughfare known as Chaengwattana Road. The name of the church was
changed at that time to the Chaengwattana Community Church and, at
the same time, the formal affiliation with the Christian and
Missionary Alliance ended.
Effective July 1998, CCC became an independent organization
which is recognized by the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand
.
Chaengwattana Community Church (CCC)
held its first official meeting as the Evangelical Church of
Chaengwattana on Easter Sunday, April, 1992. The church began as a
daughter church of the Evangelical Church of Bangkok (ECB) located in
the heart of Bangkok. At that time, there were three well known and
well attended Protestant churches in the Bangkok area, all located in
the central business section of the city. About this same time, the
International School of Bangkok (ISB) began the process of finalizing
a new campus and relocating to the north side of the city in the
province of Nonthaburi.
A group of individuals associated with the
Evangelical Church of Bangkok began to consider starting a new church
to minister to this "new" community which was about 25 kilometers or
45 minutes away from the home church at ECB. As the number of
believers living on the north side of the city increased, there was
an increasing need for a more geographically accessible church for
those who were unable to travel into the heart of the city for
various reasons. Hence, the Evangelical Church of Chaengwattana (ECC)
was born. Since ECC was a daughter church of ECB, which was
affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, the new church
shared this affiliation in the early years.
The first pastor of the church, David Seckinger,
was married to the daughter of the man credited with starting the
Evangelical Church of Bangkok, some 23 years earlier. So, it was
fitting that the first pastor of this new "daughter" church be
married to the daughter of the founder of one of the oldest
Protestant churches in Bangkok.
The church first met in Nichada Thani at the ISB
school campus, but later moved to a hotel that provided a conference
room which served as the congregation's meeting room for some time.
The church later decided to move to facilities near the center of the
population to which the church was ministering. Therefore, a move was
made to the area known as Nichada Thani, not far from a main
thoroughfare known as Chaengwattana Road. The name of the church was
changed at that time to the Chaengwattana Community Church and, at
the same time, the formal affiliation with the Christian and
Missionary Alliance ended.
Effective July 1998, CCC became an independent organization
which is recognized by the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand
.
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