Rev. Howard Chan

Howard is a native New Yorker. He has been serving in ministry since 1984 when he accepted a position as campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Prior to joining InterVarsity, Howard worked in the business world for thirteen years.  He found the transition to InterVarsity challenging as his new position did not only mean he would have to take a significant cut in salary, but he would also need to fund-raise his salary and ministry expenses; a totally new and foreign experience. Howard had no idea if his fund-raising efforts would succeed or flop. What he did know was that if God had, In fact, called him to serve InterVarsity, he would provide. God never fails. In each of the years Howard served InterVarsity, God richly blessed him with more than he needed for that year.

In 1988, Howard left InterVarsity and entered seminary where he graduated with a Master of Divinity in June of 1991. Upon graduation, he accepted a position as English Ministry (EM) Pastor at Queens Herald Church (QHC). Howard faithfully served QHC until Dec, 2000. In Jan, 2001 Howard agreed to serve as the full-time Executive Director of PaLM.

Upon taking on the role of Executive Director of PaLM, Howard broadened PaLM’s mission to include and incorporate Korean EM pastors and their congregations since many of their problems and issues were similar to the EM issues of the Chinese church.

Howard is married to Fay. They have three lovely daughters named Samantha, Pamela and Tamaria.

Mr. Robert Lee

Robert works for a consulting firm  that does acoustical engineering and audio/video systems design. He attends the Chinese Evangelical Church in Chinatown and the Chinese Evangel Mission Church in Bayside where his son is a member. Bob is a veteran of several Asian American parachurch ministries including Chinatown Outreach for  Christ (COC) and the Eastern Chinese Bible Conference (ECBC). Bob is a graduate of  MIT. He and his wife Joyce are blessed with two children - Cheryl and Daniel.

Mr. Arnold Ng

Arnold is a native New Yorker. He formerly attended Grace Faith Church (GFC) and came to know the Lord  as a teen through the ministry of the Eastern Chinese Bible Conference (E.C.B.C.). While attending GFC from 1964 through 1992, he served in various lay leadership positions and was the Treasurer on the Board of Deacons for many years. In the past, he has also worked on various E.C.B.C. and Family E.C.B.C.  Committees. He is currently attending Gateway Cathedral and serves in the Ushering Ministry, is the Treasurer on the Board of Trustees, and member of the Gateway Academy Board. Gateway Cathedral is an evangelical interdenominational English-speaking church on Staten Island with approximately 1,500 congregants. For twenty-one years, Arnold worked at the First Chinese Presbyterian Community Affairs Home Attendant Program providing home care to 1,000 indigent elderly and disabled individuals in Manhattan with a focus on serving the Chinese speaking community.  In addition to serving at his local church, he has served on various community and association boards such as the  Advisory Committee for the Henry St. Settlement, Vladeck Cares Program (NORC Program), the NY County Task Force on Elder Abuse, the Home Care Council of New York City and the 1199 SEIU Home Care Pension Board.  For the past eight years, Arnold has been employed by the NYC HRA as the Contracts Director of the Home Care Services Program that provides home care services to approximately 50,000 patients through contracts with 60 vendors.  He is married and has three grown children.

Rev. Donald Yee

Pastor Donald W. Yee is a 3rd generation ABC (Australian Born Chinese, that is!).  In 2004 he immigrated to the U.S. from Sydney, Australia to serve at Boon Church of OCM in Flushing.  There, he remained as the English Pastor until 2010, when God placed a burden on his heart to church plant. In 2011 the Alliance denomination and Redeemer City to City started training and preparing Donald to plant a church in NYC. In June 2012 Connection Alliance Church was officially launched in Flushing. Donald graduated from the Sydney Missionary Bible College and prior to that, served two years as a pastoral trainee under the Ministry Apprenticeship Program ( M.A.P.).  Donald has a strong passion for the lost and the raising up of the next generation of ABC Christian leaders.  He is married to the love of his life, Vivian, an American, and together they care for their children, Courtney and Ethan.