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A Little Bit About Bruce Reyes-Chow
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Brief Bio: General
Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow is a 3rd Generation, GenX, Filipino/Chinese American and an active speaker, writer, coach, and podcaster on topics of faith, leadership, activism, culture, race, and technology. Bruce has been a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 1995 and has served nine congregations throughout California. He also works with organizations on immigration, decarceration, and Palestinian liberation. He is the author of multiple books, most recently Everything Good about God is True: Choosing Faith (Broadleaf Books 2024). His next book, Prophets, Priests, Pastors & Poets: Being and Becoming the Ressurected Christ (Chalice Press), along with accompanying Lenten and Advent Devotionals, is due out in Fall 2026. You can subscribe to his newsletter and podcast, The Amalgamation, at www.reyes-chow.com and connect on most social platforms via @breyeschow.
Brief Bio: Presbyterian
Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow is a 3rd Generation, GenX, Filipino/Chinese American and an active speaker, writer, coach, and podcaster on topics of faith, leadership, activism, culture, race, and technology. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 1995, he also works with organizations on immigration, decarceration, and Palestinian liberation.
Bruce is a graduate of San Francison Theological Seminary (1995) and has been an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 1995. He has pastored nine congregations throughout California, having served in a variety of capacities: Senior Pastor & Head of Staff, Solo Pastor, Founding Pastor, Interim Pastor, Transitional Pastor, and Bridge Pastor. His pastoral work focuses on organizational health, church growth, and social justice. In 2008, he was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA, the youngest and first Asian American to hold the denomination's highest elected office. In 2011 he was given an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Austin College (Sherman, TX), and that same year was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award from SFTS.
He is the author of multiple books, most recently Everything Good about God is True: Choosing Faith (Broadleaf Books 2024). His next book, Prophets, Priests, Pastors & Poets: Being and Becoming the Ressurected Christ (Chalice Press) along with accompanying Lenten and Advent Devotionals, is due out in Fall 2026.
Bruce and his wife, Robin, a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), have been married since 1990, raised three adult children, rescued many sweet and goofy pups, attended many sporting events, and propagated many houseplants. They are currently living a thriving empty-nester life in San Francisco, CA.
You can subscribe to his newsletter and podcast, The Amalgamation, at www.reyes-chow.com and connect on most social platforms via @breyeschow.
Longer Bio
Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow is a 3rd Generation, GenX, Filipino/Chinese American and an active speaker, writer, coach, and podcaster on topics of faith, leadership, activism, culture, race, and technology. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 1995, he also works with organizations on immigration, decarceration, and Palestinian liberation. His writing, teaching, speaking, and preaching have taken him to Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, and across the United States.
Bruce has contributed to multiple book projects and is the author of multiple books: The Definitive-ish Guide for Using Social Media in the Church (Out of Production, Shook Foil Books, 2012), But I Don't See You as Asian: Curating Conversations about Race (Kickstarted, 2013), 40 Days, 40 Prayers, 40 Words: Lenten Reflections for Everyday Life (Westminster John Knox Press, 2015), Rule #2: Don't Be an Asshat: An Official Handbook for Raising Parents and Children (Bacosa Books, 2016) and In Defense of Kindness: Why It Matters, How It Changes Our Lives, and How It Can Save the World (Chalice Press, 2021). His most recent book was Everything Good about God is True: Choosing Faith (Broadleaf Books, 2024). His next book, Prophets, Priests, Pastors & Poets: Being and Becoming the Ressurected Christ, is due out in August 2026 along with seasonal devotionsals, Possibilities: Advent and Beckon: Lent.
Bruce has been an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 1995 and has pastored nine congregations throughout northern and southern California, serving as Head of Staff, Lead Pastor, Founding Pastor, Interim Pastor, Transitional Pastor, and Bridge Pastor. His pastoral work focuses on organizational health, church growth, and social justice. In 2008, he was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA, the youngest and first Asian American to hold the denomination's highest elected office.
He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, works with Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center to lead delegations to Palestine, is a Senior Consultant and Coach with Convergence, is a Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths Coach, and is the Church Relations and Development Officer at Zephyr Point Conference Center.
Bruce was born in Stockton, CA, and grew up in Sacramento. He is a graduate of the Academy of Math, Science, and Engineering at Luther Burbank High School (1987), where he played baseball and wrote for the school newspaper. He also spent much of his childhood in Stockton, where most of his family lived and where his home church, Trinity Presbyterian Church in Stockton, a historically Filipino congregation, is located.
Bruce is a product of the California community college system. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor's in Asian American Studies, Sociology, and Religion (1991), and from San Francisco Seminary (SFTS), where he earned his Master of Divinity. In 2011 he was given an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Presbyterian-related college, Austin College (Sherman, TX), and that same year was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award from SFTS.
Bruce and his wife, Robin, a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), have been married since 1990, raised three adult children, rescued many sweet and goofy pups, attended many sporting events, and propagated too many houseplants. They are currently living a thriving empty-nester life in San Francisco, CA.
You can subscribe to his newsletter and podcast, The Amalgamation, at www.reyes-chow.com and connect on most social platforms via @breyeschow.