Rev. Patrick Lin | Associate Pastor
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Pastor Patrick was born and raised in Taiwan. During his college years, he was baptized and became a Christian. After he received a B.S. in Urban Planning and finished compulsory military service, he came to the United States for graduate studies and earned his M.S. in Computer Science from Northeastern University. After working for a couple of high-tech companies, he joined Lotus, which was later acquired by IBM. He was a senior software architect and cybersecurity engineer at IBM Watson Health division in Cambridge at the time he left IBM for the full-time ministry.
Pastor Patrick has been a long-term church member of Chinese Bible Church of Greater Boston. He served in choir, fellowship, Sunday school, student ministry, deacon board and church council clerk. In 2007, he responded to God’s calling, and entered part-time studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, finally finishing with an M.Div. degree in 2017. He enjoyed a bi-vocational track for a few more years serving part-time and pastoring local churches in the Boston metro area. He continues praying to God for His guidance and preparation to enter full-time ministry. He started serving at the Golden Gate Christian Church as an Associate Pastor in Sep. 2021.
Pastor Patrick is married to Christine. She was a pharmacist before becoming a full-time homemaker. They have a daughter, Jessica, and a son, David.