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Rev. Ching Fang Chen (陳清芳)

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Rev. Ching Fang Chen (陳清芳)

Rev. Ching Fang Chen (陳清芳) is a Taiwanese American pastor and the inaugural Chair of the |NTPC Historical Committee (2025). He authored the Historical Committee foreword to the 2025 republication of |Dr. Albert S. Lai’s dissertation |Toward A Community of Hope.

Identity Snapshot

  • Full name: 陳清芳 (Chen Ching Fang / Rev. Ching Fang Chen)
  • Era: 2020s (NTPC Historical Committee from 2025)
  • Geography: Southern California / NTPC network
  • Core roles: Pastor; inaugural Chair, NTPC Historical Committee; foreword author

Role in NTPC

Following the NTPC’s 50th anniversary conference (2024; |黃德利 commissioned as 特刊 editor — book not online), the NTPC established the Historical Committee in 2025. Rev. Chen was appointed inaugural chairperson. He also sat on the 51st Houston panel (TCNN 2025-05-09).

Primary work page: |Toward A Community of Hope (work & sources)
Full text (GitHub): complete extract

His June 2025 foreword stressed urgency of preservation, history as theological encounter, and Lai’s 1971 dissertation as a cornerstone resource for understanding the founding of the first Taiwanese Presbyterian church in Southern California (|FPCLA lineage).

The book he foregrounded (per work page)

Per |Toward A Community of Hope: Dr. Albert S. Lai’s Doctor of Ministry dissertation (San Francisco Theological Seminary, December 1971), rediscovered in 2022 and republished in 2025 for the 50th anniversary by Taiwan Church Press + NTPC + Tainan East Gate Barclay History Education Promotion — the first publication of the NTPC Historical Committee Chen chairs. The republication network Chen sits in alongside |Rev. Mingyuan Hsu, |Rev. Pinghsi Liu, |Rev. En Sheng Pan, |Dr. Yunching Yeh Davis, and |Pastor Pingtung Lai (family/heritage preface material). The dissertation itself documents the FPCLA founding story involving |Rev. Jonah Chang (Aug 1970 experimental worship), |Dr. Charles C.L. Kao (organizing minister, Sep 1971), and co-founders |Dr. Daniel Kao and |Dr. C.C. Chen.

Works

albert-s-lai has 1 article where they appear in the title and 0 additional articles that mention them in the body.

Title Mentions (1 article)

  1. 2025 — |Toward A Community of Hope (2025 Historical Committee Foreword) — NTPC Historical Committee chair

Publications

  • 2025 — Authored the Historical Committee foreword to the 50th anniversary republication of Toward A Community of Hope — A Mission to Formosan Community in Los Angeles (Taiwan Church Press). This book was the first publication of the NTPC Historical Committee.

Quotes

“The publication of this book is entirely the result of God’s unexpected grace and blessing.” — Rev. Ching Fang Chen, 2025 Historical Committee foreword

“On the afternoon of June 9, 2022, during an initial visit to our esteemed brother, Albert Lai, I chanced upon a doctoral dissertation, sealed in dust for over half a century.” — Rev. Ching Fang Chen, 2025 Historical Committee foreword

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  3. en-sheng-pan
  4. index
  5. ntpc
  6. pinghsi-liu
  7. yunching-yeh-davis

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  1. national-taiwanese-presbyterian-council
  2. national-taiwanese-presbyterian-council
  3. national-taiwanese-presbyterian-council

Sources (1)

  1. toward-a-community-of-hope

Source Notes and Confidence

  • Content priority A: Inaugural Historical Committee Chair; foreword themes and endorsement narrative
  • Needs verification: Education, full ministerial biography

Name Variants / Disambiguation

  • Ching Fang Chen / Rev. Ching Fang Chen · 陳清芳

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