Our pastors · Mục sư
Meet our pastors
Shepherds who have served Vietnamese and Asian-American churches across the United States for decades, preaching and teaching in English and Tiếng Việt.
Dr. Nguyễn Tấn Dương
John Nguyen Senior Pastor · Mục sư Tiến Sĩ · D.Min.Senior Pastor Dương, known in English as John Nguyen, came to the United States as a refugee in April 1975 and has served Vietnamese Baptist churches in Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas for more than four decades. He has served at Redeemer since December 2018.
Mục sư tiến sĩ Nguyễn Tấn Dương nguyên là sinh viên trường Đại học Sư Phạm Anh Văn Huế. Tháng Tư năm 1975, ông cùng đoàn người tị nạn Việt Nam sang Hoa Kỳ. Bị gián đoạn việc học một năm khi phải chạy loạn, nhưng ông tiếp tục học khi đến Hoa kỳ và xong Cử nhân năm 1979 và sau đó bắt đầu thực tập hầu việc Chúa tại tiểu bang Florida. Năm 1980, ông được thụ phong Mục sư tại Hội Thánh First Baptist Church, St. Petersburg, Florida, và làm việc với chức vụ Giám Đốc Mục Vụ cho người Á Châu.
Mục sư Dương tốt nghiệp Cử Nhân Đại Học (BA) năm 1979 tại Mississippi. Tốt nghiệp Cao Học Thần Học (M.Div.) năm 1984 tại Đại Chủng Viện New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary và Tiến Sĩ Mục Vụ (D.Min.) năm 1995 tại Đại Chủng Viện Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri.
Đang lúc theo học các chương trình trên, Mục Sư Dương cũng phục vụ Chúa ở các Hội Thánh Báp-tít Hoa Kỳ tại Clearwater, Florida năm 1979-1980. Hội Thánh Báp-tít Việt Nam tại St. Petersburg, FL, 1980-1982. Hội Thánh Báp-tít Việt Nam tại East Bank, New Orleans, LA, 1982-1984. Hội Thánh Báp-tít Tulsa, OK, 1984-1991, và từ năm 1991 ông quản nhiệm Hội Thánh Báp-tít Việt Nam tại Garland (Dallas), Texas cho đến tháng 7, 2015. Sau đó, ông làm việc bán thời gian với Giáo Hội Báp-tít Hoa kỳ tại Dallas, Texas cho đến tháng Tư, 2017. Từ tháng Tư, 2017 đến tháng 12, 2018 hiệp tác hầu việc Chúa với Hội thánh Báp-tít, Plano, Texas và từ ngày 30 tháng 12, 2018 cho đến hiện tại, hầu việc Chúa với Hội thánh Redeemer Baptist of Plano, Texas.
Mục sư tiến sĩ Nguyễn Tấn Dương làm Chủ tịch Liên Hữu Báp-tít tiểu bang Texas từ năm 1993; Chủ tịch Liên Hữu Báp-tít Việt Nam tại Hoa Kỳ năm 2008-2012; Giáo sư của Trung tâm Mục vụ Dallas từ năm 1993, sau đó đổi tên là Viện Thần học Báp-tít Việt Nam từ năm 2002 cho đến nay.
Mục sư Nguyễn Tấn Dương có vợ là Nguyễn Hồ Rutơ, và hai người con gái đã trưởng thành là Nguyễn Hồ Tường Vân, và Nguyễn Hồ Tường Vi.
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Dr. Nguyễn Tấn Dương was a student at the Huế University of Education (English). In April 1975 he came to the United States with other Vietnamese refugees. The upheaval interrupted his studies for a year, but he continued in America, completed his bachelor’s degree in 1979 and began training for ministry in Florida. In 1980 he was ordained at First Baptist Church, St. Petersburg, Florida, where he served as Director of Asian Ministries.
He earned a BA in Mississippi in 1979, a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1984 and a Doctor of Ministry from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, in 1995.
