Tuck Yoong & Daphne Yang

Pastor Yang and Pastor Daphne are the Founders and Senior Pastors of Cornerstone Community Church. From her inception in 1995, Cornerstone has since planted over 150 churches, schools, orphanages, and bible colleges in 16 different bases around the world. Besides being senior pastors of the church, both Pastor Yang and Pastor Daphne are actively involved in other ministries and organisations where they serve in advisory roles. 

In 2012, they were led by the Lord to purchase the Derwen Fawr Estate in Swansea, which comprises the Bible College of Wales, the amazing school that was founded and established by Mr. Rees Howells in 1924. The bible school has been painstaking and fully restored and has begun taking in students. Both Pastor Yang and Pastor Daphne are now the Directors of the college.

Pastor Yang is also the Chairman of the Board of Tung Ling Bible College, a thriving interdenominational bible school in Singapore. In 2014, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Festival of Praise, a network of churches that seeks to bless the Body of Christ in Singapore. He also chairs  the Kingdom Invasion Conference, an annual gathering of God’s people and key leaders in Asia that sees well over 8,000 people in attendance each year. Pastor Daphne is the President of Cornerstone Community Services Singapore, a family service centre that reaches out to the community at large and provides assistance to the less privileged in society. Their desire is to see the Body of Christ come to sonship, to full maturity, and for the Church to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Lip Yong & Wendy Lim

Pastor Lip Yong is the Executive Pastor of the church. An accountant by training, he responded to God’s call into full-time ministry in 2001. He is an excellent teacher of the Word, preaches with passion and is an engaging communicator. His messages stir and challenge the hearts of his listeners and move them in response to God’s work in their lives. He is married to Wendy and they have three boys.

Timothy & Sharon Chong

Pastor Timothy and his wife, Pastor Sharon, serve as full-time pastors in the church. Pastor Sharon oversees the Children’s Church and has a passion for the younger generation. They have been happily married since 2002 and are blessed with four daughters, Johanna, Jochebed, Hadassah and Jordanna, who is now with the Heavenly Father.

Pastor Timothy was raised in a family committed to Christ, but it was not until 1995, when he encountered the Holy Spirit, that his life was changed forever. He has been with Cornerstone since 2001 and has served faithfully in various areas including the deacons team, cell groups, prayer and intercessory ministry, and Family Life and Marketplace ministries. In 2010, Pastor Timothy responded to the call of God into full-time ministry and graduated from Tung Ling Bible School’s “School of Leadership”. With his background and experience in financial training, Pastor Timothy serves and sits on the church’s Management Board. The couples’ heart for ministry is best expressed in Paul’s words in 1 Thessalonians 2:8, where Paul not only shares the Gospel but also his own life with others.

Dian & Eve Botha

Pastor Dian was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He joined the military after high school and served as an officer in the 1 Parachute Battalion. A parachute accident brought him to encounter the Lord and turned the course of his life around. He left the military and began a different training with YWAM where he gave up his military career for missionary work. Pastor Dian teaches at Tung Ling Bible College in Singapore and is currently on staff at Cornerstone Community Church. He is passionate about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and moves fluently in the areas of prophecy and healing. He is married to Eve and they have three children.

Kevin & Aileen Koh

Pastor Kevin joined the full-time ministry in 2012, following a successful career as the Head of Information Technology in a multinational company. His passion is to see believers living purposefully and powerfully, being salt & light especially in the marketplace. He is also actively involved in mentoring the younger generation. Pastor Kevin is married to Aileen, who also serves in the church full-time and they have three wonderful children – Josiah, Vera and David.

Deborah Qiu

Pastor Deborah oversees the Altar & Healing Ministries and the Follow-up Department of Cornerstone. She is also the Cluster Pastor for the Young Adults arm of the church, and has a desire to see them grow into disciples of Christ, with a passionate love and zeal for the Lord. A financial analyst by training, Pastor Deborah joined the full-time ministry in 1999. She is married to Alan and they are proud parents of a baby boy.

