Joseph Benjamin Tsang was born in Brooklyn and raised mostly out in Queens in the most diverse zip code in America (11373). He traveled north for high school at the Bronx High School of Science and even lived in a nearby neighborhood briefly after a rough car accident. It was during this time, Joseph began to attend youth group at OCM. Previously, Joseph attended Chinese Evangelical Church on center street with his other aunts and family. He accepted Christ at a Vacation Bible School at CEC and grew as a disciple at OCM.

For 11 years, Joseph was the youth director at the Chinese Bible Church of Maryland in Rockville. He met his wife, Theresa in Maryland and they were married in 2003. Joseph spent a sabbatical learning to cook some southern food and finding an apartment before starting his new job as Pastor at Vision Church in 2007.

Born and raised in Sacramento, Ken is a native Californian, a third generation American of Chinese ancestry. Ken had made a decision to follow Christ while still in junior high school. In 1977, he enrolled at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, commuting back to Sacramento on the weekends to continue ministering to the youth.

The following year he transferred to Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA, completing his M.Div. in December of 1980. His relocating not only introduced him to his future wife, but his future church and his special mission. He completed his internship at Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles, then a long dormant English-speaking Japanese American ministry that was reviving under the leadership of their new pastor, Cory Ishida. Ken was called to be their first associate in January, 1981, an affirmation that the Lord was broadening the church’s audience to include Chinese Americans.

Under the guidance of these two pastors, Evergreen went from being a mono-Asian church of less than eighty worshippers to an English-only Japanese/Chinese American congregation of over 1,200. Ken enrolled in Fuller's doctor of ministry program in 1984, graduating with his D.Min. in December of 1990. In 2006, he became an adjunct at the Haggard School of Theology (Azusa Pacific University).

In March 1997 the church initiated a friendly ‘split’ with Ken as the new senior pastor of the one known as Evergreen-LA, with the vision to foster a fresh model of a church for the next century, one that will be both multi-Asian, multi-ethnic, and multigenerational, one that offers Christ’s real hope to real people.

He is frequently asked to speak and consult in a broad cross-section of settings. In December 2000 he served as the main Bible expositor for InterVarsity’s Urbana 2000 Student Missions Conference. He has spoken at places like Moody Bible Institute (Chicago), Westmont College, Azusa Pacific University, Promise Keepers, the National Youth Workers’ Convention and Pastors’ Conference to name a few.

His wife Sharon (better known as “Snoopy”) is a vice-president of the Private Bank of Union Bank of California in Beverly Hills. Their daughter Janessa was born on April 3, 1999 and they live together in Sierra Madre, CA. He enjoys playing golf in his spare time.

Joe DeSantis is the Senior Pastor of QCAC, a multicultural church in Queens, New York. His passion for simply following Jesus and finding livable truth has led him along a path that traverses a diverse theological terrain. Discovery, and exploration are the keynotes of his journey. "I'm still learning," he says, "about myself, and God, and the life that He calls me to live and share with others in this world. For me, spiritual, personal and career interests are all closely linked, even braided together. Faith in Jesus calls me to learn to see that every second is sacred, that every person is deeply loved by God, and that my role in life is to simply be one of His many instruments for expressing love, grace, forgiveness, and peace to others." Joe and his wife, Annette live in Queens, NY. They deeply love and especailly enjoy their adult children, and grandchildren. In his free time he enjoys running, backpacking, reading and writing. His blog, Lean, chronicles the trajectory of his spiritual journey.

Roger Lehman was raised on a farm in rural Pennsylvania and heard the call to ministry at 21 years of age. He attended Elim Bible Institute and later graduated from Eastern Mennonite College. In the 1980's he planted a church in Staten Island. In 1989 Roger moved to Queens where he served on the pastoral staff of Evangel Church for eleven years. There Roger's teaching ministry was focused on healing and spiritual warfare.

In 2003 Roger founded City Streams Network, a ministry dedicated to mobilizing intercession, launching church planters, and equipping the body of Christ in the prophetic, healing and evangelistic ministries. Recently Roger authored a book entitled, "Appointed for Significance, Discovering heaven's healing and purpose for your life". Roger and his wife Pat, whose ministry network reaches into New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, enjoy mobilizing the body of Christ to minister outside the four walls of the church. They love to equip Christians in house church, marketplace and street evangelism. Presently Roger and Pat live in Sussex County, NJ.

Prior to his college years, Pastor John became Christian through an adult friend who was the director of Bowery Mission. After college, he felt God’s call to full time professional ministry and entered the Alliance Theological Seminary in 1974. For the past 30 years, John served as pastor in California and New York churches and taught in several seminaries as an adjunct and full time professor. In between, he attended Fuller Theological Seminary and completed his post graduate studies and also served in the National Office of the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination as Associate Director of Church Growth and Planting and Assistant Vice President for Division of Church Ministry. Since his conversion, he has been a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance and was ordained in 1982. In 1997, he planted an Asian-American church in New York City. He is currently the Associate Professor of Pastoral Studies at the Alliance Theological Seminary in the New York City campus and the Advisory Pastor with the New York Chinese Baptist Church. He is also an associate director of PALM, a parachurch organization serving the Asian churches and pastors in the greater New York area, and a church planting coach for the Metro District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. He and his wife, Laura Yan, have four adult children.

Peter Ong grew up in Queens as a child of immigrant parents. He is an Associate Director of PaLM and is developing a Laity project to equip and serve Asian American leadership through fellowship, training and mentoring. Peter served with the Chinese Christian Herald Crusades' Herald Youth Center.

He attended New York University and worked in the Asian American non-profit sector for five years before being called to full-time youth ministry. While attending Redeemer Presbyterian, Peter served on the Board of Directors for Hope for New York, a mercy and justice ministry. He has also served as an advisor to the Teen Eastern Chinese Bible Conference; former volunteer staff at NYU Intervarsity Asian American Christian Fellowship; youth pastoral committee for The Call NYC and also one of the first forming committees for the Coalition of Urban Youth Workers.

In 2005 he served as a liaison to the Billy Graham Crusades of Greater New York, working with community churches to reach local youth. He regularly preaches at churches, youth conferences and to himself in front of a mirror. Peter Ong is happily married to Jamie Ong on August 13th, 2005 on the "hottest day of the century." They love hiking, cooking and eating. They live in the Lower East Side. They welcomed their precious little son, Nicolas in September 2008.

In addition to working in ministry, Peter has published reviews on graphic novels, and comics. His loves: Jesus, Youth (especially chubby ones), being married, Hymns, Dim Sum, mac's, ice cream, sushi, music, books and of course Halo 2. His dislikes: vegetarian hot dogs, cheese, soy milk (he gets bloated), romantic comedies (that seems redundant to me), and sweaty noses. He writes on his blog at peterong.wordpress.com and his aim is at peterdarock. Yes, he has almost 3000 friends on facebook.