Church Profile

RCCC is a trilingual Mandarin, Cantonese and English church.  The Mandarin and Cantonese worships are held simultaneously at the first service.  The English worship is held afterwards during the second session.  Language Sunday school classes flip-flop in time. The formal church began in 1984.  We have relocated to a new 10.6-acre facility in 2003.  Our former Senior Pastor was Reverend Alan Setiawan who had retired at the end of April 2005.  There is a Chinese Pastor who served mainly in the Cantonese Congregation and NCSU Student Fellowship.  The church is Eldership governed with an average Sunday attendance of 480 people – Mandarin 250, English 170 and Cantonese 60 including about 150 children.

Raleigh is one of three anchor cities – Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill – known as the research triangle, with its renowned Research Triangle Park, famous for its high tech, pharmaceutical and agricultural R&D innovations and world-class universities (Duke, UNC-CH and NCSU).  There are probably over 2500 Chinese families in the Triangle along with a strong mix of other Asian ethnicity.  There are six Chinese churches in the Triangle area and a fellowship in Chapel Hill.

 

Date of Church:

Began as a Bible Study Fellowship - 1963

As Church:  Since 1978, named RCCC in 1984

Present Location:

Relocated to current location in November 2003.  Phase 2 of construction has yet to begin

Location:

Located in upbeat Cary, NC on 10.6 acres of land.  Phase 1 completed in November 2003 consisting of a multipurpose room, classrooms and large kitchen.  Current church offices located in an adjacent old frame house.  New church building is approximately 18,900 square feet.  The multipurpose room seats approximately 400 and equipped with a 32-channel A/V system with two large rear projection screens.  The room is nearly high school sanction-size basketball court with two retractable goals.

Congregations:

Originally Mandarin and largest of the three congregations.  Separate English worship and ministry began in 1990 with calling of first English pastor.  The second English pastor was called in August 2003.  A separate Cantonese worship parallel with the Mandarin was recently implemented.  Children’s’ ministry spans both worship sessions.

Composition:

Church is family oriented, with bulk of members and congregation white collar professionals; large number of college students with more than half not from the church, large youth group and children ministry.  Mandarin congregation is heavily Mainlanders.

Membership:

220 (all congregations)

Worship Attendance:

Mandarin:  250
Cantonese:  60

English worship:  

  • Adults, college students and youths: 170

  • Junior Church:  60

  • Children:  60

Sunday School and Attendance:

Mandarin and Cantonese:  Adult classes only (180)

English:  Adult (30), college (35), youth (40), grades 1 to 6 (60), preschoolers and nursery (40)

Fellowship/Small Groups:

Chinese

  • Evergreen - 1

  • Fellowship/Small Groups - 14

  • Ladies Bible study groups - 3

  • College/Graduate Students - 1

English

  • Adults - 4

  • Young Professionals -1

  • College (Duke, UNC-CH, NCSU) - 1

  • Youth -1 (grades 7-12)

Prayer Groups:

Corporate (weekly); Sisters’ (monthly); Weekly – 3

Congregation Demographics:

Cary: 45%

Raleigh: 37%

Apex: 7%

Durham: 5%

Others (6): 7%

 

 
 
   

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