Dr. Samuel H. Chao, is a full-time missionary and the President of China Ministries International, based in Pasadena, CA a mission agency that ministers to the House Churches in China since 2005. Previously he served as an English congregation pastor in the Chinese Christian Center, Ontario, CA. In addition, he taught Chinese history, philosophy at Pepperdine University, in Malibu, CA for a decade. He studied history at UCLA, and received his theological trainings at Westminster and Princeton seminaries. He did graduate work in Chinese history at Princeton University in 1974-1976 and received his Ph.D. in Christian missions at Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA.