CHINESE FOR CHRIST CHURCH OF SAN JOSE

What CHINESE FOR CHRIST CHURCH OF SAN JOSE does

Chinese For Christ Church of San Jose (CCIC San Jose), legally Chinese Church In Christ San Jose, is a non-profit religious organization headquartered at 1490 Saratoga Avenue in San Jose, California. Founded as a Bible study group in 1969 by graduate students at San Jose State University and formally chartered as a church in 1971, CCIC San Jose serves the Chinese-American and broader Silicon Valley community through simultaneous English, Mandarin (國語部), and Cantonese (粵語部) Sunday worship services, Sunday school, and a full lifecycle of ministries including nursery, AWANA children's discipleship (running over 20 years at CCIC), CIA youth ministry (grades 6-12), the Abound young-adult program (college/post-college), and senior fellowships such as Caleb Fellowship. The church also runs a 52-week Basic Doctrine course (基本要道) across all three languages and an extensive small-group (Home Groups) network. Beyond local ministry, CCIC San Jose operates a global missions program including short-term trips to Taiwan, Cambodia, Nepal, and Indonesia, support for missionaries worldwide, an annual Mission Conference, and the Beautiful Day community-service initiative (most recently a 2026 partnership with Westgate Church and Kids Around the World to pack 100,000 meals for children in six developing countries). The organization has planted six affiliated CCIC churches across the Bay Area (Mountain View, South San Jose, Milpitas, Cupertino, Central San Jose, and Tri-Valley/Pleasanton).

The business model is entirely donation-funded. All programs and services are offered free of charge; revenue consists of voluntary tithes and offerings collected through a Vanco-powered online giving platform, cash and check contributions placed in offering boxes, mailed checks, and stock donations. Additional contributions arise from event-based giving around the Mission Conference, Beautiful Day, and similar activities. CCIC San Jose employs approximately 11 staff members and is governed by a board of elders; it is not backed by venture capital or private equity. The organization uses only consumer-grade third-party technology for operations: Squarespace for the website, Vanco for secure payments, Zoom for virtual Bible studies and prayer meetings, YouTube (CCIC Media) for sermon video, Google Drive for document sharing, and AWS S3 for audio sermon hosting. No proprietary technology, app, API, or AI/ML capability is in use or disclosed.

CCIC San Jose's go-to-market is community-led: growth and engagement are driven by in-person worship, multilingual services, fellowship groups, and outreach events rather than paid acquisition. Marketing and distribution channels include Sunday services, the YouTube sermon archive, the ccic-sj.org website, fellowship groups, youth and children's programs, mission and outreach events, and email communications to members. The target audience spans unchurched individuals in Silicon Valley seeking community, multilingual Chinese-American families, children and youth in faith-formation stages, and global mission partners. The organization is operationally active, with ongoing product/program launches documented for 2025-2026 including AWANA 2025/26, VBS 2025 and 2026, Mission Conference 2025, and Beautiful Day 2025 and 2026.

Name

CHINESE FOR CHRIST CHURCH OF SAN JOSE

Legal name

Chinese Church In Christ San Jose

Website

https://ccic-sj.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chinese For Christ Church of San Jose (CCIC San Jose) is a non-profit Chinese-American church in San Jose, California, founded in 1969, offering trilingual English, Mandarin, and Cantonese worship, children's and youth discipleship, and global missions programs funded by congregational donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Congregational Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Religious Music & Worship Broadcasting (MPABALAN)

Keywords

• Multilingual worship services
• Christian education programs
• Children's ministry programs
• Youth discipleship programs
• Community outreach ministries

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: The primary revenue stream is voluntary donations from congregation members including online giving through a secure VanCo platform, cash and check contributions dropped in offering boxes, and stock donations. The church encourages regular giving based on biblical principles.
2. Event-based Contributions: Additional contributions received through special events such as mission conferences, community service projects (Beautiful Day meal packing), and other church activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Chinese For Christ Church of San Jose delivers trilingual (English, Mandarin, Cantonese) Christian worship services, congregational education, and community ministry to individuals and families in the San Jose / Silicon Valley area. Its core offerings include Sunday worship across three language congregations, Sunday School and AWANA discipleship for children, youth and young adult fellowships, adult Bible study fellowships, home groups, mission and compassion outreach, and basic doctrine courses. Auxiliary services such as online giving and sermon streaming support congregational participation across in-person and digital channels.

