Board: Established Board for the Blessings Foundation (Torrance, LA) in May. Founding Directors: Jason Lok, Mark Yu, James Liao, Edwin Su, and Grant Chen.
同工:陳劉良淑師母(代理總幹事,義務)。周媛媛(寧子)(8月,寫作同工)。
Oct./Nov., Registration in State and Federal Government completed.
Board: New directors, Betty Yu (Taking the role of Mark Yu who passed away in Jan.) and Patrick Chen.
Staff: Sharon Lin joined (Secretary).
June 21, Holding “Gospel for the Chinese” meeting (at MBCLA)
新神學生:謝文郁、陳志平。
10月總幹事陳師母和陳牧師離美返台灣。
2000
Board: New director, Samuel Hsieh.
同工:3月總幹事陳師母和陳牧師回美。
新神學生:張牧。
2001
7月陳宗清牧師擔任會長,陳劉良淑師母轉成行政主任兼執行編輯。
New Staff: Harris Ha (website).
May 4-6, 1st BF Family Retreat.
May 5, Holding “Gospel for the Chinese” meeting (at FECSGV)
新神學生:陳益、陳祖幸。
Publication: The 1st issue of Blessings magazine published in Oct.
2002
Board: New director, Leon Hsiao.
Setting 3 strategies: Talent Cultivation, Academic Exchange, and Mass Media.
新神學生:彭迦恩、單傳航。
May 9-11, 2nd BF Family Retreat.
May 10, Holding “Gospel for the Chinese” meeting (at EFC Alhambra ).
June 7-10, Sponsored academic conference by CCSANA (at West
minster Seminary)
Website established.
2003
Board: New Directors, Issac Chen and Ekron Chen.
New Staff: Julie Chuang (editor).
新神學生:胡多馬、羅宇芳、蔡子望。
June 6-9, Sponsored academic conference by CCSANA (at Fuller Seminary)
July 24-26, 3rd BF Family Retreat.
10月,陳牧師夫婦到中國,進行講學和學術交流。
Publication: Christianity and China, Vol. 1.
2004
Board: James Liao resigned.
Jan. Rev. and Mrs. Chen visited BF graduates in Texas.
新神學生:施瑋、王子因、程子剛。
July 15-17, 4th BF Family Retreat.
Aug. 18 Rev. Chen spoke in “Influences of Christianity in China Past 200 years” (Hosted by Cosmic Light, at FECSGV)
Oct. 7-11 Rev. and Mrs. Chen visited BF seminarians in Boston.
Nov. Thanksgiving Rev. and Mrs. Chen visited BF seminarian in Chicago.
Dec. 10-12 Rev. and Mrs. Chen visited BF seminarian in Vancouver.
2005
Office: moved to Monterey Park, LA in Jan.
New Staff: Ling Li (Director of Academic Exchange, General Secretary of Christianity and China Research Center)
Board: Samuel Hsieh resigned, New Director: Teresina Chen.
新神學生:Alex Tseng, 李民舉、王志勇。
Setting up Scholarship of Christianity Research in China (Cooperating with FCCE).
Apr. 17-May 6 Rev. and Mrs. Chen served in Asia and visited BF members.
June 1-6 Rev. and Mrs. Chen served in Boston and shared with visiting scholars in Harvard Yenching Institute.
June 17-21, Coorganizing accademic conference by CCSANA (at San Jose).
July 14-16, 5th BF Family Retreat.
Sept. 9-11, Rev. Chen visited BF seminarian in Albuquerque, NM.
Oct. 8-0, Rev. and Mrs. Chen visited BF seminarians in Philadelphia, PA.
Publication: Christianity and China, Vol. 2.
DVD: Introduction of BF Ministry
2006
Increasing strategies to 4: Talent Cultivation, Academic Exchange, Mass Media, and Evangelism/Training.
新同工:王子因(大眾傳媒部主任,以後成立「愛在中國」事工) ;李鍾民(研究中心助理)。
Jan. 13-15, Rev. and Mrs. Chen led Mission Conference in New Jersey (MCCC).
新神學生:徐志秋。
July 13-15, 6th BF Family Retreat.
Oct. 20-21, “Cultural Mission” Seminar, Presenting “Love in China” film (at EFCLA)
Publications: A Winding Journey of Cultural Transformation,
Christianity and China, Vol. 3.
Film, “Love in China” 1st edition
2007
New name: Blessings Cultural Mission Fellowship added.
Staff: Min Li resigned in Nov.
Mar. 29-Apr. 1, Mr. & Mrs. Chen visited BF members in Boston.
新神學生:胡春林、鄭愛和。
May 28-July 1, Mr. & Mrs. Chen served in Asia, participating in “Dialogue between Christianity and Confucianism” conference, visiting scholars in various Chinese universities.
July 19-21, 7th BF Family Retreat.
