Team – CESNA CEP

Meet Our Pastoral & Faculty Team

Each participating church will have a pastoral facilitator to support their leadership team until the end of the two-year cycle. We have 5 seasoned retired pastors who have committed to serve as pastoral facilitators.

CEP faculty will include Christian Theology and Social Science professors, pastors, and practitioners with experience and strategies to address our contemporary challenges, offering biblical/theological understanding, guidelines, spiritual practices, ministry pathways for congregations.

Alphabetical Order of Last Name

CEP Pastoral Consultants

Rev. David Hsu, ThM

Rev. David Hsu, ThM
Senior Pastor
West Houston Chinese Church

Rev. David Hsu is the Senior Pastor at West Houston Chinese Church (WHCC).

He was born in Taipei and went to Dallas Seminary, graduating with a ThM with a pastoral leadership focus. He joined WHCC to serve in youth and English ministry, and became the senior pastor in 2001, and has served at WHCC for 28 years, leading his church to multiple church planting projects. Pastor David has a heart for spiritual formation, global missions and the communication and legacy between the generations.

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin
Senior Pastor
Chinese Bible Church of San Diego

Rev. Albert Lam was born and raised in Hong Kong. He received his initial ministerial training from Overseas Bible Seminary in Hong Kong and Religious Education training from Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. He received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in California. From 1982 to 1990, he 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, Rev. 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. Since then, this small church, in God’s grace, has gradually grown and branched out to five more churches in nearby regions. He is also an adjunct professor at various seminaries in California, teaching Homiletics and Church Growth. At present, Rev. Lam also serves as Vice-chairman of Gospel Operation International, Chief Editor of Ambassador For Christ Magazine, and member of Visitation Team for Accreditation of Association of Theological Schools.

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD
CESNA Adjunct Spiritual Formation Professor
Retired Spiritual Formation Pastor

Rev. Dr. Dora Wang has served as a pastor in several North American Chinese churches for 30 years, an adjunct faculty at China Evangelical Seminary North America for 20 years, and a Spiritual Director for over 10 years. She has also been a visiting faculty at Singapore Bible College and several North American Chinese seminaries. In recent years, her teaching has been focused on Christian Spiritual Formation and Literary Genre Approach to Bible Teaching. In addition, Dora also leads silent retreats for pastors, seminarians and church leaders. Dora’s academic background includes Bachelor of Architecture from UC Berkeley; Master of Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Master of Arts in Religion (Biblical emphasis) from Westminster Seminary California; Doctor of Ministry (OT Literary Genres and Religious Education), and PhD (Practical Theology, Spiritual Formation Focus) from Claremont School of Theology. Her publications in Chinese include A Passion for Fullness, Gender Reconciliation, Christ’s Ancestress, and Gospel Genres Interpretation and Teaching.

CEP Pastoral Facilitators

Rev. Frank Liu, DMin

Rev. Frank Liu, DMin
CESNA Associate Dean of Administration
Retired Executive & English Pastor

Rev. Frank Liu was born in Taiwan. He gave his life to Christ while in college. He responded to God’s call by enrolling in Fuller Theological Seminary, where he earned his M. Div. degree. Following graduation, he was called to serve as English Pastor and later Executive Pastor at the First Evangelical Community Church in Cerritos. He retired from the church pastorate after 30 years of service. Rev. Frank Liu is currently the Associate Dean of Administration at the China Evangelical Seminary in North America. He is also an adjunct faculty member responsible for teaching practical theology. His DMin. doctoral research interests were on the spiritual restoration of fallen church leaders.

Rev. Gee Lowe, PhD

Rev. Gee Lowe, PhD
CESNA Adjunct Professor
Retired Senior Pastor

Rev. Gee Lowe, PhD of Christian Ethics. He has many years of pastoral and teaching experience. He is an adjunct professor at China Evangelical Seminary of North America currently. He served as Senior Pastor of Chinese Bible Church of West Los Angeles, Academic Dean of China Evangelical Seminary North America, and was an adjunct professor at Christian Witness Theological Seminary and International Theological Seminary.

