AMY YU

Rev. Dr. Amy Yu was born in Hong Kong but has been living in Toronto for over three decades.  Shortly after she became a Christian, God called her to be a pastor to serve in full-time ministry.  Amy has served in various positions like English Ministry, Youth Ministry, and Children and Family Ministry for 30 years.  Her first Bachelor's degree in psychology prepared her to teach in a Christian high school.  She also served as a chaplain and counsellor for overseas students for several years.  She later obtained her Master of Divinity in Youth and Family Ministry at Tyndale Seminary and entered pastoral church ministry.

Amy recently graduated with her Doctor of Ministry degree at Trinity Western Seminary. With three decades of full-time pastoral ministry at churches and Christian organizations, Amy realizes the challenges of the age-specific ministry model.  Churches face issues like generational fragmentation, disconnection between ministries, further segregation of language groups, and a lack of connection with the children within the churches.  Amy is particularly interested in the impact of intergenerational ministry on children's and adults' faith formation, and it became her research study. 

Her first 10 years of pastoral experience in English Ministry in a Chinese church created a new vision for cultivating faith in children and families.  Currently, she serves at Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church as Charge Pastor for Next Generation Ministry in Toronto. 

Moreover, Amy is a guest speaker at many churches and conferences.  She was one of the panellists at Awaken Souls Conference and the Intentional Discipleship-Making Church (IDMC) Conference for the Family Discipleship Panel discussion.  In addition, she is excited to be the DMin presenter at the InterGenerate Conference in 2023. Amy's passion is shepherding the next generation with the partnership of the church, parents and grandparents.  Together with her husband, they are raising two teenagers. In her leisure time, she loves to spend time on interior design and watching drama.