Chinese Christian Church of Rhode Island (CCCRI)
- We are a non-denominational evangelical church ministering to both Chinese and English speaking congregations in Rhode Island and Southeastern New England.
- We were started with a fellowship group of overseas Chinese students and faculty at Brown University.
- We are currently located in the historic city – Pawtucket in Rhode Island with easy access from Interstate-95.
Our History
| 03/06/1977 | The church was established at YMCA located at 160 Broadway, Providence, Rhode Island. |
| 07/01/1980 | Began worship service in East Providence church building. |
| 09/xx/1981 | Chinese school was established. |
| 10/30/1988 | Adult Sunday school and youth fellowship were established. |
| 05/07/1989 | Enoch fellowship which is the first fellowship of the church, was established. |
| 01/25/1990 | Chinese young adults fellowship was formed and renamed to Joy Fellowship in 01/1992. |
| 07/03/1992 | First church family retreat was held at Camp Canonicus in Exeter. |
| 05/28/1994 | First church picnic was held at Colt State Park in Bristol. |
| 09/09/1994 | Kingston Chinese Christian Fellowship at URI was established. |
| 04/14/1996 | First English Sunday worship service. |
| 01/04/1997 | Caleb Fellowship was established to minister to senior citizens. |
| 01/09/1997 | Enoch Fellowship was separated into 7 cell groups and became David, Bartholomew, Noah, Peter, Timothy, Ruth, URI fellowships. |
| 06/19/1999 | Dedication and Thanksgiving Service for current church building was held at 333 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket, RI. |
| 04/xx/2000 | Timothy cell group was renamed to Jia-Mei Fellowship. |
| 05/xx/2000 | First annual women’s retreat. |
| 09/xx/2000 | College and young adult fellowship was formed and renamed to LIFE Fellowship in 2015. |
| 11/09/2002 | First annual missions conference (2 days) – Mission, Passion & Action. |
| 04/13/2006 | Restaurant Ministry began. |
| 09/08/2009 | Tuesday evening communion service began. |
| 02/19/2012 | Canaan Fellowship was established. |
| 09/12/2014 | Chinese Christian Joy Fellowship (CCJF) was established at JWU. |
| 03/10/2017 | 40th anniversary celebration (3 days) with revival meeting, carnival, Thanksgiving service, and ordination of Minister Yiu. |