The Mid-American Chinese Christian Summer Retreat (MACCSR) is a retreat center where the participants can go to pursue spiritual growth, rest, and renewal. Each year the selected location provides a beautiful oasis surrounded by many acres of pristine forest filled with wildlife and sometime the sparkling lake, the retreat focus on bring Chinese people to Christ during Labor Day.
This site was developed by Emmanuel Chinese Baptist Church to support the English Program of MACCSR. The Christ-centered retreat will have a collection of workshop, activities, and worship to promote and encourage fellowship among the participants. Our goals is to bring the group to draw closer to God and to each other. The volunteers come from many Chinese churches in the midwest. Below are some of the organizations that help sponsor the English program at MACCSR. We are extremely grateful for them as well as others that are not included on this list.
Emmanuel Chinese Baptist Church
Chinese Bible Church of Springfield
Tulsa Chinese Christian Church
Springfield Chinese Church
Columbia Chinese Christian Church
Lawrence Chinese Evangelical Church
THE DIRECTOR – Jonathon Wong
Has been serving faithfully at ECBC for many year in the English Adult and AV team at church. He majored in Computer Science and currently working for an IT company. You can find him not only serving at church but also traveling, spending time with friends, Computer Gaming, and reading.
Assitant Director – Steven Mak
He has grown up at ECBC starting from when his family first attended 25 years ago. He has attended Labor Day Retreat since he was in Youth and continues to come and not only participate but also serve. His passions can be found in serving the church, fishing, white water rafting, scuba diving, traveling and many more fun activities. He enjoys serving the Youth/College and English Adult in Sunday school, activities, and worship team. He continues his passion of service through his career in being a nurse for the past 12 years at The University of Kansas Health System in the operating room. If he is not serving in the community, you can find him hanging out with church friends and cooking out with his older brother (Dennis).
