Jason Kim, Senior Pastor
Jason was born in New Jersey; grew up in Palos Verdes, CA; graduated from University of California, Irvine (BA), Multnomah Seminary (MDiv), Western Seminary (MAET). He is married to Krista, and they have one daughter, Elizabeth. Jason’s passion is being a fisherman and a fisher-of-men.
Austin Lim, Associate Pastor
Austin was born and raised in San Diego CA, and accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior when he was 12 years old. Austin has a bachelors degree in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine and has a Masters of Divinity (MDiv) from Bethel University Seminary in Minnesota. Austin has been blessed to serve TEF as the Youth and Associate Pastor since 2017 and is always looking forward to welcoming newcomers and friends to our church!
Austin is married to his wife Jolie since 2019 and is blessed with a wonderful daughter and son. His interests include playing/talking about basketball, playing ultimate frisbee, and is an avid Lakers and Padres fan. He also loves discipleship, missions, and a chance to hang out with others over food!
Shiny Zhou, Admin
Shiny was born and grew up in Shanghai, China, went to US for school and work for 10 years and immigrated back to China afterwards; graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (BE, MS), The University of Arizona (MBA). She is married with two daughters. Shiny loves to work with people and support the ministries wherever she can.
Emma Tian, Admin
Emma was born and grew up in Zhejiang, China. She married to William, and they have two sons, Ethan and Joey. She is passionate about hiking and exploring nature.