In 1976, when Chan was eight years old, his stepmother Amy Chan died in an automobile accident. During this time, his father married Amy Law and gave Francis a half-sister, Gloria. Ĭhan was sent to Hong Kong to be raised by a grandmother, a Buddhist for several years.

Biography Early life and education Ĭhan was born in San Francisco to immigrants Pak-sum Chan, a former minister at the Leighton Road Baptist Church in Hong Kong, and Wan-bing Mui, a “Bible woman of the Hong Kong Baptist Church, Caine Road.” He was their third child his mother died during his childbirth, of “excessive bleeding”, leaving his father with sister Grace, brother Paul, and newborn Francis, who was named for the city of his birth and of the tragedy. Chan has also served as an ambassador for Care for Children. He has authored and co-authored numerous books including Crazy Love, a New York Times bestseller. Ĭhan has been a board member of several Christian and social justice organizations, including Children's Hunger Fund and Gospel for Asia. He also founded Eternity Bible College in 2004, and served as its early chancellor until 2010. He is the former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church, an Evangelical church in Simi Valley, California founded by Chan in 1994. In stark contrast, the book offers real-life accounts of believers who have given all-time, money, health, even their lives-in obedience to Christ’s call.Chan also recounts his own attempts to live “crazy” by significantly downsizing his home and giving away his resources to the poor.Earnest Christians will find valuable take-home lessons from Chan’s excellent book.San Francisco, California, United States įrancis Chan (born August 31, 1967), is an American Protestant author, teacher, and preacher.

He describes at length the sorry state of “lukewarm” Christians who strive for a life characterized by control, safety and an absence of suffering. Chan writes with infectious exuberance, challenging Christians to take the Bible seriously. As a pastor, Chan says that conducting weekly funerals for people younger than himself has likewise sobered him to life’s unexpectedness and frailty. His mother died giving birth to him, his stepmother died when he was nine, and his dad when he was 12. Chan’s own life compels him to live with urgency, and with good reason. Chan, senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, Calif., offers a radical call for evangelicals to consider and emulate in this debut guide to living “crazy” for God.

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