Rev. Joshua Siu, DMin

Rev. Joshua Siu, DMin
CESNA Adjunct Professor
Former Cantonese Pastor

Rev. Dr. Joshua Siu was born and educated in Hong Kong. In 2001, he responded to the Lord’s calling and went into full-time ministry. He served as a pastor of Cantonese congregation at First Chinese Baptist Church, Los Angeles, and then served as the Director of Theological Education by Extension and Part-time Professor of Practical Theology at China Evangelical Seminary North America (CESNA). Rev. Siu is currently serving at CESNA as an Adjunct Professor. He is also serving as an officer of the Executive Board of the Greater Los Angeles Chinese Ministerial Association. Rev. Dr. Siu graduated from CESNA with a Master of Christian Studies and a Master of Divinity. He received his Doctor of Ministry at Biola University, Talbot School of Theology.

Rev. Tommy Tsai, PhD

Rev. Tommy Tsai, PhD
President of Chinese Pastor Care Ministries
Retired Senior Pastor

Born in Changhua, Taiwan, Rev. Tommy Tsai accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior during his college years. Rev. Tsai came to USA for advanced study and obtained his PhD degree in fluid dynamics. While working in East Coast, he and his wife Amy gathered the local Chinese and started bible study fellowships. And later they had established a church in Connecticut and subsequently a church in Massachusetts from these fellowships. Rev.Tsai was called into full time ministry in 1999. After graduating from the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California with a Master of Divinity degree, he and his wife Amy had served together at the Chinese Christian Church of Thousand Oaks, and presently at the Conejo Valley Chinese Christian Church, Westlake Village, both in California. He has been focusing on shepherding the flock and equipping the saints. He is a certified Stephen Ministry leader with a vision and burden to care for ministers. He also serves as the president of the Chinese Pastor Care Ministries.

Rev. Sze Kai Tsui, DMin

Rev. Sze Kai Tsui, DMin
CESNA Chaplain
Retired Senior Pastor

Szekai Tsui was born in Yunnan, China, and grew up in Taiwan. He graduated from Taiwan University with both a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Mathematics. Later he came to the US and received a Ph.D. in Mathematics from University of Pennsylvania. Then he had been a Professor of Mathematics of Oakland University in Michigan for nearly 30 years doing teaching and research, and also taught at University of Toronto and other universities in Asia as a visiting professor. He studied theology at Ashland Theological Seminar and received a Master’s degree of Theology in 2003. In 2004, God called him to be a full-time minister to serve as Senior Pastor of Oakland Chinese Church. In 2011 he received a Doctor of Ministry from Ashland Theological Seminary. Later he retired as Senior Pastor of Oakland Chinese Church. Since 2016 he has served as a voluntary Chaplain and Adjunct Professor of China Evangelical Seminary North America.

CEP Tracks Faculty

Rev. Tod Bolsinger, PhD

Rev. Tod Bolsinger, PhD
Associate Professor of Leadership Formation
Fuller Theological Seminary

Tod Bolsinger joined Fuller Seminary in 2014 as Vice President for Vocation and Formation and Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, and he now serves as Vice President and Chief of Leadership Formation. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1993, Dr. Bolsinger served as senior pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church from 1997 to 2014. Prior to that he was Associate Pastor of Discipleship and Spiritual Formation at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood.

Holding both a PhD in Theology and Master of Divinity from Fuller, Bolsinger taught graduate-level classes in theology for 14 years at Fuller’s regional campus in Orange County. He has extensive experience in church and nonprofit consulting and executive coaching. His faculty role at Fuller includes teaching the Practices of Vocational Formation class and a cohort in Leading Change for DMin students.

Bolsinger has authored three books, It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian: How the Community of God Transforms Lives (Brazos, 2004), Show Time: Living Down Hypocrisy by Living Out the Faith(Baker, 2005), and Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory (IVP Books, 2015).

Rev. Jennifer Chen

Rev. Jennifer Chen
CESNA Stephen Ministries Coordinator

Rev. Jennifer Chen obtained her Master of Christian Studies degree in Counseling at China Evangelical Seminary North America. She is a seasoned pastor with more than 10 years of pastoral ministry experience in a local church, specializing in pastoral care, pastoral care training, marriage and family ministries. She is a Certified Stephen Ministry leader, and one of the editors of the first edition of the Chinese Stephen Ministry Training Handbook. She is currently the Assistant Director of Field Education and Advising, Church Based Stephen Ministries and Pastor Care Project Coordinator at China Evangelical Seminary North America as well as an adjunct instructor for extension program caregiving courses.

