The Chinese Presbyterian Church of Oakland is one of the oldest Asian churches established in the San Francisco Bay Area. It grew from an 1860s English Class to an organized Bible study group with the help of the First Presbyterian Church in Oakland. In 1878, Dr. Ira Condit, a Presbyterian missionary, helped members of the Bible study group to organize as a church. Among the original sixteen charter members was Huie Kin, who would become the founding pastor of the First Chinese Presbyterian Church in New York, established in 1910.
中華基督教屋崙長老會是舊金山灣區最早成立的亞裔教會之一。教會的起源可追溯至十九世紀六十年代的一個英語班，在屋崙第一長老會的協助下，逐漸發展成為一個有組織的查經小組。1878 年，長老會宣教士 Ira Condit 博士協助該查經小組的成員正式組織成為教會。最初的十六位創會會友之中，包括許芹；他後來成為於 1910 年成立的紐約中華基督教長老會的創會牧師。
At first, the Chinese Presbyterian Church of Oakland rented a house on 13th and Harrison for worship services. In 1906, the location changed to a house on 6th and Harrison. The church moved to its present building at 265 Eighth Street in 1927. Reverend Lee Hong, was called to minister to the Chinese Presbyterian Church in 1929. Under his leadership, the church attained financial independence from the Presbytery and the Mission Board, and the congregation grew to over one hundred. Since then, the church has fostered a long history of Christian life and service.
教會初期在第十三街與 Harrison 街交界租用一所房屋作為敬拜之用。1906 年，聚會地點遷至第六街與 Harrison 街的一所房屋。1927 年，教會遷入現址——第八街 265 號的堂址。1929 年，李牧師蒙召牧養中華基督教屋崙長老會。在他的帶領下，教會在財政上脫離了區會與宣教委員會的資助而達致自立，會眾人數亦增長至一百多人。自此教會建立悠久而豐富的基督徒生命與服事的歷史。
Today, the Chinese Presbyterian Church continues to strive to be a faithful witness of the gospel of Jesus Christ in Oakland’s Chinatown and the surrounding community. The Reverend Huie Kin had reminisced at the end of his ministry, “I came to America for gold as many of my cousins had done before me, … but I found riches that never rust and a fortune that cannot be stolen.” We pray that in the midst of changing times, the church might always point to the unfading hope and unending love found in the living and unchanging Triune God.
今日，中華基督教屋崙長老會仍然努力在屋崙華埠及周邊社區中，作耶穌基督福音忠心的見證。許芹牧師在其事奉生涯結束時曾回憶說：「我來到美國是為了淘金，正如許多表親在我之前所做的一樣⋯⋯但我卻找到了永不生鏽的財富，以及無人能奪去的產業。」我們祈求，在時代變遷之中，教會始終指向那在永活、不變的三一上帝裡所找到的、不褪色的盼望與無盡的愛。
Chinese Presbyterian Church of Oakland 中華基督教屋崙長老會 