Board of Directors

Gary grew up in a Christian family in the Presbyterian tradition. Back then God was simply the “big guy” that he would run to (frequently) only in times of trouble. His adventure with God really got started in his early 20s when he made his decision to follow Christ at an altar call in a Methodist church where he was the only respondent. He subsequently spent the next seven years learning to love God passionately in a large independent church where he was involved in the worship ministry. Gary was a founding member of FCC and helped to start the Sunday Service and serves today in church leadership, worship ministry and missions. He graduated in 2011 with a Masters in Theology & Ministry from King’s College, London.

Shawn’s first experience with Christianity happened at the age of 7 when he attended a Methodist primary school. Despite his family’s strong disapproval, he secretly explored Christianity through his classmates and hymns he sang in school. In the younger years, Shawn had a rough journey with God, from the disapproval of his family on his faith to discovery of his sexual orientation and rejection from his previous church members due to that, he gave up his journey with God at the age of 19. By God’s Grace, he was guided back to God’s Kingdom again at the age of 21 through Free Community Church. He currently leads the Welcome Ministry and one of the cell groups and lives an openly Christian gay man at work. He strongly believes that people are the core in the Kingdom of God because God loves every single person in the world. He hopes to make Free Community Church a welcoming place that every single person can feel God’s love and miracles.

Jaime was born into a typical Buddhist/Taoist family, and did not have a good impression of Christianity due to encounters with over zealous Christians. Her relationship with god began not with a dramatic experience, but with a slow exploration through books and seeing the presence of god in friends around her. She now continues her journey of faith in FCC, and hopes to live out an authentic life where her thoughts and actions are aligned with her understanding of being a follower of Christ.