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Fred is the Associate Pastor at Garden City Church in San Jose, CA. He oversees Life Groups, college ministry, membership, premarital counseling, and hospitality teams. He is a second generation Chinese American who has been married to his marvelous wife, Judy, since 1998. They have four children: Caleb, Micah, Abby, and Elliot. Fred was spiritually formed at Chinese Church in Christ – South Valley in south San Jose and spent the ten years there as English Pastor. Prior to vocational ministry, Fred spent nine years as a project manager and business analyst at IBM and Hitachi. You can find Fred reading the latest pop science book, reflecting on the gospel, and forcing his kids to do jumping jacks with him. Fred has a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and a M.Div. from Western Seminary.

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