Frank and Yuni Roh
Senior Pastor
Pastor Frank Roh and his wife Yuni have led KCBC since 2012. While attending UC Berkeley, Pastor Frank joined Berkland Baptist Church (from which KCBC was started) where he committed his life to Christ and full-time ministry with a passion to serve the Lord. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering, he received his Master of Divinity from Golden Gate Theological Seminary. Whether preaching on Sundays, teaching Bible studies, offering words of advice, or cooking for others, his heart for God and his love for people are both unmistakable and contagious. After graduating from UC Berkeley, Yuni received her masters in Christian Studies from Regent College and a masters of science in Marriage and Family Therapy at Fuller Theological Seminary. She works full-time as a therapist and she is also a passionate Bible teacher, prayer warrior, and biblical counselor. As Pastor Frank and Yuni committed their lives to the Lord, they have obeyed God’s call to plant or lead churches around the world in Korea, Seattle, Myanmar and Los Angeles. Currently Pastor Frank is pursuing his Doctor of Ministry at Gateway Seminary focusing on Christian leadership. Pastor Frank is Senior Pastor of KCBC and Yuni serves as College Group director. They have two daughters Eunice and Joyce.
Ken and Esther Ko
Pastor
After graduating from UC Berkeley, and as a PhD student at Stanford, Pastor Ken was searching for meaning and purpose in life and began to earnestly seek God. Soon thereafter, he became a Christian in 1990 at Berkland Baptist Church (from which KCBC was started). Since then, he has sought to grow in his personal relationship with Christ and share His love with others. Pastor Ken has a keen interest in apologetics, and loves to discuss the rationality of faith in God and His amazing love! After marrying Esther in 1995, they have been serving together and they are currently the campus directors for Cal State Long Beach. He currently attends Gateway Seminary where he is pursuing a Master of Theological studies. Also, as a business professor at Pepperdine where he teaches courses in mathematical modeling, Pastor Ken especially has a heart for students. He loves playing sports, especially basketball, softball, and bowling -- yes, bowling is a sport! Pastor Ken and Esther have two children, David and Lydia.
Warren and Alison Choi
Pastor
Pastor Warren began his spiritual journey in 1990 at Berkland Baptist Church (from which KCBC was started) while attending UC Berkeley. Soon after graduating as a Computer Science major, he and Alison got married. In 2001, they went to Moscow, Russia, as missionaries. After the tragic events of 9/11, they were convicted to return to help plant Berkland Baptist Church in Washington, D.C (now, Worthy Life Baptist Church) where they grew deeper in understanding of the Word of God, church and missions. In 2014, God led them back to the mission field and they served in Myanmar, Turkey, Republic of Georgia and Armenia. They recently returned to the states and joined the KCBC family where they are serving as part of the Cal State Long Beach ministry. Also, Alison serves as director of our JOYLand children's ministry. They both enjoy music, games and sports, and especially love to eat as they are foodies at heart! Pastor Warren and Alison have a daughter Elizabeth and a son Nathanael.
David and Joyce Lee
Assistant Pastor
Pastor David grew up in Korea and graduated from the Korea Baptist Theological Seminary majoring in church music, and served God as a gospel singer in Korea. He and his wife Joyce were married in Korea and moved to Seattle in 1997, where they both freshly re-encountered Jesus while attending Berkland Baptist Church (from which KCBC was started). After he graduated from Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, Pastor David and Joyce have been serving God together with their shepherds Pastor Frank and Yuni Roh in the foreign mission field in Myanmar as well as in Seattle, Irvine, and now Long Beach. Pastor David and Joyce currently lead the Korean Career and Family group. They have two sons, Caleb and John. Pastor David loves to share about his passion for God and be sure to ask him about the 'Praising Poets'!
Joshua and Betsy Lim
Youth Directors
With the word of God, Joshua and Betsy love to help our youth navigate through these formative and often difficult time of their lives. Their constant prayer is for the salvation of each of our youth and for them to live out their faith and stand firm. As Joshua immigrated from Sao Paulo, Brazil to California when he was fourteen, he knows what it's like to struggle as a junior high and high school student. That much more, he always has a listening ear and huge heart for our youth. Joshua accepted Jesus Christ as a youth in Brazil and found his spiritual home at KCBC (formerly Berkland Baptist Church) when he was a college student at UC Irvine. He graduated in 1997 with a degree in Biological Sciences and recently started a masters program at Gateway Seminary. Betsy was a founding member of our sister church in Washington, DC. and currently works as a financial controller. Joshua and Betsy were married in 2009 and have been serving in youth ministry for over six years. They love playing board games, taking trips and enjoying fun activities with our youth (some say even more than the kids!). They have two young children, Jonathan and Lydia and live in Cypress.