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Pastorate - The leadership team

At the heart of our ministry are the people who have dedicated themselves to serving and building up New Heart Mission Church. After much prayer and preparation, NHMC was planted through the grace of God in Manhasset, NY. The Pastoral staff is made up of 1.5 and 2nd generation Asian-Americans who have lived, worked and worshiped in the NYC area for many years. Brought together by a heart for the 2nd, 3rd and future generations of Asian-American diaspora, the pastoral staff are ever present and available for personal ministry and prayer.

paul Senior Pastor

Paul Min Chul Chung graduated from Biblical Theological Seminary in 2002, where he received his Masters of Divinity degree. He became an ordained Pastor commissioned by the Korean Church of Queens, where he had faithfully served as an EM (English Ministry) Pastor for 13 years, while practicing dentistry and raising a family with his wife Ellen. During Paul’s service as a Pastor to the Church, he led many short-term mission trips to China, Ecuador, Russia and Africa, as well as leading and developing Discipleship and Missions training.

By late 2008, God had given Paul a vision to plant a Church in Manhasset, Long Island, to prepare the next generation and build the families, especially focusing on the relationships of 1st-generation immigrant parents with 2nd-generation children. In obedience to this God-given vision to him, Paul took a step of faith and sold his dental practice to go into full-time ministry. Paul, Ellen and their three children, Timothy, Daniel and Elizabeth, have been living in Long Island since 2007, and their dream and aim is to reach out to all the families within their community and bring the Gospel to them.

It is customary for Paul to eat dinner with Ellen and his three children on a daily basis. He also loves to spend time with his family, watch a good basketball or baseball game on television in his spare time with his son Timmy and read good books related to ministry. He also loves to meet with people and counsel them. Upon seeing all his three children graduate from school in the future, Paul plans to retire out on the mission field with Ellen and live out the rest of their lives as a missionary couple, and “fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith.” (2 Timothy 4:7)

paul Education Department Coordinator/Missionary Intern

Tina Lee was born in Queens, New York and grew up in a working class family in Rego Park, New York. She was spoiled by a big extended family of cousins and remembers many fun childhood years of bowling, roller-skating and skiing. After many rebellious years in her 20’s, the Lord took a firm grip in Tina’s life and brought her to the Light of Love America (LOLA) retreat in January 2005. There, Tina’s life was shaken to the core when she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. From then, Christ began His good work in Tina’s life and her submission led to a new life as a new creation.

After returning from LOLA and undergoing a six month Discipleship Training led by Pastor Paul, Tina went on her first mission trip to Uganda and Sudan. During this trip, the Lord spoke to her through Mark 8:34-35, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.” Since then, she has never missed another mission trip. She has attended 11 mission trips to Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Tina is the only person who can pack the entire Duane Reade into a 4” x 4” pocketbook for missions. She also lived in the All Nations Seminary in Uganda teaching English to the first year seminary students so that they can have the basis to understand the gospel teachings. The Lord shined upon Tina’s life through her dedication to missions and to no surprise to our God, Tina dedicated her life to long term missions in August of 2008 in the very same compound where she spent teaching His African children.

After faithfully serving New Heart Mission Church as a lay leader for the Youth Group and Mission trips, God definitively spoke to her with His plan and she obeyed. In November 2011, Tina quit her managerial position she has held for the past 14 years and accepted a full time position at church as a missionary candidate. Tina plans to go off to missions in the next few years. While Tina is still serving at New Heart Mission Church, she uses her many gifts such as her love of long destination-less road trips, her almost tone deaf singing and dancing and recent discovery of Dunkin Donuts Vanilla Chai to bring joy and love to the brothers and sisters who do not yet know Christ.