Our Pastors

Albert Lam was born and raised in Hong Kong. From 1982 to 1990 he had served in the Philippines, first as Dean of Men at Biblical Seminary of the Philippines and then Resident Pastor at Grace Christian Church. In 1991, Pastor Lam and his wife, Wanda, responded to the call and invitation from Chinese Bible Church of San Diego to become her first full-time pastor. The vision of the Lam’s is to work with like-minded coworkers to build up the church of God and transform it to become a healthy and vibrantly missional community. Since then, this small church, in God’s grace, has gradually grown and branched out to five more churches in nearby regions. Pastor Lam received his initial ministerial training from Overseas Bible Seminary in Hong Kong and Religious Education training from Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. In 2004, he received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in California. Pastor Lam also preaches frequently at church retreats, pastors’ retreats and Bible conferences in North America, Europe and Asia. He is also an adjunct professor at various seminaries in California, teaching Homiletics and Church Growth. At present, Pastor Lam also serves as Vice-chair of Gospel Operation International, Chief Editor of Ambassador For Christ Magazine, and member of Visitation Team for Accreditation of Association of Theological Schools.

Pastor Wanda was born and raised in Hong Kong. In 1982, she served at churches in the Philippines alongside her husband, Rev. Lam. In 1991, she continued serving with him as he took up ministry duties at CBCSD. In 2003, she became the Pastor of Pastoral Care, tending to the needs of pastors & ministries, oversees small group ministries and serves as a resource person for training lay counselors. She holds a M.A. in Pastoral Care from Bethel Seminary.In 2014 she became the Executive Pastor of

Born and raised in Yunan, China, Pastor Qin was a university professor before leaving China. In 1991, he came to the U.S. as a visiting scholar and worked in the biomedical research field for more than 15 years. During the meantime, he became a believer in 1994. He sensed the calling to go into full-time ministry in 2001, so he begun studying at Bethel Seminary the following year and graduated in 2009. From 2010 to 2011 he served as a full-time pastoral intern, and later as an overseer of the evangelism ministry. He was the Executive Pastor of 4S Campus ministry and was ordained in 2018. In 2021, he received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Bethel Seminary.
Effective January 2021 he is Pastor of Missions and Development, leads the mission and online church development. He also oversees the church’s Downtown Worship Center ministry as an Executive Pastor.

Rev. Dr. Raymond Hsu was born in Taiwan, moved to Los Angeles during middle school, and shortly after became a Christian. In 1990, he graduated from Purdue University with the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and then worked in a high-tech industry for many years. In 2008, he responeded to God’s calling and resigned from his engineering job for full-time theological training. In 2010, he received the Master of Biblical Studies degree from Westminster Seminary of California and in 2013 the Ph.D. degree in Theology from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2014, he began to serve at China Evangelical Seminary North America as a resident professor in New Testament and in 2019 became the Academic Dean. He and wife Yi-Ying Lee have two daughters.

Rev. Joseph Gong was born and raised in Harbin, China. By God’s Grace, he became a Christian in 2000 after 3 years of spiritual searching while studying in Japan. When he was called into full-time ministry in 2003, he stopped his pursuit of a Doctorate degree of Social Psychology in Hokkaido University and enrolled at Logos Evangelical Seminary in the States to study for the Master of Divinity. After graduating in 2006, he served at First Chinese Baptist Church Los Angeles as their Mandarin pastor and was ordained as Reverend in 2011. After pastoring the church for 11 years, he joined the CBCSD pastoral staff as Mandarin Pastor at the Main Campus. Rev. Gong and his wife, Rose, were married in 1991 and have a son.

Pastor Rose Gong was born and raised in China. She became a Christian in 2000 while studying in Japan. In 2003, both she and her husband, Rev. Joseph Gong received the call for full-time ministry. Later the whole family came to the US and both she and her husband enrolled in Logos Evangelical Seminary. She graduated with a Master of Arts in Christian Studies (M.A.C.S.) in 2013 and then in 2019 received her Master of Theology (Th. M), majoring in the Old Testament. For more than a decade prior to her joining the pastoral staff team at CBCSD on June 1, 2019, Pastor Rose assisted Rev. Gong, when he served at the First Chinese Baptist Church Los Angeles and then at CBCSD.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Pastor Edward Chiu came to United States for college in 1990. After obtaining his B.S. in Computer Science degree from University of Nevada, Reno in 1993, he started as a software engineer and eventually became Vice President of Engineering in a public-safety & public-health focused software solution provider. In 2009 he was called by the Lord into ministry and started his seminary study. He completed his Master of Divinity degree from Bethel Seminary San Diego in 2015. He is married to his beautiful wife, Vivian, since 2003, and they have one energetic son.

