About Bruce Reyes-Chow

A 3rd Generation Chinese/Filipino, armchair sociologist, and technology enthusiast Bruce speaks and teaches on faith, race, parenting, and technology in a variety contexts from seminaries to conferences to congregations to pre-schools. While he speaks to both religious and secular audiences, he committed to living and expressing a Christian faith that is beautifully complex, unimaginably just and excruciatingly gracious.

He is the host of the webshow BRC and Friends and is a Coach and Senior Consultant with the Center of Progressive Renewal. He is the author of three books, The Definitive-ish Guide for Using Social Media in the Church (Shookfoil Books, 2012) and "But I Don't See You as Asian: Curating Conversations about Race" (2013), "40 Days, 40, Prayers, 40 Words: Lenten Reflections for Everyday Life" (WJK Press, 2016) and is in the process of co-writing a parenting book with his wife, "Don't be an Asshat: An Official Handbook for Raising Parents and Children." (est Dec, 2015).

Bruce has been a Presbyterian pastor for nearly 20 years and founded Mission Bay Community Church in San Francisco, a church of young, multicultural and progressive Presbyterians. In 2008 he was the youngest person ever elected as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), the highest elected office of the 1.8 million member denomination. Bruce received his BA in Asian American Studies, Philosophy and Sociology from San Francisco State University (1991), MA from San Francisco Theological Seminary (1995) and an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Austin College (2010).

Bruce currently lives in San Francisco with is wife, three daughters, and two canines. He spends much of his me time cheering on the Oakland Athletics Baseball Team, taking no mercy on his daughters while playing settlers of Catan, and trying not to be one of "those parents" on the soccer sidelines -- oh and he power naps are a spiritual experience. You can find connect with Bruce via @breyeschow on most social networks, visit his blog, www.reyes-chow.com and see what others say about him on wikipedia.