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Welcome to Community Baptist Church! God is doing a great work in your life, and we are excited to help you spiritually grow and mature. There are many ways to grow in Christ at CBC, as we seek to sincerely love each other, compassionately serve our community, and faithfully develop disciples of Jesus. Feel free to join us for worship on Sunday mornings to get started. Take a look at the opportunities that are found in this website to know and serve God and plan to take your next step!

Community Baptist Church is unique in that we are a multi-lingual church with services in three different languages at various time throughout the morning. Though we all consider ourselves an integral part of Community Baptist Church, each service is conducted by a different pastor in a different language:

Our Vision

We are a Chinese-American Christian church called to genuinely share Christ's love with others, to compassionately serve the San Mateo community, and to faithfully develop committed followers of Jesus Christ.

A Chinese-American Christian church

Describing our heritage and historical identity, Community Baptist Church is filled with people of vision whom God has used and is using to fulfill His Commission in this community since 1948.
Learn more about our history here.

Genuinely share Christ's love with others

This is our greatest ethic. When we meet together, we desire that all who come will sense God's love for them. We desire that each person who enters the building encounters the sincere, never-ending love of God.
Find out more about our core beliefs here.

Compassionately serve the San Mateo community

We realize God has called us to serve Him and others in this world. We also realize that God has uniquely placed us in a multi-cultural community in order to serve the needs of that community in His name.
Explore all of the opportunities we have to serve in and around the church.

Faithfully develop committed followers of Jesus Christ

We have an ongoing commitment to grow in our relationship with the Lord and desire for every person who meets with us to give their life to Christ and grow in Him. We desire for all people to become strong believers in Christ and for all believers to become strong disciples of Christ.
Join a fellowship or small group and come grow with us.

With God's help and guidance, we will see this vision become a reality.

Our Core Beliefs

As part of the American Baptist Churches USA, we at Community Baptist Church of San Mateo believe:

1. That the Bible is God's Word, written by men divinely and uniquely inspired by the Holy Spirit and it is the final authority on matters of faith and conduct. (Psalm 119:105, 160; Proverbs 30:5; 2 Peter 1:20, 21)

2. That there is only one God, the Creator who exists in three persons: Father, Son & Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 John 4:13-16)

3. In Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only Savior of the world; in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, death, burial, bodily resurrection, ascension to Heaven at the right hand of the Father, and personal return to reign in power and glory. (John 3:16; Hebrews 4:14, 15; John 5:8-9; 1 Corinthians 15:3,4; Acts 1:9-11; Hebrews 7:25; Titus 2:13)

4. That man is sinful and can only be redeemed by the death and shed blood of Christ upon the cross. (John 14:6; Romans 6.23; Hebrews 7:25; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Titus 3:5; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21)

5. In the resurrection of both saved and lost; the believer to life everlasting and the nonbeliever to the resurrection of condemnation. (John 3:36; Romans 6:23; Revelation 20:15)

6. In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit indwelling, empowering, and guiding the believer. (John 14:16-17, 26; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 2:12, 3:16; Galatians 5:25; 1 John 4:13)

7. In baptism of believers upon confession of faith. (Matthew 28:19; Mark 10:39; Romans 6:4; 1 Peter 3:21)

Our History

Community Baptist Church (CBC) was established in 1948 by Mrs. Margarita Lake "Mother" Garton, who had a vision to reach Chinese people in the San Mateo area. As the need grew for a place to worship, fellowship, and reach more Chinese people, a congregation was born. In 1958, the group was incorporated as the San Mateo Chinese Baptist Community Church.

In order to reach a wider section of the community, in 1962 the congregation voted to change the name to Community Baptist Church. In 1989, Pastor Jim Kennon had a vision to add an additional service, one that would serve the growing Cantonese speaking population in the Bay Area. Thus the Cantonese service became a reality in 1990. Twelve years later, Pastor Jenny Quey had a vision to add another service that would reach even more Chinese people. In 2002, the Mandarin-speaking congregation was born.

From CBC's beginning through one person's vision to reach Chinese people in the local area for Jesus Christ, to today's vision to reach the multi-cultural and diverse community of San Mateo County, God is using CBC to fulfill His Great Commission to make disciples of all people.

Cantonese Ministries

Rev. Dr. Jenny Quey, Senior Pastor was born and raised in Hong Kong. She came to know the Lord at the age of 15 and sensed a call to ministry when she was 17. She received her B.A. in Sociology from Hong Kong Baptist University, and both her M. Div. and D. Min. from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.

Pastor Jenny has been serving at CBC since 1990, where she started the Cantonese ministry. She was ordained that same year. Since 1998, she has served as the Senior Pastor, and in 2002, she established the Mandarin ministry.

Pastor Jenny has served on numerous denominational and inter-denominational boards and committees including Growing Healthy Church, American Baptist Churches of the U.S.A., International Ministry of the U.S.A, Tien Dao Christian Center, Worldwide Bible Society , the National Conference of Chinese Christian Churches of North America, and America Return To God Prayer Movement. She has also preached on a weekly radio program in San Francisco and hosted a Chinese Christian Television Program "Live Splendidly" that brings on special guests for each episode and discusses topics pertaining to everyday life.

Her husband, Art, graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary with a M. Div. and has also been ordained. Together, they serve in the church with a passion for carrying out the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. They have two children, Daniel and Rebecca.

English Ministries

English Interim Pastor

Pastor Kevin Pasion is a Native Californian, born and raised in California. He holds a BS Degree in Bible and Theology at San Jose Christian College, and an MA Degree in Theology at Bethel Seminary in San Diego, currently working towards certification as Biblical Counselors with ACBC (Association of Certified Biblical Counselors) and hope to partner with churches to develop Biblical Counseling in local churches in the Bay Area. He has been in full-time pastoral ministry for over 25 years. He enjoys music—especially playing his guitar and singing—and he enjoys all kinds of outdoor activities including camping, fishing, traveling, and spending a lot of quality time with his 6 children and 13 grandchildren.

Mandarin Ministries

Emily Han was born in China. Following her father's influence, she enjoys writing, reading and loves to appreciate different forms of art. At 19 years old Emily was touched by her mother's passion for the Lord and accepted Jesus as her personal Lord and savior. She dedicated her life to full time ministry by age 25, and began her pastoring career at age 27, specializing in teaching, counselling, and training workers. Emily also gets involved in the translation of commentaries, theological textbooks and Christian books. She has translated over one million characters. In May of 2022 Emily earned her Doctor of Ministry degree at King's University, writing her dissertation on the topic of Christian Spiritual Formation. Emily and her husband Pastor Liu Wei-Chih have one daughter and one son.

Family Ministries

Pastor Jennifer Plantenberg, Family Pastor, was born and raised in Fresno, California. Growing up, she attended Fresno First Baptist Church (FBC), where she was baptized at age 11 and sensed a call to ministry at age 15. She received her B. A. in Religious Studies from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, and her M. Div. from Berkeley School of Theology (BST) (formerly known as American Baptist Seminary of the West) in Berkeley, California, and was ordained in 2008 at CBC.

Pastor Jen followed God's calling and her passion for children and youth serving at Fresno FBC, McMinnville FBC, Sugar Pine Christian Camps, and Redwood Glen. She ministered here at CBC part-time while attending seminary and then returned full-time from 2005-2019. She currently serves as Family Pastor and feels blessed to be a part of the CBC family.

 

 

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