Rev. Tony Hao was born and raised in the Philippines where, through the radio ministry of FEBC, he trusted Jesus as Savior and Lord in 1979. After graduating with his B.S. in Biology at California State Polytechnic University (Pomona), he taught at San Diego High School. In 1990, the Lord called him into full-time ministry and he studied at Talbot School of Theology. He obtained his Master of Divinity (1994), and his Master of Theology (2000) majoring in Bible Exposition. He served as pastor of the Evangelical Formosan Church of East Valley (Walnut CA) until 2005, and was teaching pastor at the Dallas Chinese Bible Church (Richardson TX) until 2009. From 2009-2022, Rev. Hao was professor of Hermeneutics and Homiletics at the Biblical Seminary of the Philippines, and served as its eighth president (2019-2022). He is married to his wife, Jennifer, and they have two sons, Nathan and Joel.

Tim is from the suburbs of Boston, MA, where much of his identity and personal faith was shaped by growing up as an ethnic (Asian) and religious (Christian) minority. Into his teenage years he began to understand that centering a life around Jesus meant much more than just attending church and being a moral person–it is a new identity and changed values because of the historical events of Christ. Tim felt called to serve God in volunteer and then full-time church work. He double majored in Philosophy and Theology at Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL), and received his Masters of Divinity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (South Hamilton, MA). He is married to Mindy, who is from New Jersey, and they have three children, Mia, Chloe, and Aiden. A lifelong Chinese church youth pastor, Tim served for 13 years in New Jersey, Boston, and L.A. before coming to the main campus at the Chinese Bible Church of San Diego. Tim enjoys a wide variety of non-alcoholic drinks including smoothies, boba, coffee, tea, and even soda. He loves eating out at quality restaurants, staying on top of fashion trends, and keeping informed about developing technology. Sports he enjoys but rarely gets to do include snowboarding/skiing, learning to surf, rock climbing (bouldering), mountain biking, roller hockey, soccer, basketball, and wrestling.

Melody Lai completed her Master’s degree in Children and Family Ministry at Bethel Seminary in 2022. She received her Bachelor’s in Piano Performance, Music in Canada, where she is originally from. She then went to the United States, where she received her Master’s in Piano Performance. She has worked with kids for over 30 years in many different contexts. Her lifelong passion and calling has been to see kids come to know Jesus, and to walk with them in their spiritual formation. She is also passionate in supporting families in their faith journey and in the spiritual nurture of their children. Melody is married to Joe Lai and together they have two lovely daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth. Her family loves playing worship music together, playing board games, and traveling to the National Parks. She is excited to be serving the CBCSD families and the community!

Rev. Donald Liu was born in Taiwan, Rev. Donald Liu became a Christian in college. After obtaining his Electrical Engineering Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, he worked as a computer engineer for 15 years. In 2002, the calling to full-time ministry became very clear. In 2003 he was selected by the congregation to help plant Central Campus. Pastor Donald graduated from Bethel Seminary with a M. Div. degree in 2005 and became a reverend in 2008.

She accepted Christ a year after immigrating from Taiwan to the States in 1985. In 2004, she and her husband established a church in Frederick, Maryland. In 2006 she received her M.A. in Christian counseling from Capital Bible Seminary (Lanham, MD) and in 2011 she received a Maryland professional counseling license. For 6 years she served as counseling minister at Chinese Gaithersburg Chinese Alliance Church; afterwards, she worked as professional counselor for a year at Centre Point Christian counseling agency. When her husband received the calling to full-time ministry, they moved their entire family and dog by driving across the country to sunny southern California in 2015. Pastor Angela began serving at CBCSD Central Campus in 2016. She and her husband have 2 lovely grown children.

Pastor William was born and raised in Taiwan. He accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord in 1986 through a Bible study group on campus in the States. After obtaining his Ph.D. in biochemistry at West Virginia University, he worked as a research scientist for about 25 years. In 2014 the Lord called him to become a full-time minister through a short-term mission trip. In 2017, he obtained a M.Div. degree from China Evangelical Seminary North America and then joined the CBCSD pastoral staff. He is married to his wife, Pastor Angela, and they have two grown children.

Rev. Jeff Huang was born in Taiwan and immigrated to the United States when he was 13. He trusted Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord when he was a junior in high school. During his time at UCLA for undergraduate and graduate school, he received God’s call to vocational ministry. Pastor Jeff has served in a Christian radio broadcasting company for 2 years, in 3 Chinese churches for 23 years before joining Chinese Bible Church of San Diego, Temecula Valley Campus, as the Resident Pastor in August 2018. Pastor Jeff received his theological training from Talbot School of Theology. He is married to his wife, Jackie, and they have two daughters.