Ken Fong

Senior Pastor, Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles (Rosemead, CA)

Born and raised in NorCal, Ken moved to LA in 1978 when he transferred from ABSW (Berkeley) to Fuller Seminary (Pasadena). He thought he’d finish up in a couple of years and move back but God had other plans for him. He would earn his M.Div. in theology in 1981 and his D.Min. in Asian American church growth nine years later.

Once in LA, he met his future wife and future church. He married Sharon (“Snoopy”) Uyeda in 1981 and began that same year as Associate Pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church when it was still in East LA. In 2011 they celebrated 30 years of marriage and of serving EBCLA as a pastor.  

Following an amicable split in 1996, Ken became senior pastor and has since led EvergreenLA to be a unique and exemplary multi-Asian, multiethnic, and multigenerational American Baptist church.  

Ken has authored several books, is a frequent blogger and occasional Tweeter.   He’s been a board member of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and Westmont College in Santa Barbara. He’s currently a trustee of the Asian American Drug Abuse Program in LA where he’s led a monthly Bible study since 1991. He has also been a church consultant with The Genysys Group since 2009.

Of his many roles, he is most proud of being a husband, a dad and a persevering pastor.