Andrew Yeo

Pastor Andrew is a pastoral staff at Cornerstone, a church he has called home since the age of 15. He oversees the Baptism and Foundational classes and desires to help and lead new converts to a life-changing relationship with Jesus. A sought-after worship leader and inspirational youth speaker, Pastor Andrew travels around Asia leading thousands in worship and engages with young people all over, challenging them to live for Christ. He is also the co-ordinator for FOPx, a Youth Ministries Initiative under Festival of Praise Fellowship, Singapore which gathers communities of youth pastors and leaders from all denominations to pray, be equipped and empowered to win the next generation for Christ.

Pastor Andrew is married to Lynette and they are blessed with three beautiful children.

Nelson David

Pastor Nelson hails from Hyderabad, India. He was a lecturer in Maranatha Bible College before relocating to Singapore in 2007 to pursue a Master of Divinity. God gave him a burden to reach out to foreign migrants, which he obeyed and has been faithfully doing. His passion is in winning first generation Christians with the love of Christ, making them disciples and sending them back to their homelands as missionaries. He is married to Mallika and they are blessed with two sons, Steves and Elijah.

Charles & Valerie Nezianya

Pastor Charles and his wife, Pastor Valerie, served in the Couples Ministry in Africa and Europe for many years where they developed a passion for raising godly marriages. This led to the birth of the Honourable Marriages Ministry, an inter-denominational vision with a reach to families across Europe and Asia. They also co-authored the Honourable Marriages audio book series. Pastor Valerie graduated from Revelation Ministries Bible College in 1997 and is an ordained minister. She has an evangelistic calling over her life and a burden for raising godly women, marriages and children. She is also an author and the visionary behind the Chosen To Give Life Ministries, an inter-denominational ministry dedicated to stirring the hearts of women back to the Lord.  

Their marriage is blessed with two children, Zachary and Juanita.

Sng Peh Han

Pastor Peh Han gave his life to God when he was 16 and responded to the call of God into full-time ministry in 2010. He graduated from Tung Ling Bible School’s “School of Ministry” and currently oversees the Generations – the youth ministry of Cornerstone. Pastor Peh Han desires to see people encounter the power of the Holy Spirit, become overcomers and fulfill their God-given destinies.

Hazeil Minoza

Pastor Hazeil is a visionary and servant leader whose heart is to constantly reach out to the lost and meet the needs of the poor. She has been passionately leading our Cornerstone Filipino congregations in Singapore for almost 10 years and her desire is to see every Filipino turn to Christ and be on fire for God.

Samuel Wong

Pastor Samuel Wong is one of our homegrown pastors and oversees the Mandarin Congregation of the church. He responded to a life-transforming call to China Missions in 1997 and has been instrumental in planting churches in both cities and rural areas. He is happily married to Ruby, a gifted and anointed worship leader, and they are blessed with a beautiful daughter Angel, a miracle child after 14 years of marriage.

Peter Sam

Pastor Peter Sam was born in Jakarta, Indonesia but grew up in Singapore from an early age. A brilliant graphic designer by profession, he made a mark in the advertising, graphic design industry and was a lecturer in Temasek Polytechnic’s Design Faculty for several years. He now runs his own design company and actively champions social enterprises while serving as a lay pastor in the Bahasa Indonesian Congregation. He is a father to Noah Ryan Sam and a husband to Alvena Koh-Sam.

Kevin Graves

Pastor Kevin Graves and his wife, Joyce, founded Target Ministries in 1990. He is a holder of a Bachelor of Theology and Religion from Goshen College, and a graduate of Elim Bible Institute. He served as a missionary with Elim Fellowship, is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese and has been a frequent speaker at churches, Bible colleges, and conferences throughout Asia and America. He and his wife, Joyce have 6 children, 2 grandchildren and are now based in Singapore where he also serves as a consultant pastor at Cornerstone Community Church.