Product overview

CCIC San Jose is a multi-language, multi-ministry church offering a comprehensive portfolio of Christian worship, education, and community services. The church operates three language congregations (English, Mandarin/Cantonese) under a unified ministry structure, supported by children's, youth, and young adult programs. Core offerings include Sunday worship services, Sunday school, Bible study fellowships (Zion, Good Friends, Caleb, Sisters'), home groups, and AWANA children's discipleship. Supplementary programs include the online giving platform (via Vanco), sermon recordings (audio/video), mission and compassion outreach (including Beautiful Day meal packing), and various educational courses. The church traces its roots to 1969 and has planted multiple churches in the Bay Area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Abound: Young adult ministry for college and post-college young adults
• Home Groups
• Women's Ministry
• Men's Ministry
• Prayer Ministry
• AWANA

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services (English, Mandarin, Cantonese)
• Sunday School
• AWANA Discipleship Program
• Youth Ministry (CIA — Christians in Action)
• Abound Young Adult Ministry
• Adult Bible Study Fellowships
• Home Groups
• Mission and Compassion Ministry
• Online Giving Platform
• Basic Doctrine Courses

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Westgate ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2026Partnership with Westgate Church to host the 2026 Beautiful Day community-wide meal packing event at CCIC San Jose. The goal is to pack 100,000 nutritious meals for children facing hunger in developing countries. This collaboration represents a core community outreach partnership focused on serving children globally through meal distribution via the nonprofit Kids Around the World.
• Kids Around the World (KATW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKids Around the World is the Christian nonprofit responsible for distributing the 100,000 meals packed at the Beautiful Day event. Meals will be distributed through schools, orphanages, churches, and feeding centers supported by KATW in developing countries including Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Uganda, Panama, South Sudan, and Philippines.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• AWANA: Global children's Bible-based ministry program provider of which CCIC is a long-standing local affiliate; reaches 4+ million children weekly across 120 countries and supplies the structured curriculum CCIC delivers through its Cubbies, Sparks, and T&T clubs.
• Kids Around the World: Mission partner that distributes the 100,000 meals packed at CCIC's Beautiful Day event to children in six developing countries; an enabling organization that extends CCIC's global footprint rather than competing for congregants.

Direct peers

• Westgate Church: Silicon Valley multi-congregational church partnering with CCIC on Beautiful Day; serves an overlapping Silicon Valley demographic and runs similarly large-scale community outreach programming in the same geography.
• Cupertino Christian Church: CCIC sister church in Cupertino serving the same Chinese-American community; offers comparable English/Mandarin/Cantonese worship programming and shares the CCIC network's elder governance and AWANA children's ministry model.
• Mountain View Christian Church: Sister CCIC church planted to serve Mountain View; offers similar Chinese-American trilingual ministry, the same doctrinal tradition, and an overlapping elder-led governance structure with the same AWANA and fellowship programming.
• North Valley Christian Church: Milpitas-based CCIC sister church (which itself planted Tri-Valley); serves an overlapping Chinese-American Silicon Valley demographic with comparable Mandarin/Cantonese/English ministry offerings and identical church-planting DNA.
• South Valley Christian Church: Church planted by CCIC San Jose to serve South San Jose; operates within the same CCIC network with a shared Chinese-American ministry model and overlapping language programming, making it the most directly comparable organizational peer.
• Tri-Valley Christian Church: Pleasanton-area CCIC sister church planted via North Valley; extends the same Chinese-American ministry model into the East Bay and demonstrates the replicability of CCIC's church-planting franchise.

Regional players

• Chinese Bible Church of San Diego: Chinese-American church in Southern California serving a similar demographic with a comparable Mandarin/Cantonese/English ministry model; competes for the same donor and congregant archetypes but in a non-overlapping geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CCICMediavideos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chinese-for-christ-church-of-san-jose

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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