Mark Ro is the lead pastor of Joy Manhattan Church. Mark grew up outside of Chicago, and after graduating from the University of Illinois, he moved to New York City in 2005 to begin his career in investment banking and private equity. After several years in the industry and serving bi-vocationally on staff at Remnant Westside Church, he completed a M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School while serving at Harvest Community Church. Mark returned to NYC in 2016 to join Redeemer Presbyterian Church, where he most recently served as an Assistant Pastor, before joining Joy in 2021. Mark is married to Holly, who hails from Sydney, Australia, and they have three rambunctious boys, Joshua (8), Justin (6), and Jesse (3). When he's not running after his boys, he loves exploring new cities, watching and playing sports (especially basketball and golf), and reading.

Janet Tsuei is an advocate for women and fights for social justice across sex trafficking, violence, and emotional and mental health. She leads the Women's Ministry at Joy Manhattan Church and serves as Co-Chair in the Young Supporter’s Network, an affiliate of RestoreNYC, an anti-sex trafficking non-profit organization whose mission is to make freedom real for survivors of sex trafficking in the United States. Professionally, she is the Associate Creative Director at Newell Brands in the eCommerce division.

Richard Lee is the Director of Advancement at Asian American Christian Collaborative, Global Officer of Public Engagement at International Justice Mission, Podcast Host of The Pursuit with Richard Lee, and advisory board member of One Days Wages. His TEDx talk “Slavery still exists. Here’s how to end it.” can be seen on TED.com.

Myung Cho is the Worship Director of Joy Manhattan Church. Myung grew up in California and spent a few years in the Boston area, where he studied at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, but moved to NYC in early 2018. Since then, he has been journeying through what ministry looks like both in the church and in the corporate workplace as a follower of Jesus.

Wei Feng Ho is the founding minister of RUF Gotham Student Movement, a campus ministry in Manhattan. He graduated with his Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary, Atlanta. He was born in Taiwan and raised in Atlanta. Before moving to NYC in 2019 to start Gotham, he attended and did college ministry for Atlanta Chinese Christian Church and Westminster Presbyterian Church. Wei also previously worked at Mission to the World, preparing and sending out college students on world missions. He lives in Hell's Kitchen (Manhattan) and enjoys all the variety of urban parks and great food the city has to offer.

Dr. Maria Liu Wong serves as the Provost of City Seminary of New York, an intercultural theological learning community in Harlem. She grew up at Oversea Chinese Mission (Manhattan Chinatown), and graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary and Teachers College, Columbia University. Maria is a fellowship group leader at Redeemer Presbyterian Downtown, and lives with her husband and three children in the Lower East Side (Manhattan).

Chuck Armstrong is the planting pastor of Hope Hell’s Kitchen, a new church that is committed to antiracism and Spirit-led fearlessness. He also serves on staff with LEAD.NYC. Chuck lives in Hell’s Kitchen with his wife, three-year-old daughter, and one-year-old son.

Jonathan Kim is currently the College Pastor at Remnant Westside Church in NYC, where he has attended since his freshman year at NYU. He is a seminary student at Reformed Theological Seminary pursuing his MA in Biblical Studies and MA in Christian Counseling. Before transitioning into ministry, Jonathan received his undergraduate degree from NYU Stern and worked in the corporate world for five years. Jonathan's passion is to serve college students and help them discover their identities in Jesus Christ and develop a genuine personal relationship with God. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his lovely wife and dog. He loves to watch and play sports and his dream is for the NY Knicks to win a championship at least once in his lifetime.

Reyn Cabinte is the Senior Pastor of Uptown Community Church in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. He also recently began serving as the Manhattan Catalyst for church planting at Redeemer City to City. He is a founding board member of Viva Uptown, a church-based collaborative non-profit working for the renewal of northern Manhattan, and a Board member of Parakaleo, which trains, supports and values women in church planting. Prior to the ministry he worked as a producer at CBS News' 60 Minutes, and a writer for World Vision.

PETER ONG • Ministry Director, Living Faith Community Church

JORDAN RICE • Pastor, Renaissance Church