About Carter Tan

Pastor Carter Tan is originally from Malaysia and came to Mississippi State University in 1997 to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. In college, he met his amazing wife Winnie Wang from Beijing, China who was pursuing her Masters in Chemical Engineering. They have two wonderful children; Aidan Tan and Eliza Tan. After graduating from college, he worked at Capital One Financial Services for more than a decade as a Process Engineer, working on enterprise level process re-engineering projects. In 2010, he resigned from Capital One and answered God’s calling for full time ministry. For the next five years, he pursued a Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, while also serving full time at the International Mission Board supporting missionaries and churches on technical endeavors. Upon graduation from seminary in 2015, he responded to God’s calling to serve as the full time English Ministries Pastor at Grace Chinese Baptist Church of Richmond where he had been a member since 2001. He is very honored and privileged to be able to serve his home church family. During his free time, Pastor Carter loves to watch sci-fi movies and sing in the car with his family. 陳善樂牧師來自馬來西亞，1997年來到密西西比州立大學攻讀電機工程學位。在大學期間，他遇到了來自中國北京的王苑姐妹，後來成為他的妻子，她當時正在攻讀化學工程碩士學位。他們有兩個孩子; Aidan Tan和Eliza Tan。陳牧師大學畢業後，他在Capital One 財經服務領域工作了十多年，擔任過程工程師，從事企業級流程再造項目。 在2010年，他辭去了Capital One的職務，並回應了上帝對他全職服事的呼召。在接下來的五年裡，他在東南浸信會神學院攻讀神學碩士學位，同時並在國際宣教委員會為傳教士和教會提供科技支持的全職服事。 2015年從神學院畢業後，他回應上帝的呼召，擔任里士滿華恩浸信會的英語堂全職牧師，自2001年以來他一直是里士滿的華恩浸信會會員。他非常榮幸能夠為他的教會服事。閒暇時，陳牧師喜歡觀看科幻電影，並與家人一起在車裡唱歌。