While studying, he served at an American Baptist church in Clearwater, Florida (1979–1980); the Vietnamese Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, Florida (1980–1982); the Vietnamese Baptist Church in East Bank, New Orleans, Louisiana (1982–1984); and the Baptist church in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1984–1991). From 1991 until July 2015 he pastored the Vietnamese Baptist Church in Garland (Dallas), Texas. He then worked part-time with the Baptist convention in Dallas until April 2017, served alongside the Baptist church in Plano from April 2017 to December 2018, and has served at Redeemer Baptist Church of Plano since December 30, 2018.
He has been President of the Texas Vietnamese Baptist Fellowship since 1993 and was President of the Vietnamese Baptist Fellowship in the United States from 2008 to 2012. Since 1993 he has taught at the Dallas Ministry Center, renamed the Vietnamese Baptist Theological Institute in 2002.
Pastor Dương is married to Nguyễn Hồ Rutơ. They have two grown daughters, Nguyễn Hồ Tường Vân and Nguyễn Hồ Tường Vi.
Dr. Trần Lưu Chuyên
Mục sư Tiến Sĩ · D.Min.Dr. Tran accepted Christ in Bataan Refugee Camp, Philippines (1984), and resettled in Dallas in April 1984. He graduated from UT Dallas with a Bachelor in Computer Science (1990), was ordained as a deacon (1998), licensed to preach (1999) and ordained as pastor (2000).
In 2000, Dr. Tran became the senior pastor of Richardson Vietnamese Baptist Church, Plano, TX (2000–present). He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, with an M.Div. in Biblical Languages (2002), then finished his D.Min. in Pastoral Ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2017.
In ministry, he served as General Secretary of the Vietnamese National Baptist Fellowship (2002–2006). Dr. Tran serves in various capacities with the Vietnamese Baptist Theological School (VBTS), the Vietnamese Mission Board (VMB) and Lifeway for Vietnamese (writer).
Dr. Tran married Lâm Thị Tâm in 1989. They have two daughters, Lucy and Angela.
Dr. Thomas Lê Thành Toàn
Mục sư Tiến Sĩ · D.Min.Pastor Le immigrated from Vietnam to the U.S. in 1978 as a teenager with his family. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1987 and worked as a software engineer in telecommunication, point of sales and applied technology research.
His fifteen-year engineering career brought him a sense of personal achievement, but spiritually he felt that something was missing. In 2001, with the suggestion and support of his boss, Pastor Le and his wife went back to Vietnam for a visit. There he sensed the call into ministry: being a follower of Christ was not enough, and he wanted to invest his life so others could hear about the love of God and salvation in Jesus Christ.
He resigned from his job and entered Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in January 2002, graduating with a Master of Divinity with Biblical Languages in December 2004. During his last year at Southwestern, he helped plant Plano VBC. His mission is to fulfill the Great Commission among the Vietnamese and Asian people living in the North Dallas area.
In December 2017 he completed his Doctor of Ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He continued to serve as a pastor and took part in denomination and mission projects, which opened new opportunities for joint ministry.
In 2019, by an overwhelming vote of the congregations, Plano VBC and Richardson VBC merged to become Redeemer Baptist Church of Plano. Pastor Le continues to serve and anticipates new church growth under the leadership of the new Senior Pastor, John Nguyen (Dr. Nguyễn Tấn Dương).
Lê Công Trường
English Ministry PastorWith seven years of unwavering commitment to youth ministry, Truong Le serves as our English Ministry Pastor, guiding the next generation toward deep spiritual connection and purposeful lives. Through dynamic sessions, practical workshops and thought-provoking discussions, he leads conversations about faith, ethics and life’s complexities, equipping young people with the confidence to navigate their own paths.
He creates initiatives that foster compassion, self-discovery and positive change, building strong ethical foundations in young minds and nurturing their potential to become purpose-driven contributors to the community and church family.
Truong married Ai Le in 2013. They have a daughter, Bethany.
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Joint Worship every Sunday at 10:30 am, with sermons in English and Vietnamese.