July 29, BF Vision & Mission Banquet (at Arcadia Community Center).
Oct. 24 -27, “East & West Cultural Exchange Review & Outlook” International Academic Conference (at William Carey University).
影片:《愛在中國》正式版。
Publication: Christianity and China, Vol. 4.
2008
Board: New director, Tom Chang.
Staff: Julie Chuang resigned in Feb., Jeffery Liu joined in May (Editor and Assistant in Administration).
Apr. 10-14, Rev. & Mrs. Chen visited Boston BF members.
新神學生:舍禾、劉雪辰。
July 10, Meeting with visiting scholars invited by CCSANA.
July 17-19, 8th BF Family Retreat.
Aug. 18-Sept 2, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Australia.
Oct. 24, CCRC hosted a seminar in Shanxi Normal University, “Christianity and Modernization of China.”
Publications: Christianity and China, Vol. 5.
DVD, A Bright New Life.
2009
Board: New director, Peter Chen.
同工:王子因離職(成立「愛在中國傳播有限公司」);莊麗美加入(拓展)。
Apr. 24-26, CCRC co-organized the academic conference with Shangdong University, “The Basic Characteristics and Future Development of Chinese and Western Cultures.”
新神學生:田玲、郭寶勝、李晶。
June 6, CCRC held a seminar, “Christianity and Contemporary China” (Los Angeles).
June 25, July 15, Meetings with visitin scholars invited by CCSANA.
July 16-18, 9th BF Family Retreat.
Aug. 9-21, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Brazil.
Sept. 24, CCRC held a seminar, “The Contemporary Chinese Church” (at Good Shepherd Church).
Oct. 4, BF Banquet of Gratitude (at BOL Church).
Publication: Christianity and China, Vol. 6.
DVD: Blessings Devotional and Gospel Messages, No. 2
2010
Staff: Bell Ge resigned in June.
Feb. 20, CCRC held a seminar, “The Cultural Traits and Evangelistic Strategies of the Post ‘80 Generation.” (at office).
Mar. 18-21, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Boston and visited BF members in New Haven.
新神學生:和藍。
May 3-13, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Europe and visited BF members in Oxford and Edinburg.
May 27-28, CCRC held a seminar in Huadong Normal University, “Christianity and Modernization of China.”
July 3, Meeting with scholars invited by CCSANA.
July 15-17, 10th BF Family Retreat.
July 20-Aug. 20, Peter Li, intern in literature department.
Sept. 11, Fundraising Dinner in New Jersey, “Presentation of Cultural Mission Ministry.”
Oct. 28-30, CCRC co-organized an international academic conference with Chung Yuan Christian University, “The Relationship between Church and Society in view of the Modernization of China.”
Publication: U-Turn of Lives.
DVD: Blessings Devotional and Gospel Messages, No. 2.
2011
Apr. 8-9, 1st Asia BF Family Retreat (Beijing).
新神學生:王曉靜、葛浩。
Jun 25-26, Rev. Chen visited BF Family in Northern California.
July 7, Meeting with scholars invited by CCSANA.
July 14-16, 11th BF Family Retreat.
Sept. 5-19, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Asia and participated in 8th CCCOWE conference in Bali, Indonesia.
Oct.-Dec., Jiming Chen, intern in literature department.
2012
Apr. 20, 2nd Asia BF Family Retreat (Beijing).
5月25-26日:第一次歐洲恩福家人退修會(牛津)。
新神學生:周山、曾淼、陳知綱、薩林娜。
July 6, Meeting with visiting scholars invited by CCSANA.
July 19-21, 12th Blessings Family Retreat.
Aug. 22-24, Rev. Ling Li participated in theological seminar, “Christianity and 21th Century China,” (Boston).
Sept. 20-Oct. 2, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Asia, and spoke at Autumn Revival Conference in Seoul.
Oct. 29-30, Rev. & Mrs. Chen visited BF members in CIU.
Publication: Probing the Myths of Science.
DVD: Blessings Devotional and Gospel Messages, No. 3.
2013
Staff: Jeffrey Liu retired in April; Jing Zhang joined (editor and assistant of administration).
新神學生:李曉滿、Joshua Xie.
Office: Head office moved to Irvine in June; CCRC moved to CESNA.
July 14, Meeting with visiting scholars invited by CCSANA.
July 18-20, 13th Blessings Family Retreat.
Sept. 3-24, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Asia, and spoke at Autumn Revival Conference in Seoul.
Sept. 11-12, 3rd Asia BF Family Retreat (Beijing).
Publications: About Heaven & Earth: A New Perspective of Faith and Culture.
Christianity in China Research, Vol. 1.
2014
The 20th Anniversary of the Blessings Foundation.
Apr., Special Issue of Blessings magazine to celebrate.
同工:張怡晨2月協助電腦美編。
新神學生:Quan Li.
