Francis Chan (Chinese: 陳恩藩; born August 31, 1967)[1] is an American Protestant author, teacher, and preacher.

[4][5] Chan has been a board member of several Christian and social justice organizations, including Children's Hunger Fund and Gospel for Asia.

[8] Chan was born in San Francisco[9][2] to immigrants Pak-sum Chan [陳柏森], a former minister at the Leighton Road Baptist Church in Hong Kong, and Wan-bing Mui [梅韻冰], a “Bible woman of the Hong Kong Baptist Church, Caine Road.” He was their third child; his mother died during his childbirth,[9] 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.

[3][10] As a high-school and then junior-college student,[12] Chan was active in Christian youth groups, which helped develop his faith in Christ and his interest in ministry.

[13][14] After earning his seminary degree, Chan "landed a youth pastor position" in Chatsworth, California, at the Church at Rocky Peak.

"[14] For reasons not explained further, Chan left that pastoral position for a job at a restaurant, waiting tables.

The church continued to see increases in attendance, and by the year 2000, it had received approval from local officials for building expansion to double its capacity, in support of a 1,600-member congregation.

Chan had been giving away about 50% of his income, didn't take a salary from his church, and donated most of his book royalties, which totaled about $2,000,000, to various charities.

[29] Prior to this shift on the Eucharist, Chan had given a talk at the (Neo-charismatic Protestant) Onething conference in 2018, and was prayed over by multiple Catholic priests.