Kathryn Choy-Wong (Katie)
Pastor

Katie was born in San Francisco's Chinatown, and grew up in San Francisco. She attended SF State University

with a BA in journalism. Her home church was First Chinese Baptist in San Francisco. Upon graduation, Katie

worked for a few years as the director of a hunger program with the Northern California Ecumenical Council and

East West News (Asian American weekly paper). She attended and graduated from the American Baptist Seminary

of the West in Berkeley, CA.

Katie served a short term as associate pastor of Community Baptist Church in San Mateo then became the first full-time

Director of Asian Ministries for the American Baptist Churches USA in Valley Forge, PA. She returned to California

to marry Arthur Wong and to be the Minister of Public Ministries, the Area Minister/Area Consultant for the American

Baptist Churches of the West (ABCW), and later as the Director of Admissions and Instructor in Ministry at the American

Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, CA. .Katie's 15 years of service as Area Consultant for ABCW included working

with over 40 churches in the East Bay Area and 220 in Northern California/Northern Nevada. She currently serves as

pastor of New Life Christian Fellowship. Katie and Arthur have one son, Jordan.