Bloomington Chinese Christian Church of the C&MA

Our Belief

The C&MA Statement of Faith

BCCC is associated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. For more information about the C&MA, including our significant missions movement around the world, please visit www.cmalliance.org .

1. There is one God, who is infinitely perfect, existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
2. Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died upon the cross, the Just for the unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice and all who believe in him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to Scriptures. He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest. He will come again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and peace.
3. The Holy Spirit is a divine person, sent to indwell, guide, teach, empower the believer and convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment.
4. The Old and New Testament, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice.
5. Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God; he fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The portion of the impenitent and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment; and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss.
6. Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all men; and those who repent and believe in Him are born again of the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life and become children of God.
7. It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and be sanctified wholly, being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service. This is both a crisis and a progressive experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion.
8. Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures and are privileges for the Church in this present age.
9. The Church consists of all those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the Gospel to all nations.
10. There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life; for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment.
11. The second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent and will be personal, visible and premillennial. This is the believer’s blessed hope and is a vital truth which is an incentive to holy living and faithful service.

About Us

• Who we are: We are called to be connected to Jesus, that we start to become like him, and to be disciples who make disciples.

• Pastor: Youen (Elijah) Qiu

• History

  • 2006 – Began BCCC (Bloomington Chinese Christian Church)
  • 2017 – Became a church of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA)

• Vision and Mission: Our shared mandate is to give every man, woman and child in Bloomington and beyond a repeated opportunity to encounter the gospel of Jesus Christ and to disciple those who respond. In God’s power, we are working to connect people to Jesus Christ and to engage them in his mission of reaching the lost, equipping the people of God and caring for all.

Our Pastor

Pastor Elijah Qiu

Pastor Elijah Qiu (邱有恩) is from Wenzhou, Zhejiang. He and his wife Ting “Jennifer” Xu have three children: daughters Xixi, Xingti, and son Huaijing.

Pastor Qiu came to faith in Christ in 1998 and received God’s call into ministry in 1999. He became a full-time pastor in 2000. Pastor Qiu received his theological education and training from Zhejiang Theological Seminary, Hongdao Theological Seminary, and China Graduate School of Theology. During his time in seminary training, he also established and served college student fellowships and churches in Wenzhou, Hangzhou and Beijing. In 2015, Qiu came to the United States to study at the America Chinese Evangelical Seminary. He was also involved in ministries at the Living Waters Church, Living Springs Church, and Stanford Visiting Scholars Fellowship in California. Pastor Qiu has been at BCCC C&MA since August 2017, leading the church and student ministry.

“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Ministries

Here are some of the ways that our people volunteer to serve:

• Students and visiting scholars on campus
• Families, the lost and needed in the community
• Kids and youth

Schedules

Please join us as we discuss and apply what we learn from the Bible.