S.O.W. Board of Director
Chairman of Board: Rev. Thomas Chan
I’m just a passenger, a speck of dust, my name doesn’t matter. I hope this speck of dust will be a blessing to others on the earth, and it will honor the name of the Lord. I become a believer in the Lord when I was in secondary school. In 2009, I was called by God, resigned from a career as a director at APL, entered the Overseas Theological Seminary in the United States, and completed a three-year theological curriculum. In 2012, God arranged for me to become a hospice pastor for five years. In 2016, I was moved with three other directors to establish Serving Others Worldwide (S.O.W.) to help those in need. In 2019 I was ordained to become a pastor and to be a blessing to others.
Director: Rev. Esther Lou
Rev. Esther Lou came from Taiwan, graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan with a Bachelor degree in History, and has worked in the restaurant industry with her husband in the United States for 35 years, owned 5 restaurants at once. She was also a successful real estate agent. Later she turned her focus on her faith and earned a Master of Christian Ministry from Christian Witness Theological Seminary. When her marriage was in shambles and her husband fell into drug addiction, God came and saved their family, directing them to serve in the mission field together.
Rev. Lou is the founder of Herald Restaurant Gospel Ministries, and now serves as the President and Executive Director of World Christian Restaurant Ministries. She is also a member of the executive boards for Operation Dawn USA and Serving Others Worldwide, which she also founded in 2017. Rev. Lou is the author of “學開餐廳四十招”, “笑口茶經樂”, “五滋六味傳福音”, “全球福音爆炸-餐福事工策略”, and video series such as “ABCD” and “Life 168” that help train the life teachers. The aforementioned publications can be used for bible study purposes by church or individuals. Rev. Lou and her husband have 2 children and 4 grandchildren.
Director: Mr. Sau Wing Lam
Sau-Wing is born and raised in a Christian family in Hong Kong. He accepted Christ at age 12, met his wife Edith at age 16, and came to the U.S. as a foreign student at age 17. He graduated with an MBA degree from U.C. Berkeley. Thereafter he held senior executive positions in banking, finance and telecommunications. His last position was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the United Commercial Bank, then the largest bank in the Chinese community in the U.S.. When he turned 45, with God’s grace, he retired from the commercial world so he can devote all his time in a financial stewardship ministry. For the past 20 years he has been using financial management as a tool to reach the unsaved with the gospel. To avoid any kind of conflict of interest, and by God’s grace, he remains an unpaid volunteer throughout these 20 years of ministry.
Sau-Wing preaches and speaks frequently at Chinese churches. Each week he hosts five live financial radio programs in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York when he answers call-in questions from listeners. Each Friday evening he hosts a live television program on KTSF. He also invites his listeners to ask questions by e-mails and he receives an average of 100 e-mails each single day from people in different parts of the U.S. He visits families with special needs to help them solve their problems.
Sau-Wing recently finished his 7-year tenure as Ministry Director of the Northern California branch of Chinese Christian Herald Crusades and the Chief Editor of the Northwestern edition of Herald Monthly, both unpaid positions. He has a passion for Israel and has led 16 tours to Jordan and Israel. He speaks frequently about the history and future of Israel. Beginning the second half of 2018 Sau-Wing started the Ark Tours, bringing people to Kentucky to visit the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter. During the tour he would teach about Creation and Global flood, and what it means to us.
Director: Ms. Sue Chan
Sue Chan is a volunteer and one of the founding board members of Serving Others Worldwide (S.O.W.). She graduated from Purdue University with a Master of Science degree, and she had worked for telecommunications company Sprint for 15 years. She is currently the Deputy Executive Director of World Christian Restaurant Ministries.