June, Film: Introducing Blessings Cultural Mission Fellowship
Increasing strategies to 5: Talent Cultivation, Academic Exchange, Mass Media, Training Networking, and Sending Missionaries.
宣教士:接納胡多馬夫婦、Alex為恩福宣教士。
Board Director: Isaac Chen resigned.
July 16-19, 14th Blessings Family Retreat.
July 19, 20th Anniversary Thanksgiving Celebration, “Transformation
of Chinese Soul by the Gospel” ( at Onnuri Church in Irvine.)
Oct. 24-26, Rev. Chen spoke at the LA Bible Study & Revival Meeting .
Publications: Seeking Truth by Overriding Tradition
A Panoramic View of Cultural Mission
Christianity in China Research, Vol. 2.
2015
Board: New directors, Kang Xiao and Harris Liu joined.
同工:夏訓智退休、林雪臙辭職;蔡尚純加入(秘書)。張怡晨離職。俞肇宏作財務義工。
Missionary: Accepted Joshua Gou/Salinna as BF missionaries.
新神學生:李晉、康頔。
Mar. 11-17, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Europe, visited BF members in England.
Apr. 7-May 11, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Asia, visited BF members in China.
June 6, Sponsored “The 3rd Faith and Contemporary Art Seminar” (LA).
July 16-18, 15th BF Family Retreat.
Sept. 19, Rev. Chen spoke at NA Christian Education Conference (LA).
Sept. 25-Oct. 19, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Asia, spoke at Autumn Revival Conference in Seoul, Mission China 2030 in HK, and visited BF members.
Nov. 7-9, CCRC held academic conference, “Christianity and Moral Construction in Modern China.” (Remin UC).
Nov. 14, Ordination of Joshua Guo by Rev. Chen and other pastors.
Publication: Glory in the Midst of Spiritual Agony: A Reflection on the Beatitudes.
2016
董事會:張文辛、蕭隆昌請辭。
同工:張靜辭職;馮采葭(電腦美編)、李微(新媒體)加入。游河珍作財務義工。
Missionary: Accepted Ezra Pan as BF missionary.
新神學生:Abraham Liu, 吳正光。
Feb. 7, Meeting with visiting scholars invited by CCSANA.
Feb. 26-27, CCRC and CESNA joined hosted seminar, “The Sinicization of Christianity.”
Mar., Family of Joshua went back to China to serve.
Mar. 30-May 3, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Asian, video recording “The Lord’s Prayer, 10 Lectures” in Good News TV, and visited BF members.
May 28, Ordination of Ezra Pan by Rev. Chen and other pastors.
July 21-23, the 16th BF Family Retreat.
Oct. 9-12, the 4th Asian BF Family Retreat (ZhongYuan U. in Taiwan).
Oct. 22-30 Rev. & Mrs. Chen visited BF members in China.
Oct. 29-30 CCRC held academic conference “Christianity and Modern China Education” with Shanghai U.
Publication: Uplifting Your Spirit before God’s Throne: A Reflection on the Lord’s Prayer.
New Media: WeChat platform, “Make Me a Bless.”
2017
Board: New directors, Alex Chu, Benjamin Kuo.
Staff: Abby Chen joined (Assistant Editor, Financial coworker), Sherry Feng and Wei Li resigned.
Mar. Office moved to the next building.
新神學生:陳明志。
Apr. 18-May 3, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Asia, and visited HK BF members.
July 15, Meeting with visiting scholars invited by CCSANA.
July 20-22, 17th BF Family Retreat.
July 30-Aug. 11, CCRC held “Summer Workshop for Ph.D. Students in Christianity” with CESNA.
Oct. 23-Nov. 21, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Asia, and participated in “Conference for Commemorating the 500 Anniversary of the Reformation” in Bangkok.
Oct. 22-26, CCRC held academic conference, “Christianity and Medical/Health Services in Modern China” in Shanghai U.
2018
Staff: Ling Li and CCRC left BF and joined FCCE.
Board: New director, Chikong Shue.
同工:蔡尚純辭職。沈逸珊作秘書幾個月。李蕙9月加入(會長助理及拓展)。徐志秋擔任恩福特約諮詢。
Missionary: Accepted Yi He as contract missionary (UCI campus).
新神學生:王俊、劉光。
Mar. 21-23, Rev. & Mrs. Chen visited BF members in Grand Rapids, MI.
Apr. 11-23, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Asia, visited BF members.
June 4-10, Rev. & Mrs. Chen visited BF members in East US.
July 19-21, 18th BF Family Retreat.
End of July, Missionary Ezra Pan whole family went to China to serve.
Sept. 22-25, Rev. Chen spoked at Autumn Revival Conference in Seoul.
Oct. 20-23, Rev. Chen visited BF members in Grand Rapids, MI.
