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. Because when you're wildly in love with someone, it changes everything.San Francisco, California, United States įrancis Chan (born August 31, 1967), is an American Protestant author, teacher, and preacher. And once you encounter His love, as Francis describes it, you will never be the same.
Because the answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'tsit's falling in love with God. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss. Whether you've verbalized it yet or not, we all know something's wrong.ĭoes something deep inside your heart long to break free from the status quo? Are you hungry for an authentic faith that addresses the problems of our world with tangible, even radical, solutions? God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. The God of the universethe Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minorloves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. Have you ever wondered if we're missing it?
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