Formerly known as Pacific Grace Mission Chapel, Pacific Grace MB Church began
with the support of the MB Board of Church Extension. In early days it was an
English-speaking ministry with participating ethnic Chinese.
The first fellowship was established on December 11, 1963. In March 1964 the
first Sunday worship was held at the present location. From that time on the
number of participating Chinese continued to grow and the church extended its
evangelistic efforts to the Chinese community. In the fall of 1972, the number
of Chinese participants reached 22. In early 1973, the Chinese congregation
requested to conduct separate meetings because of the increasing size. The
Chinese department was officially established and distinguished from the English
section in 1974. The Chinese ministry continued to grow. In early 1977, the
English section proposed dissolving the English congregation. In April of the
same year Pacific Grace Mission Chapel was officially renamed as Pacific Grace
Chinese Church which was catered for ethnic Chinese. Burnaby Pacific Grace
Chinese Church was planted in 1990 and became independent in 1991. In March
1995, another site for evangelism was established in south Vancouver. The
one-church two-site model continued until the end of 1997. In 1998 the south
site became the South Vancouver Pacific Grace MB Church. Our site was also
renamed as Pacific Grace MB Church.
A reflection of the past shows that God has indeed graciously blessed the
development of Pacific Grace. He sent various servants to lead the church during
different periods of time. After Rev. Paul Li, the first pastor, had rested and
returned to the Lord, God sent Rev. Eddie Chu and Rev. Enoch Wong to shepherd
the congregation. Rev. David Chan has been serving as the pastor since Rev. Wong's retirement in July 1987 until July 2007.
