Rochester Christian Chinese Church (Rochester, N.Y.)

The Rochester Christian Chinese Church (RCCC) is a total immersion baptism, non-denominational Christian Chinese church in Rochester, New York. Samuel Chen was born in Taiwan and came to the United States as a student in 1973. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in Indiana. He has been in Rochester since 1985 and works as a scientist at Eastman Kodak Company. He is married to Eulalia Chen, a physician born in the Philippines of Chinese descent. They have three daughters. Samuel is currently the Chairman of the Deacon Board at the Rochester Chinese Christian Church. Allen Lee and Shirley Lynn are founding member of the RCCC.

RCCC originated in 1958 as the Rochester Christian Fellowship (RCF), a group of international students who met on Friday evenings for Bible study and fellowship at the home of the Ernsts. In the 1960s, Lucy and Nea-Yea Woo became the first Chinese couple married in the Brighton Community Church (by Pastor Miller Crawford). During the 1970s, the Brighton Community Church provided Mandarin translation of some of its services. In 1973, RCF moved from the Ernst home to University of Rochester Medical Center. In 1980, the Brighton Community Church became Browncroft Community Church. During the period between 1980 and 1984, scheduled services changed from monthly to biweekly, and finally to weekly.

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