Our Pastoral Staff
Daniel Hsu - Senior Pastor
Pastor Daniel Hsu was born in Taiwan. In 1975, he came to the United States to pursue graduate study in Special Education. Three years later, in responding to the Lord’s calling, he devoted himself to full-time ministry. In 1981, he graduated from Yale Divinity School and began pastoral ministry in Fresno, California. In June 1984, he was called to serve as pastor of MBC.
Over the last three decades, his wife, Mrs. Kaidi Hsu also served the Lord faithfully alongside with Pastor Hsu. In May 2009, she completed her Masters Degree in Church Music at Truth Theological Seminary. They have three grown sons, Angier, David and Timothy.
Eric Sung - English Ministry Pastor
Pastor Eric was born in Minnesota but grew up both in the U.S. and Singapore. After graduating from the University of Texas, he went back to Singapore to work. Prior to joining MBCSFV in November 2025, he lived and worked in Singapore from 2002 to 2018, including being the Acting English Congregation Pastor at Singapore Thomson Road Baptist Church (the oldest Baptist Church in Singapore). He and his family moved to Southern California in 2018, where he served as the English Pastor at Arcadia Chinese Baptist Church for seven years. He graduated in 2023 from Gateway Seminary.
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He and his wife, Angeline, have two wonderful boys: Nathan and Benjamin. His personal interests include meeting people, discipleship, history, writing, watching (and being an armchair critic of) college football, and watching movies.
Alex Yuen - Pastor
Alex was born in Hong Kong and came to know the Lord in middle school while attending a Christian fellowship. He was baptized at age 16. While attending dental school at the National Taiwan University, he attended the Grace Baptist Church in Taipei and served at the Training Union, Baptist Student Union and choir. After two years of dental residency at Taiwan University Hospital, he returned to Hong Kong and started his private practice.
With the urge to excel both professionally and spiritually, Alex left his well-established dental practice for life in the United States. In 1991, at the age of forty, he began his studies at UCLA. After four years of hard work, he graduated with a master's degree in oral biology and a certificate in orthodontics. While Alex was contemplating opening a private practice, the Holy Spirit compelled him to go to seminary. By God’s grace and the prayers and encouragement of MBC members, and after nine and a half years, Alex received a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2008. The following year, the church formally installed Alex as a lay minister.
Since Alex came to know the Lord and grew up in student fellowship, he realizes the importance and value of student ministry. Together with his wife Yih-lan, he served students from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong at the Mandarin Youth Fellowship for over sixteen years. After his ordination in 2016, Alex’s ministry was shifted to family ministry with emphasis on families with young children. Alex is interested in spiritual formation and teaches Sunday School classes at both our Chinese and English congregations.
Alex is also a photography enthusiast. He believes capturing God’s magnificent creation through photography is an act of worship. His desire is for God to allow him to proclaim His glory by sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with photos and the Word of God.
He and Yih-lan have two grown daughters and three grandkids plus one adopted granddaughter waiting to be picked up from China after the pandemic is over.
Daode Chen - Pastor
Minister Daode Chen was born in a Christian family in Wenzhou, in the Zhe Jiang Province of China. He knew the Lord by high school and started serving in ministry at his local church at the age of 19. He was called to be a full-time servant of the Lord when he was 22. At the same time, after undergoing a rigorous process at a Wenzhou local church, Chen became part of the official pastoral staff. During this period of time, Chen was actively involved in expanding the youth fellowships and ministering to the migrant workers. He also engaged in leading worship, giving lectures and teaching.
In 2003, Chen went to Singapore Bible College and received formal training in theology. Chen received his Masters degree, with emphasis in theology in 2007. He returned to serve at his hometown local church in Wenzhou after graduation. Chen spent half of his time serving the youth group, half of the time engaging in theological education and writing ministry. In 2010, Chen and his wife Zhou Li Mei started attending and serving at MBC. In 2012, he became an official part-time pastoral staff member.