our strategy team
Pastor Tony
Pastor Tony, aka P.T., grew up in the Windy City which has birthed the greatest pizza, hotdog, and basketball player the world has ever seen. After receiving his M.DIV from Moody Theological Seminary, P.T. got married to his beautiful wife Ruth and they moved to Taiwan. After pastoring for about a year, God then called them to move to Texas where they served at a Korean church for the next 2 years. God eventually led their family back to Chicago where he was a pastor at a Chinese Church for 8+ years. He recieved his Doctor of Educational Ministry from Southern Seminary before moving to the Bay Area. God has blessed P.T. with 4 crazy kids: Hope, Hosea, Hudson, and Hosanna. Even though P.T. is a diehard Chi-Town sports fan he is contemplating on switching to Dub Nation. Lastly, P.T. is a fanboy of K-Pop and K-Drama so if you ever want to gossip about Hallyu Stars you can hit him up.
Pastor Tony
Pastor David
Pastor Ben was born and raised in Australia and moved to the Bay Area in 2017. After encountering Christ in a deeper way during college, he sensed God's call to ministry and later earned his M.Div. from the Australia University of Theology. Before joining River of Life Christian Church as the Youth & Family Ministry Pastor, Ben served for 9 years as the English Ministry Pastor at a Chinese Heritage Church. He is passionate about seeing the next generation encounter Jesus and experience revival. Ben is married to Ruth, and they have two daughters, Erin and Hazel. In his free time, he enjoys great coffee, brewing Taiwanese tea, and early morning workouts.
Pastor Ben
Sam
Sam is a Bay Area native with extended stays in Orlando, Florida, and Taipei, Taiwan. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a major in coasting because he already knew his calling resided in ministry and entrepreneurship. After graduation, he worked as the youth assistant at ROLCC for a little over a year before moving on to tech. Since then, he literally stirs the (boba) pot at Boba Drive and is supported by his loving wife while he chases his entrepreneurial dreams. Sam is passionate about winning, Giannis Antetokounmpo, guitar pedals, and whatever other rabbit hole he ends up digging.
Sam
Philip
Brian