In 1979, when Francis was twelve years old, he lost his father to cancer. He also stated he didn't understand the love of God well until he became a father himself. He did not get along well with his father growing up but says that his fear of his father has helped him understand a level of fear of God. His father then remarried again, to Josephine Leung, who “raised four children lovingly with Godly influence.“ In raising the four, his father and new stepmother had family support from his father's younger sister and her husband, Marion and William Wong, along with a large extended family and church family. In 1976, when Chan was eight years old, his stepmother Amy Chan died in an automobile accident. During this time, his father married Amy Law and gave Francis a half-sister, Gloria. Ĭhan was sent to Hong Kong to be raised by a grandmother, a Buddhist for several years. Biography Early life and education Ĭhan was born in San Francisco to immigrants Pak-sum Chan, a former minister at the Leighton Road Baptist Church in Hong Kong, and Wan-bing Mui, a “Bible woman of the Hong Kong Baptist Church, Caine Road.” He was their third child his mother died during his childbirth, of “excessive bleeding”, leaving his father with sister Grace, brother Paul, and newborn Francis, who was named for the city of his birth and of the tragedy.
Chan has also served as an ambassador for Care for Children. He has authored and co-authored numerous books including Crazy Love, a New York Times bestseller. Ĭhan has been a board member of several Christian and social justice organizations, including Children's Hunger Fund and Gospel for Asia. He also founded Eternity Bible College in 2004, and served as its early chancellor until 2010. He is the former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church, an Evangelical church in Simi Valley, California founded by Chan in 1994.
Through 12 sessions, Francis works through James verse-by-verse, challenging followers of Christ to move beyond a private, intellectual knowledge of God and His Word, to a vibrant faith that impacts every square inch of life.San Francisco, California, United States įrancis Chan (born August 31, 1967), is an American Protestant author, teacher, and preacher. James writes to believers who know suffering, who've faced trials, and who ultimately desire a deep relationship with God.įrancis Chan unpacks the dense truth contained in the book of James in front of the iconic backdrop of San Francisco, the city where he lives and ministers.
The book of James speaks to the realities of a living faith in Jesus-the kind of roll-up-your-sleeves and get-your-hands-dirty discipleship that is borne out of an authentic relationship with the risen Lord. A faith without action and without life change is ultimately a dead faith.
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