Chinese Speaking Pastor: Huang Rong Guang (Email)

Pastor Huang was raised in a strong Christian family of eleven brothers and sisters in Malaysia . His quest for an Engineering education prompted him to move from Malaysia to Singapore , where he met his wife Suzanne. In 1979, pastor Huang and Suzanne came to the United States where he did further study in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University , San Luis Obispo . In 1990 he committed himself to the Great Commission during a discipleship training session. He then pursued his theological training at Western Seminary in San Jose , California and Portland , Oregon , and graduated with Master of Divinity in December 1994. From 1995 to 2003, Pastor Huang and Suzanne served as missionaries at various locations around the world. After returning from the mission fields, Pastor Huang served at the Chinese Bible Church of San Diego, in California as an Assistant Pastor for discipleship training, from 2003 to 2005.　Pastor Huang and Suzanne joined Chinese Evangelical Church of Portland in February, 2006， and served as pastor of Chinese congregation. His vision is to see the Church to become a vibrant, joyful, harmonious, and attractive Church, as a family of healthy, loving and serving disciples of Jesus Christ, who are grounded in the Word of God, loving one another with the Love of Christ, and reaching out to the needy world with the Gospel of God.

English Speaking Pastor: John Slivkoff (Email)

John accepted Christ during childhood and discovered in college what a rewarding experience personal evangelism could be. After completing an undergraduate degree in mathematics at George Fox University he served as an administrative assistant at Fresno Pacific University in California. While there he and his newlywed wife Margy took a youth ministry position at a local cross-cultural church. It was during that time that he felt God's leading into full-time ministry. He then enrolled in Western Seminary earning his Master of Divinity. John has served in both pastoral ministries and as the Administrator of Ecola Bible School in Cannon Beach. In 2007 he accepted the call to serve as the pastor to the English - speaking congregation at Chinese Evangelical Church. John finds it especially rewarding to see people come to Christ and grow in their relationship with him. He and Margy have three grown children and a son-in-law, all of whom, they are grateful to say, are active followers of Jesus Christ. John enjoys tennis, cycling, reading and his two grandchildren. He has taken a charitable bicycle tour through Israel and tried hang-gliding, surfing, skin-diving and parasailing.