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CCMA’s small-town mission fields now cover Dubbo, Orange and neighbour towns in NSW as well as Shepperton in Victoria. Since 2009, CCMA began the mission in Orange and Bathurst in NSW. A missionary couple was sent from 2016 to continue the ministries in Orange as the mission centre. Together with five Chinese churches, they expanded the mission field to 17 surrounding towns. The missionary couple plans to move to Dubbo NSW by the end of 2019 to enhance local outreaching and discipleship training. A monthly service is held on Monday night. Our hope is to grow Chinese Christians (about 7 people now) & join a local church in the future. In Victoria, Shepparton Christian Fellowship was started from March 2018 and their Chinese Sunday Service is held fortnightly.
Small Town Mission Fields
Can you find our three small-town mission fields – Santo, Port Vila and Noumea, on the below map?
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New South Wales
Dubbo
Dubbo is a town 400 kilometres northwest of Sydney with a Chinese population of around 500. Most Chinese has the problem of social integration & doesn’t mingle with the locals. They find excitement in gambling at clubs. Divorce & remarriage are common phenomena.
Dubbo
Most of the Chinese in Dubbo come from Mainland China. Very few heard about the Gospel. Since there is no Chinese church and very few Christians there, Dubbo is a “Gospel Wilderness”. Mandarin is the third most common household language, accounting for 0.5% of the total population (about 170 people).
Orange
Orange is a major agricultural town in central NSW, 250 km from Sydney. The local Chinese population is about 400. In 2016, CCMI sent a missionary couple to develop the mission field & 17 surrounding towns, together with 5 Sydney Chinese churches.
Orange
The Australian government encourages new immigrants to study, work and live in small towns such as Orange. Besides overseas students, local Chinese people mainly work in restaurants, retail shops, massage shops and hospitals.
Victoria
Shepparton
Shepparton is about 200 km from Melbourne, Victoria. CCMA started to visit and send mission pastors there since 2016. Two years later, Shepparton Christian Fellowship was established, and now it has a Chinese Sunday Service twice a month since March 2019.
Shepparton
The local Chinese are mainly from Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China. Some are Christians before coming to Australia. The Chinese people here live a relatively stable life.
Our Missionaries
Chung-Ming & Serene Tang
Chung-Ming and Serene turned to Christ for 45 and 42 years respectively. Serene had graduated at China Graduate School of Theology（JIFU） in 1985. Chung-Ming had graudated at the Chinese Missionary Seminary in 1991 and the Lutheran Theological Seminary in 2007. The couple has been serving God since 1979. In 2016, they were sent by CCMI as a missionary in Orange and surrounding suburbs (NSW). At present, Chung-Ming and Serene plan to shift their serving centre and move to Dubbo in 2020.
Chung-Ming and Serene’s favourite food is ocean fish. Their favourite pastimes are reading, growing flowers and going for a walk.
Motto: Help people and God helps (Chung-Ming); Try to work whole-heartedly for everything (Serene)
May Kwong
May was baptised in 1998. She was called by God and had theological training in 2003-2006. From 2001 to 2007, she served as a gospel teacher in the Chinese School run by Melbourne Chinese Christian Church. Since 2008, May joined CCMA as a home missionary and started the small town ministry in Ballarat, Victoria. Since 2019, she has taken the role of CCMA itinerary missionary and pastors the fellowship in Santo, Vanuatu and Shepparton, Victoria. May’s favourite food is steak. In her spare time, she likes to have a cuppa and relaxes herself surrounded by flowers and beautiful scenery. Motto: I am faithful to the one who sent me.
