Pastors

RiverGrace International Christian Fellowship started as the English Department in HKEC Yan Yue Church in 2011, with a handful of people. The thoughts initially were not necessarily to plant a church, but to reach out and minister to ethnic minorities, or Hongkongers who had the same vision. God has brought people from over 2-dozen different countries to RiverGrace since 2011. Many of these people are in Hong Kong for only a short time. 

In October 2017, we became the 21st HKEC church in Hong Kong. We also moved our worship service and activities to United Christian College. We are seeking God’s direction how to impact our new community. We want to reach out to UCC students and parents where English might be an attraction; having a coffee corner where people/students from the community can come, enjoy a drink or snack, and make new friends. As God provides manpower, we will also consider other ministries, like having special interest or language classes for reaching out to international students in City U.

Though we have to say many farewell prayers in our international church, it fits our vision… “To invite, empower, train and send people of many nations to be ambassadors of Christ.” We not only invite people to accept and follow Jesus, we also emphasize training. We train them to share their faith, lead Bible Studies, and disciple others. The enables them to not only serve RiverGrace, but when they return to their homeland or are resettled in another country, they have the tools they need to serve the Lord, to start and lead Bible studies, or even to plant churches.

We also emphasize having a family atmosphere. Many that attend RiverGrace do not have other family members in Hong Kong. As family members, we encourage everyone to serve in some way according to their spiritual gifts and abilities. 

At present we have nine different Connect Group, : 1 in English, 2 in Cantonese, 4 in Tagalog and 1 in Spanish. In April, 2018 we began having a Spanish-speaking worship service once a month. We provide translation for our English services into Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin if needed. 

Most of the Spanish speakers are ethnic Chinese, who have returned to Hong Kong from Venezuela due to the difficulties facing that country. As there are no Spanish-speaking churches in Hong Kong, we feel God has opened up the door for us to serve this group of people.

We are grateful for our pastoral team, which includes Dave and Cindy Aufrance, Pastor Tommy Hui and Sister Irma who helps shepherd the Filipina sisters. Pleases keep us in your prayers as we move toward the future. Pray that RiverGrace can be all God intends it to be as a catalyst for missions, whether local or overseas.