Alvin Lin

I was born in Taiwan, but grew up in Hong Kong and in Japan. I came to America as a foreign student in college. Even though I attended Christian kindergarten, elementary schools, high school and college, I became a Christ follower only much later in life, when I was thirty years old. As a young man, I thought church was a place that taught people how to be nice. Then I accidentally read the Bible one day and realized that I have sin and that I needed a Savior. For the first time in my life, I learned what truly goes on inside a church and what it meant to be a Christian person. My wife, Jenny, and I met in New York, and our four most prized possessions are Rachel, Abigail, Naomi and Isaiah. Formerly, I worked in the financial markets in New York. In my early forties, our family transitioned to Texas for me to begin my studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. I completed the Th.M. in 2010. In the same way many in my life took the time to teach, train, and equip me, my heart is to equip others for the work of “Outside the Walls” to the glory of our Father, who is in heaven.