Our team
Our team
Pastor
Jong moved to Naperville in 2010 and, along with eight core team members, planted TRC. He received his Master of Divinity from Biblical Theological Seminary (PA) and is a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA). He belongs to the Chicago Metro Presbytery. He's married to Janet and they're blessed with four children.
Scholar in Residence
Theon completed his doctoral degree at Purdue University in the Brian Lamb School of Communication. He's an Associate Professor of Rhetoric at Wheaton College where he teaches and researches the intersection of rhetoric, theology, and justice. He's married to Amy and they're blessed with two children.
Formation Director + City Ministry Director
Sam was raised in the frozen tundras of Minnesota where he attended the University of Minnesota. He moved to Chicago in 2016 earning his Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 2020. He enjoys writing, cooking, playing basketball, lifting weights, and anything that has to do with the outdoors. He’s married to his beautiful wife, Michelle, and they are blessed with a wonderful daughter, Kaiya.
Children’s Ministry Director
Yun and her family have attended TRC since 2017. She's happily married to Seong and they're blessed with three wonderful children. She's always loved working with children and has an educational background as a middle school math teacher. She's an optimist, hopeless romantic, and enjoys shopping, scrapbooking and board games when time allows.