Francis Chan
Francis Chan
Francis Chanis a preacher in America. He is the former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, CA, a church he and his wife started in 1994. He is also the Founder and Chancellor of Eternity Bible College and author of the best-selling books, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God, which came out in 2009, and most recently, You and Me Forever: Marriage In Light of Eternity, which came out in 2014. He released his second book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth31 August 1967
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Being around a church culture, even leading a gathering of believers, I've gotten pretty good at predicting what's going to happen in a church service.
I had come out of a church that was filled with petty arguments and hatred. I just wanted to meet with some friends and worship with them.
...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.
I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.
You have access to the Tent Of Meeting.
Multi-tasking is keeping me from whole-hearted worship.
Your problems are not just your problems. Ultimately, they belong to the church body that God has placed you in.
Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'
Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.
It's easy to write for God and about God, because what a thrill to remind the church that the Holy Spirit of God is in you. What a rush! What an amazing blessing!
The church becomes irrelevant when it becomes purely a human creation. We are not all we were made to be when everything in our lives and churches can be explained apart from the work and presence of the Spirit of God.
In China I told pastors about how, in the West, we have these church buildings and how we go to services each week that last an hour or so. I told them how if we don't like the music or the message then we can go to different buildings and services... They all broke out into laughter. They thought I was the funniest guy they had ever seen.
Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church's crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.