Nov. 6-21, Rev. Chen served in Asia, ministered in conference in HK
and visited BF members there.
2019
Accountant: Theresa Wang retired; Gary Hsu accepted the offer.
Board: Peter Chen resigned.
Missionary: Yi He left and formed a student church.
新神學生:劉彪、曾安臨、孫澤汐、柏雨成。
Jan. 1-29, Rev. & Mrs. served in Taiwan and visited BF members.
Apr. 17-20, Rev. & Mrs. Chen visited BF members in Durham.
July 17-20, 19th BF Family Retreat, a longer and expanded one inviting BF missionaries to join.
Aug. 5-14, Zhiqiu Xu taught in “Advanced Seminar on Human Culture Heritages” (Tsinghua U. in Beijing)
Sept. 12-15, Rev. & Mrs. Chen spoke at Autumn Revival Conference in Seoul.
Oct. 13-19, Rev. & Mrs. Chen served in Grand Rapids, MI and visited BF members.
Publication: Introduction of BCMF (New edition).
2020
Since January, Rev. Chen spoke at Irvine Chinese First Baptist Church once a month.
Feb. 2, Rev. Chen led mission conference of Orange County Chinese Baptist Church.
新神學生:雪音、郭士恩。
Since Mar., Staff worked from home because of COVID-19.
July 15-18, the 20th annual BF Family Retreat held online and joined by members all over the world.
Since July, the Board meeting held on internet .
In September the Blessings' Cheerful Grant was established to help the ministers serving in China in the front.
In November, Zhiqiu Xu led the course of "Human Culture Legacy Advanced Seminar" in Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Publication: E-Book The U-Turn of Life 2, in Dec.
2021
Board Meetings: Jan. 10 ad hoc meeting, Feb. 7, July 18
新神學生:龍降恩。
Rev. Grant Chen spoke at meetings on internet:
Irvine First Chinese Baptist Church: 1/7, 2/14, 3/21, 4/4, 5/23, 6/20, 7/4; Northshore Christian Church in Chicago: 1/17, 5/16; Eastern Hills Wesleyan Chinese Church: 2/17; West LA Shenzhou Mission Church: 2/28, 4/11, 5/30
June 12 Rev. Chen spoke in Chicago ABC Convention through internet. The topic: Religious Dialogue in Media Ministry
June 26-27 Rev. Chen led the online retreat for Northshore Christian Church. He spoke online for The Home of Christ Church in Fremont on May2 and July 25
From Jan. to July Jun Wang served as intern in BF.
The Blessings Forum started operation from Feb. by Jun Wang. Jesse Sun took over from Aug. 14 forums were held in total.
March 5, a mini reunion of BF family members was held. 13 participated.
July 14-17, the 21th annual BF Family Retreat heold online and joined by members all over the world.
July 26 to Dec. 15, Rev. and Mrs. Chen went to Taiwan to look after his father. After he passed away they dealt with household matters and visited some Christian organizations in Taiwan.
In Sept. Ling Tian joined the staff as editor and researcher.
In November, Zhiqiu Xu led the course of "Human Culture Legacy Advanced Seminar" in Tsinghua University in Beijing.
同工:李蕙年底辭職。
2022
Board meetings: 2/13, 7/17; Ad hoc meeting: 4/24; Jason Lok resigned in July and became life volunteer
新神學生:龍健、程嫣、夏斌、陳浩。
Rev.t Grant Chen preaching: Irvine First Chinese Baptist Church: 1/9, 2/13, 7/10, 8/14, 9/11, 12/11. LS West Shenzou Mission Church: 7/31, 12/18, Joy Christian Church: 12/24; Online preachings: Princeton Chinese Christian Church, 3/25-27 Evangelistic meetings; 4/7 for Chinese Pastors Fellowship, Mission and Chinese Churches; 11/11 Beijing University Christian Alumni Fellowship, Responding to the Preface of Prof. Liquen Qian
Ling Tian came to Irvine to edit the Blessings magazine.
New Staff: Rev. Zuxing Chen came to Irvine for interview on 4/21-23, did a video interview on 4/22. He became full time staff on 6/1.
Accountant Gary Hsu passed away suddenly on 4/2 in sleep. Jeffrey Lu became our new accountatnt on 5/5.
New BF seminarians: Peter Long, Yan Cheng, Hao Chen, Bin Xia
Missionaries: Guang Liu, sending ceremony 3/5, returning to China 3/18; Luke Zheng, ordination 7/23 at Chicago; Joshua, Sabbatical leave in USA 9/5-11/15; Shan Zhou, accepted as BF missionary in December.
Director Zuxing Chen itinerary: Montana leaders marching activity, 8/3-8; Living Water Church Mission Conference 9/30-10/2; Visiting East coast BF members 10/12-26; Visiting Midwest BF members 11/12-20.