History of PAC – Perth Alliance Church

1986	Jan	The Canadian Chinese Christian & Missionary Alliance sent Rev & Mrs Jonathan Kaan to launch a church planting project in Perth.
1992	May	Rev Thomas Auyeung, former principal of the Macau Bible College, arrived in Perth and joined the pastoral team of the church.
1994	Jan	The church’s original English name of “Perth Chinese Alliance Church” was changed to “Perth Alliance Church”, and two separate services started, i.e. Mandarin & Cantonese.
1996	Sep	The church acquired its own building and moved to 324 Belmont Ave, Kewdale.
1998	Mar	The first English service was held in Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre.
2003	Nov	The church launched a church planting project led by Rev Thomas Auyeung to reach out to the northern suburbs of Perth, and had its first meeting at Hamersley Community Centre.
2007	Jul	Amendments to PAC By Laws approved by National Board to form a combined Board of Elders responsible for both PAC (North) and PAC (South), and separate Boards of Deacons.
2008	Mar	Unit 6, 41 Belmont Ave purchased, and church office moved to this location.
	May	English congregation commences Sunday worship services at 6/41 Belmont Ave.
2012	Sep	PAC (North) commenced separate Mandarin Service.
2018	Mar	Rev Thomas Auyeung diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. Rev Rolf Van Wollingen appointed Acting Senior Pastor of both PAC (South) and PAC (North).
2020	Sep	Rev Thomas Auyeung formally resigned as Senior Pastor of both PAC (South) and PAC (North).
2021	Sep	PAC (South) and PAC (North) formally separated into fully independent churches, each with their own Board of Elders and Lead Pastor.
2022	Oct	In view of increasing new members, fuelled by migration from HK, search committee established to find a second fulltime pastor for PAC (South) Cantonese congregation.
2023	Dec	Rev Thomas Auyeung passed away.
2024	Oct	Iris Chan called to serve as a second fulltime pastor in the PAC (South) Cantonese congregation