Senior Pastor: Pastor Juta Pan (主任牧師:潘儒達牧師)
Pastor Juta Pan was from Taiwan. Growing up from a Free Methodist family, he converted to Christ at the age of 14. After 8-years journey of seeking God’s guidance, he confirmed God's calling and became a minister of Campus Evangelical Fellowship (CEF) in 1985. During 12 years’ service in CEF, he met his wife Chaoluan, who became a minister of CEF in 1988, and married her in 1990. In 1997, Juta came to Boston with his family for theological study. After obtaining his MA in Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2000 and Master of Sacred Theology at School of Theology, Boston University in 2001, he went to Scotland to pursue his PhD at the School of Divinity, the University of Edinburgh. His dissertation entitled: "The Kingdom of God and the Pure Land: Towards the Dialogue of Christianity and Buddhism in the Context of Taiwan." His theological study focuses on Theology, Missiology, and Christianity and Other Faiths. After finishing his study, Juta returned to Boston with his family and served at CBCGB in 2005. He was ordained as pastor at the same year in September, and has been the pastor of Fellowship Ministry, of Campus Ministry, of Evangelism Ministry, and of acting lead pastor of Chinese Ministry. He founded and currently serves as the pastor of City Outreach Ministry, a ministry focusing on Chinese overseas students, scholars, and young professionals in Boston city. In 2019, he was assigned by the church to be the senior pastor of CBCGB. He is also an adjunct faculty in several Chinese theological seminaries in North and South America teaching Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics, and Christianity and other Faiths. Juta was also a visiting scholar of Princeton Theological Seminary during his first sabbatical leave in 2011 and second sabbatical leave in 2018. His book: The Cross and the Lotus was published in 2016. Juta’s wife, Chaoluan, is a scholar of Church History obtaining her ThD from School of Theology, Boston University. She is an adjunct professor at a seminary. They have one daughter, Lucilla.
潘儒達牧師來自台灣。成長於循理會家庭,14歲時歸向基督。經過8年尋求上帝旨意的歷程,他回應神的呼召,於1985年成為學生福音事工的全職傳道,加入校園福音團契(CEF)事奉神。在CEF的12年裡,他結識了他的妻子高昭鑾,昭鑾於1988年成為校園團契傳道,他們於1990年結婚。1997年儒達與他的家人來到波士頓,從事神學進修。他於2000年在Gordon-Conwell神學院獲得文學碩士主修神學的學位;於2001年在波士頓大學神學院獲得神學碩士學位,主修神學、宗教研究和宣教神學;然後他前往蘇格蘭愛丁堡大學神學院攻讀博士學位。他的研究重點是基督教與佛教的對話,論文題目是《神國與淨土:基督教與佛教在台灣處境中的對話》。學業完成後,儒達與家人於2005年7月回到波士頓,參與CBCGB的服事,並於2005年9月被按立為牧師。曾經負責團契事工,校園事工和福音事工,代理中文部負責牧師。他建立城區事工,並且擔任城區事工牧師10年,工作重點是傳福音及服事波士頓市區的華人留學生、學者和就業青年。自2019年,他接受教會徵召,回到母堂擔任主任牧師。他也在北美和南美華人神學院擔任兼任教授,教導系統神學、基督教倫理學、以及基督教與世界宗教之比較等課程。他並先後於2011年和2018年休安息假時,在普林斯頓神學院擔任訪問學者,研究「基督教對後現代的回應」。他的著作,《十架與蓮花:一個基督徒與佛教信仰的對話》於2016年由使者出版。儒達的妻子昭鑾是教會歷史學者,在波士頓大學神學院取得教會歷史神學博士學位。他們有一個女兒,惟光。