The Reverend William Caleb Teng

William "Bill" Teng was born and raised in Hong Kong. A fourth generation Presbyterian, he is the son and grandson of Presbyterian ministers. His father received his theological training at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and his mother was a seminary graduate as well. Bill came to the United States for college in 1972, and received a degree in Orchestral Conducting from Nyack (NY) College in 1975.

While doing graduate work in Music History and Conducting at the City College of New York, with an eye toward a music career, he founded and directed the Nyack Symphony, a semiprofessional orchestra. He felt a definite call to the ministry in the spring of 1978, and after completing his graduate work in 1979, enrolled at the Alliance Theological Seminary. While a seminary student, Bill also served as Minister of Music at Simpson Memorial Church in Nyack, New York.

Following graduation from seminary, Bill enrolled at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, in the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program. While there, he also served as Associate Pastor of the Arlington (TX) Alliance Church. In July of 1985, he was ordained as a Minister of the Word and Sacrament.

In 1986, Bill was invited to return to Hong Kong to found and coordinate a Department of Church Music at the Alliance Bible Seminary. In addition to his original duties, he was also Director of Public Relations and Development, and taught classes in Apologetics, Worship, and Christian Ethics. While there, he also served as Interim Pastor at Emmanuel English Church an international congregation.

In 1990, after returning to the United States, Bill served as Minister of Pastoral Care and Worship at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Satellite Beach, Florida. In 1996, he was called to Union Church Hong Kong, an international congregation and the oldest Protestant church in the city, having been founded in 1844. During that time, he also became Chairman of the founding Board of Directors of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) Hong Kong, an international human rights advocacy group for the persecuted church around the world. He returned to the United States in January of 1999 to become Senior Pastor of the Chinese Community Church, an international and interdenominational congregation in Washington, DC. Bill became Pastor/Head of Staff of Heritage Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Virginia, in September of 2001.

After serving as Moderator of the National Capital Presbytery in 2004, Bill served as Chair of the Presbytery Council in 2005. He has also served and chaired various presbytery committees, such as Worship and Theology, Nominating, Planning & Evaluations, the Permanent Judicial Commission and was Commissioner to the 214th and 216th General Assemblies (2002 & 2004) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Bill also sits on the Board of Directors of Presbyterians For Renewal (PFR) since 2003 and was installed as President of the Board at its fall meeting in 2007, while having served as Chair of its Nominating Committee and Vice-Chair of its Issues Ministry Team (2005-2006). He also served on the PFR General Assembly Resource Team for 2003 and 2006.

Bill is active in the Metro Washington community, having served on the Mayor's Faith Advisory Council of Washington, DC (1999-2001) and has served on the WRC-TV (NBC4) Community Advisory Board since 2001. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington and Christian Solidarity Worldwide (USA) and has recently joined the Alpha International Team as an International Advisor. Bill is a volunteer Chaplain with the Civil Air Patrol, the Auxiliary of the United States Air Force, with the rank of Major. While active in the Asian-American community, Bill has also been a volunteer instructor in "Cultural Sensitivity" training at the Blue Plains Police Academy of the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC, since 2000.

Bill and his wife, Karen, were married in March of 1987. After living in Maryland for four years, they now reside in Alexandria, Fairfax County, VA.