"Wholly Renewed"

Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in the knowledge in the image of its Creator.
[Colossians 3:9-10]

Pastor Roy Tinklenberg, Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, Pastor of Congregational Care

Pastor Roy Tinklenberg is one of us. He became part of the EFC family when he was a student studying at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena.  What he thought would be a six month part-time ministry job as the youth pastor at the Evangelical Formosan Church in the San Fernando Valley turned into seventeen years of ministry as their English Pastor. (I think that is the record for the longest tenure of an English Pastor in an EFC church!)  Hey, the folks at EFC-SFV were so lovable, how could he go anywhere else?  
 
While he was pastoring at EFC-SFV he met and married Esther Yeh (a UCLA Bruin who was a friend of EFC-SFVers). Together they have three children, Bethany (13), Benjamin (11) and Brooke (7) - his "Killer B's."  His family is the highlight of his life.  He also enjoys camping, fishing, biking, hiking and rooting for his boyhood heroes—the Minnesota Twins.
 
He is now serving at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, a multi-ethnic congregation in Mountain View, CA.  He has also been the Lead Pastor of Christian Layman Church, an Asian-American congregation in Oakland, CA. He enjoys teaching God's word and has been invited to speak at retreats and worship services in the several states and in Guatemala, Mexico, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Taiwan and Hong Kong. He has studied at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA and Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, FL.

Pastor Hanley Liu, FCBC Walnut, Youth Minister

Hanley currently serves as Youth Minister at First Chinese Baptist Church of Walnut, CA.  After graduating from Biola University with a B.A. in Communications in 2003, he received his M.Div from Talbot Theological Seminary in 2006.  He is passionate about: preaching and teaching God’s Word, shepherding God’s flock, investing in future preachers/pastors, and building relationships with people.

He enjoys reading, studying, relaxing to clean country music, and playing basketball; but secretly he wishes that he was 100 pounds heavier and 10x quicker so that he could play in the NFL (professional football); he is extremely passionate about the game of football and has been known to be a fantasy football fanatic.  His future plans include getting married, pursuing further theological education, and God willing, raising a family for the Glory of God.

Pastor Joseph Chou, EFC Los Angeles, Children's Pastor

Joe was born and raised in Southern California, where he started attending EFC LA sometime in the early 80s. After graduating from college with a history degree, Joe felt the call to full-time ministry. He graduated from Talbot School of Theology and began his full-time ministry at EFC SFV. While serving there as the English Pastor, Joe got married (to Christine) and they had their first child (Isaac).

Joe returned back to EFC LA, just recently, and is serving as the Children's Pastor. In his free time, he enjoys walking around Pasadena with his family and playing video games every now and then.

"If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use the pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time; a tremendous whack." Winston Churchill

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