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Rev. Benjamin S.L Chan
Area Director of East Asia and India
International Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA

The Rev. Benjamin S.L. Chan has served with the International Ministries ( www.internationalministries.org)since April 1992. His coordinates American Baptist mission work in China/Hong Kong, the Philippines, Korea, India, and Nepal. This involves maintaining relationships with fifteen Baptist conventions and councils in the region. These partner churches have grown to a combined membership of 1.5 million (not including China). Ben also supervises International Ministries missionaries. He is currently the Chair of the Board of Foundation of Theological Education in South East Asia ( http://www.ftesea.org/).

Ben was born and raised in Hong Kong. He was a graduate of the Chung Chi Divinity School of the Chinese University of Hong Kong ( http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/theology/en/introduction.html), and the Divinity School of Yale University ( http://www.yale.edu/divinity). He was ordained by Calvary Baptist Church, New Haven Connecticut. Before joining International Ministries, Ben served as a pastor of the Community Baptist Church in Milwaukee. Throughout his ministry, Ben has devoted his skills to reaching out to share the Good News of Christ in cross-cultural settings. He does this in a manner that touches the emotional, social and spiritual needs of people.

Ben's parents are members of the ABC-related Mongkok Swatow Baptist Church in Hong Kong. Ben, his wife, Becky, and their children, Phoebe and Jonathan, reside in Royersford, Pennsylvania.

Contact:   ben.chan@abc-usa.org