Agnes Chiu, PhD

Agnes Chiu, PhD
CESNA Adjunct Professor of Public Theology, Attorney at Law

Agnes Chiu, Ph.D., is the managing attorney of Law Agape Center. She is currently the Legal Counsel and Adjunct Professor at China Evangelical Seminary North America. Mrs. Chiu was an Assistant Professor and Director of Development at CESNA. She teaches Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics, and Public Theology. Mrs. Chiu received her Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in California. Dr. Chiu has published different academic articles of Abraham Kuyper’s theology on labor and social issues in the Chinese context. Aside from social and ethical issues, her interests include researching the government’s role in shaping public theology. Dr. Chiu received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law.

Rev. Danny Fong

Rev. Danny Fong
Founding Pastor
Redeemer Community Church SF

Rev. Danny Fong is the founding pastor of Redeemer Community Church. In 2002 he was called and sent to start a new church by Grace Fellowship Community Church, where he served as an elder and a missional leader reaching out to underserved youth in the Mission District of San Francisco.

Prior to founding Redeemer, Danny was a co-founder of Dayspring Technologies, and continues to serve on its board of directors. Dayspring was founded to be a partner to the local church, to train and employ neighborhood youth and to inspire them to pursue higher education and perhaps to explore a career in technology.

Danny came to faith in Jesus Christ through InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He served as a campus minister with IVCF at Stanford University, and is an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Rev. David Hsu, ThM

Rev. David Hsu, ThM
Senior Pastor
West Houston Chinese Church

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin
Senior Pastor
Chinese Bible Church of San Diego

Cameron Lee, PhD

Cameron Lee, PhD
Professor of Family Studies
Fuller Theological Seminary

Cameron Lee has been a member of the Marriage and Family program faculty since 1986 and was part of the program’s move from the School of Theology to the School of Psychology in 1987. While teaching marriage and family studies courses on the Fuller campus, he also speaks off-campus as a Certified Family Life Educator. He is a licensed Family Wellness Trainer and a member of the National Council on Family Relations. Lee’s current project is the development of the Fuller Institute for Relationship Education (FIRE), which seeks to help congregations create sustainable marriage and relationship education ministries through the low-cost training of volunteer leaders. Lee is also a teaching pastor and licensed minister in the congregation where he is a member. He teaches and preaches regularly in church settings.

Lee has been published in a variety of journals, including Family Process, Family Relations, the Journal of Psychology and Theology, and the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. He has published eight books, most recently, Marriage PATH: Peacemaking at Home for Christian Couples (2015), Preparing Couples for Love and Marriage, a practical resource to help pastors in premarital preparation (coauthored with Jim Furrow, 2013), and That Their Work Will Be a Joy (coauthored with Kurt Fredrickson, 2012).

Anita Meng Liu, PhD

Anita Meng Liu, PhD
CESNA Associate Professor of Counseling

Dr. Anita Meng Liu is Associate Professor of Counseling at China Evangelical Seminary North America. She has a MA in Theology in Christian Formation and Discipleship, MA in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fuller Seminary, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Fielding Graduate University. She is also a California licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Certified Stephen Ministry Leader, Chief Editor for the first edition of Chinese Stephen Ministries Training Manual. She has three decades of Christian professional, community and church based counseling experience, along with experience as a pastor’s wife. She is passionate about spiritual formation and church based marriage ministry. She has been involved in Chinese Pastor Care Ministries since 2017.

Rev. Siang-Yang Tan, PhD

Rev. Siang-Yang Tan, PhD
Retired Psychology Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary
Senior Pastor of First Evangelical Church of Glendale

Rev. Dr. Siang-Yang Tan was director of the PsyD (Doctor of Psychology) program in clinical psychology (1989–1997) and is now retired professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, California. He is a licensed psychologist with a PhD in Clinical Psychology from McGill University and a Fellow of APA. He has published articles on lay counseling and lay counselor training, intrapersonal integration and spirituality, religious psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy, epilepsy, pain, and cross-cultural counseling with Asians and Hispanics, as well as fifteen books, such as Exercises for Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy (with Dr. Les Parrott III, McGraw-Hill, 1997), Experiencing God’s Peace in a Restless World (Regent College Publishing, 2003), Exercises for Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy (2nd ed.; with Dr. Les Parrott III; Brooks/Cole, 2003), Coping With Depression (Revised and Expanded ed.; with Dr. John Ortberg; Baker, 2004), etc., and three major textbooks, Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective( Baker Academic, 2011), Lay Counseling (2nd ed.; with Dr. Eric Scalise; Zondervan, 2016), and Shepherding God’s People: A Guide to Faithful and Fruitful Pastoral Ministry (Baker Academic, 2019). He was the recipient of several Awards for Professional Psychology, Christian Counseling and Pastoral Care Ministry. He was president of Division 36 (Psychology of Religion) of the American Psychological Association (1998–1999). Dr. Tan also serves as senior pastor of First Evangelical Church Glendale in Glendale, California.

