Our Staff
Pastor Chris Ball
Lead Pastor
The Ball Family moved to San Bruno in February 2021. Chris and Tessa both grew up in California and were excited about God leading them back to ministry in the Bay Area. Chris and Tessa thank God for the blessing of growing up in Christian homes and for God saving them both at a young age. They met while attending a Christian college in South Carolina and then married in 2011. Shortly after they were married, Chris and Tessa moved to NE China to teach English and work with the Chinese church for two years. They moved back to the states in 2013 and served at San Tan Bible Church in Gilbert AZ until 2021. Chris served as the youth and young adult pastor and Tessa served in the worship and women’s ministries. Chris graduated with his Master of Divinity degree in 2019 from Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. They currently have three children, Cadence (born in 2015), Everett (born in 2017), and Ella (born in 2023).
Reagan Parker
Pastoral Resident
Reagan was born and raised in Gilbert, Arizona. Growing up, he was raised in a faithful, Christian home in the context of the local church. At a young age, the Lord worked in his heart to bring him to repentance of his sins and a saving faith in Christ. From then on, God has been sanctifying him and has given him the desire to serve Him through ministry. Reagan attended The Master’s University, and there he had the privilege to learn from foundational BIble classes and grow in a Christian environment. It was at TMU that Reagan met his wife Elizabeth, and they got married in June of 2023. In October of 2024, Reagan and Elizabeth welcomed their son, Jude, to the family and they just welcomed their daughter, Luthien, in July! Currently, Reagan serves as Pastoral Resident at First Baptist Church San Bruno. Reagan is also in then process of completing his Master of Divinity through Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Joan Kang
Finance Admin
Joan was born in Maryland and spent the majority of her childhood in Singapore. She has lived in five different cities in California since then. The Bay Area is the place where she has called home the longest. Growing up, she was raised in a Christian home and by the grace of God, came to saving faith at a youth retreat where she confessed Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She graduated from University of California, San Diego with a B.A in English Literature, a degree she pursued purely out of her love for reading. Her work experience however involved a very different kind of reading as a paralegal of a law firm in Orange County. When she’s not managing the home as a wife and mother of two sons, she loves good books, bullet-journaling and spending time with family and friends over a meal.