The Topeka Gospel Church – A Brief Description

          In the fall of 1982 three homemakers got together for Bible studies and soon more people became interested in it.  A year later they organized as a family Bible study group and called itself Topeka Chinese Bible Study Group.  The number of participants continued to grow and by the summer of 1994 it became impossible to have a study session in individual’s home. In October of that year the group accepted an invitation to have its studies in Southern Hills Mennonite Church. 

          At the same time a meeting was held to form a governing board of directors and to make preparation for incorporation.  In early 1996 the board of directors adopted the name, the Topeka Gospel Church (TGC), and initiated a formal application process through Kansas Secretary of State Office.

          On March 1, 1996 the Topeka Gospel Church was duly incorporated and constituted as a New Testament Church.  And since early July of 2003, it has become a cooperating member of the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists and the Kaw Valley Association of Southern Baptists.

          The vision of our church is to build a Biblical Christian church targeting on the people with Chinese culture, background and interest in the Topeka area. And the purpose of our church is to glorify God, to be the likeness of Jesus Christ, and to fellowship with the Holy Spirit through worship, evangelism, bible study, discipleship, missions, and community services.

          We affirm the Holy Bible as the inspired Word of God and the basis of our beliefs.  And we adopt the doctrinal statement of "The Baptist Faith and Message" of the Southern Baptist Convention as the principles of our faith. We voluntarily band ourselves together as a body of baptized believers in Jesus Christ. Having received the salvation of Jesus Christ personally, we commit ourselves to sharing the good news of salvation to all mankind. The ordinances of the church are believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper.

          Since its establishment the TGC had conducted the Sunday Worship Service and other functions at Covenant Baptist Church, located at 5440 SW 37th St. till April, 2008.  Due to space constraint, the TGC accepted an offer from the Topeka Bible Church and moved to 1135 SW College Avenue and had the first Sunday Worship on May 4 of that year.  In Nov 2022, TGC moved to the current location at 3501 SW Wanamaker Road Room D 13, inside the Wanamaker Woods Church of the Nazarene. Afterwards, TGC left the Southern Baptist Associations in December 2023.

          The language used in our church is Mandarin Chinese with English translation if it is necessary. When a guest speaker speaks English, then a Chinese interpreter is provided.