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD
CESNA Adjunct Spiritual Formation Professor
Retired Spiritual Formation Pastor

Church Empowerment Program is a ministry of China Evangelical Seminary North America
This program is funded by Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative

Rev. David Hsu, ThM

Rev. David Hsu, ThM Senior Pastor West Houston Chinese Church

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin Senior Pastor Chinese Bible Church of San Diego

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD CESNA Adjunct Spiritual Formation Professor Retired Spiritual Formation Pastor

Rev. Frank Liu, DMin

Rev. Frank Liu, DMin CESNA Associate Dean of Administration Retired Executive & English Pastor

Rev. Gee Lowe, PhD

Rev. Gee Lowe, PhD CESNA Adjunct Professor Retired Senior Pastor

Rev. Joshua Siu, DMin

Rev. Joshua Siu, DMin CESNA Adjunct Professor Former Cantonese Pastor

Rev. Tommy Tsai, PhD

Rev. Tommy Tsai, PhD President of Chinese Pastor Care Ministries Retired Senior Pastor

Rev. Sze Kai Tsui, DMin

Rev. Sze Kai Tsui, DMin CESNA Chaplain Retired Senior Pastor

Rev. Tod Bolsinger, PhD

Rev. Tod Bolsinger, PhD Associate Professor of Leadership Formation Fuller Theological Seminary

Rev. Jennifer Chen

Rev. Jennifer Chen CESNA Stephen Ministries Coordinator

Agnes Chiu, PhD

Agnes Chiu, PhD CESNA Adjunct Professor of Public Theology, Attorney at Law

Rev. Danny Fong

Rev. Danny Fong Founding Pastor Redeemer Community Church SF

Rev. David Hsu, ThM

Rev. David Hsu, ThM Senior Pastor West Houston Chinese Church

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin Senior Pastor Chinese Bible Church of San Diego

Cameron Lee, PhD

Cameron Lee, PhD Professor of Family Studies Fuller Theological Seminary

Anita Meng Liu, PhD

Anita Meng Liu, PhD CESNA Associate Professor of Counseling

Rev. Siang-Yang Tan, PhD

Rev. Siang-Yang Tan, PhD Retired Psychology Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary Senior Pastor of First Evangelical Church of Glendale

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD CESNA Adjunct Spiritual Formation Professor Retired Spiritual Formation Pastor

Rev. David Hsu, ThM
Senior Pastor
West Houston Chinese Church

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin
Senior Pastor
Chinese Bible Church of San Diego

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD
CESNA Adjunct Spiritual Formation Professor
Retired Spiritual Formation Pastor

Rev. Frank Liu, DMin
CESNA Associate Dean of Administration
Retired Executive & English Pastor

Rev. Gee Lowe, PhD
CESNA Adjunct Professor
Retired Senior Pastor

Rev. Joshua Siu, DMin
CESNA Adjunct Professor
Former Cantonese Pastor

Rev. Tommy Tsai, PhD
President of Chinese Pastor Care Ministries
Retired Senior Pastor

Rev. Sze Kai Tsui, DMin
CESNA Chaplain
Retired Senior Pastor

Rev. Tod Bolsinger, PhD
Associate Professor of Leadership Formation
Fuller Theological Seminary

Rev. Jennifer Chen
CESNA Stephen Ministries Coordinator

Agnes Chiu, PhD
CESNA Adjunct Professor of Public Theology, Attorney at Law

Rev. Danny Fong
Founding Pastor
Redeemer Community Church SF

Rev. David Hsu, ThM
Senior Pastor
West Houston Chinese Church

Rev. Albert Lam, DMin
Senior Pastor
Chinese Bible Church of San Diego

Cameron Lee, PhD
Professor of Family Studies
Fuller Theological Seminary

Anita Meng Liu, PhD
CESNA Associate Professor of Counseling

Rev. Siang-Yang Tan, PhD
Retired Psychology Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary
Senior Pastor of First Evangelical Church of Glendale

Rev. Dora Wang, PhD
CESNA Adjunct Spiritual Formation Professor
Retired Spiritual Formation Pastor