{"id":987984,"date":"2021-12-19T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocbc.net\/?page_id=987984"},"modified":"2025-01-18T15:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T21:06:50","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nocbc.org\/en\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
U<\/span>nder God\u2019s guidance, the Cantonese and Mandarin Bible study groups in the Greater New Orleans area joined together in September 1981 through Rev. Peter Kung of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. In June 1982, the New Orleans Chinese Baptist Church (NOCBC) was formally established. Sunday services and all other church activities were conducted at the Memorial Baptist Church in Metairie while the members were planning for a permanent church building.<\/p>\n

Construction of the present main church building started in May 1996 with the assistance from the mission builders of the Louisiana Baptist Convention and the devoted support of the entire congregation of the NOCBC. The main building was officially inaugurated in January 1997. The fellowship hall (gym, kitchen and classrooms) was constructed in 2009 and dedicated in March 2010.<\/p>\n

Pastors Benjamin Kuo (1983-1987) and David Lo (1994-1996) served the church during the 1980\u2019s and 1990\u2019s. Pastor Hongfu Liu served the church from 2000 until January, 2012. Rev. James Ng served the church from September 2016 to February 2022. Pastor Wang Jinjiang was appointed interim pastor in March 2022 and then senior pastor on July 24th of the same year.<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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<\/div>Church Building Construction in May 1996\t\t<\/h2>\t\t
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