Chinese Church Planter Jack Tai Roots in Plano, Dallas Area; Five Baptized in 18 Months
PLANO, Texas — Joy Church, founded in Plano, Collin County, Texas, by Chinese church planter Jack Tai and his wife Lydia, has grown steadily since starting in their living room a year and a half ago; five people have come to faith and been baptized.
According to Baptist Press, Tai was expected to leave China, work for an American company and live a successful life, but while studying English in college he met missionaries sent by the International Mission Board and heard the Gospel at an English corner, which changed his direction. He and his wife then served an underground church in China for a decade, facing the daily risk of being shut down.
After moving to the United States, Tai saw that the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex has about 100,000 Chinese immigrants, 90 percent of them unreached, and decided to plant a church serving the Chinese community. Supported by the Southern Baptist Send Network, he started with small living-room gatherings that keep drawing new friends. Tai says what excites him most is that God keeps bringing new friends and nonbelievers to the church, and he is seeing God's kingdom grow.
Source: Baptist Press
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: Plano 市的 Stinson 小学。（Michael Barera 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）
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