Chinese Evangel Mission Church of New Jersey serves both the local and distant community members in the New Brunswick and East Brunswick area. Our church has three main services: English, Mandarin Chinese, and Children’s. We also have many fellowships to help you to grow spiritually.
Our Sunday worship service for English congregation follows after Sunday school.
Statement of Faith
Bible
The Bible, consisting of sixty six books, is the inspired and unerring Word of God. It is man’s authoritative and sufficient guide in all matters of faith and practice.
God
The Person of God is triune. He is one absolute and eternal God, existing in three Persons eternally as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each of whom is equal in power and glory.
Christ
Christ was born of the Virgin Mary through the work of the Holy Spirit, and therefore has complete divine and complete human nature. Although tempted while in the flesh, He was without sin in both nature and conduct. He died on the cross, was buried, rose from the dead on the third day, and ascended into heaven where He is enthroned and is making intercession for the believer.
Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is a divine Person in the Trinity. His work is to convict the world of sin, to reveal the truths of Christ to man, and to guide, sanctify and comfort the believer.
Man
Man was created by God according to His own image. God’s purpose was to have a harmonious and peaceful fellowship with man. But because man’s first ancestor yielded to the temptation of Satan and committed sin, all men became depraved in nature. There is no sufficient salvation, therefore, apart from the divine salvation of Christ.
Salvation
Salvation is by the grace of God through faith in Christ. Such grace is fully revealed and freely offered in the substitutionary death of Christ on the cross. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, such faith is voluntarily expressed by the direct approach of the individual soul to Christ in repentance and trust.
Church
The Church is the body of Christ and organized by His believers for worship, observance of the ordinances, and the spread of the Gospel throughout the world. Its officers, consisting of pastors, board, and other church members are all equal in rank and privilege under the headship and authority of Christ. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are the two ordinances of the church, both of which are symbolic expressions of the message of salvation.
Future Things
Christ will come again in glory and power to judge and to reign. There will be resurrection and judgment for both the righteous and the wicked. The righteous will enter into eternal joy and the wicked will be condemned to eternal punishment.
Our History
- In 1991, about ten families of Chinese Evangel Mission Church (New York) who lived in central New Jersey collectively envisioned to reach out to their ethnic Chinese neighbors and friends. Hence they aimed at forming a branch church near their homes.
- As a beginning, Sunday worship service was held in a member’s home on August 18, 1991. Subsequently, Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church in Plainfield graciously let this group of Christians use her facility every Sunday afternoon. Therefore Sunday worship service was held every week beginning on September 10, 1991. Chinese Evangel Mission Church of New Jersey (CEMCNJ) was formally incorporated in September 1993. It had long been the desire for church members to have their own church building. After much prayer, the Lord provided a building at 110 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick and worship service has been held there since October 2, 1994.
- In the beginning, there was only one worship service, which was in Chinese (Mandarin). As the number of English-speaking members grew, an English service began on October 18, 1998. Since there was not enough space to accommodate two worship services in the church building, the English service met at Cook Campus Center, Rutgers University.
- Besides the two worship services, ministries of the church also include children and adult Sunday schools, various fellowship groups, retreats, vacation Bible schools and other special events, supported by prayer meetings.
- As the number of both congregations grew, the church formed an expansion committee and prayed for adequate space. The goal is for both the Chinese and the English services to meet under one roof, and to provide adequate space for Sunday schools and Christian fellowship. The Lord answered the prayer and provided a building at 11 Lexington Avenue, East Brunswick. With God’s grace, the Chinese and English congregation began to worship at current site started December 16, 2007.