Rev. Don Ng ‘75

Rev. Don Ng served as President of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) for the 2014-15 biennium, having previously served as Vice President. Since 1998, Don has served as senior pastor of the historic First Chinese Baptist Church in San Francisco that was started by the American Baptist Home Mission Societies in 1880. The church has three Sunday worship services served by a multiple pastoral staff team ministering to both English-speaking and Cantonese-speaking people in Chinatown as well as in the greater Bay Area. Recently, the church was one of four congregations featured in the Transformed by the Spirit video as remaining effective in ministry and faithful to God’s leading by growing through adaptive change.

Don served on the General Board, the Executive Committee of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies. From 1978-1998, Don was on the national staff of American Baptist Educational Ministries in Valley Forge, where he was director of Education for Discipleship, Youth Ministry and represented EM on the General Executive Council. He was also involved in curriculum development, camping and conferencing, Asian Pacific youth ministry and Christian education, and directed a number of the national American Baptist youth gatherings. Additionally, he served as the Chief Affirmative Action officer for ABCUSA.

Rev. Don Ng received the Spirit of the Hill Award in 2014 for his stature in leadership both in the local church and in his denomination.