Rev. Dr. Amy Yu, with over thirty years of dedicated service as a chaplain and pastor, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She initially taught in a Christian High School, providing compassionate chaplaincy and counselling. Her academic journey includes a Master of Divinity in Youth and Family Ministry from Tyndale Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from Trinity Western Seminary, focusing on intergenerational ministry’s impact on spiritual formation. Amy is currently serving as the Chair of InterGenerate Toronto in 2024 and Vice Chair of the upcoming InterGenerate in Nashville 2025. She is scheduled to share her expertise in Uganda in May 2024, where she will teach on this transformative topic and train local pastors at a Bible college. Her commitment to intergenerational ministry has not only shaped her professional trajectory but has also ignited a new vision for cultivating faith across all ages.
Currently the Charge Pastor of Next Generation Ministry at Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church, she passionately integrates all age groups, fostering collaboration with parents. Amy and her husband, avid travellers, serve as a cohesive team within their church community, embodying her commitment to spiritual leadership and intergenerational ministry.
Pastor Karen Leung has been a member of the Next Generation Ministry team at Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church in Toronto, Canada, since 2022. She joined the team after completing her Master of Divinity degree in 2021 at Tyndale University, with a major in Pastoral Ministry: New Generation and Multicultural Church, and a minor in Global Mission and Intercultural Studies. Before Karen came to the full-time pastoral role at SCBC, she had been working in an international insurance brokerage for more than a decade.
Karen was born and raised in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada with her parents and younger sister in her teenage years, and she committed her life to Jesus in her high school years. Since then, Karen has undertaken her role as a lay church leader in both local churches and the oversea churches through short-term missions. Throughout her service, she has worked with various age groups (children, youth, adults) and language groups (English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish). Some of these groups may have operated in a segregated manner and worked separately. However, despite all the differences, Karen keeps noticing the beauty, potential, and opportunities by collaborating among these groups together to extend God’s kingdom and build each other up in the body of Christ of all ages – intergenerationally. Over the past two decades, she has actively taken part in worship, discipleship, spiritual formation, teaching, missions, and church leadership. Karen finds great pleasure in pursuing hiking and connecting with the natural environment during her free time. She also loves having her brewed coffee each morning to begin her day.
Rev. Karen Tam is the children pastor of Richmond Hill Christian Community Church since 2013. She holds a Master of Divinity Degree from Tyndale Seminary, Ontario in Youth & Family Studies. She strongly believes genuine faith in action shared in family, church and across generations will enhance the faith of our young generations today. There is a saying “it takes a village to raise a kid”. Karen always says “it takes a faith community to raise a life-time Christ follower.”
Karen is married to one man, has one son and has one dog. Her family loves to enjoy God’s creation in camping, hiking and travelling.
Rev. Tanya Yuen has been in her role as Children and Family Ministries Associate at the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec since 2012. She oversees various training and resourcing initiatives for CBOQ churches seeking to draw out the giftedness of children and families in their midst.
She brings with her a blend of hands-on experience in children, youth and family ministry in the local church as a pastor, having served for 16 years in 3 different churches in downtown Toronto, along with leadership development and administrative experience. Moreover, she is motivated by the opportunity and privilege to journey alongside others, helping them to discover their God-given gifts and abilities, and equipping them to serve in the area of Children and Family Ministry.
She holds a Bachelor of Religious Education and a Master of Theological Studies from Tyndale University College & Seminary. She is a graduate of the Arrow Leadership Program. Tanya is currently pursing a Doctor of Practical Theology at McMaster Divinity College. Tanya also serves as Global Mentor for the Baptist World Alliance Horizons Children’s Ministry Course, a global, online training program.