Jeyaprakash (Jp) Samuel serves on the leadership of iSpectra (a coalition of multicultural leaders and pastors in the Silicon Valley), South Bay Pastors Leadership Network (which serves several pastoral clusters in the South Bay), Team Aid (that serves immigrant families in crisis) and is a church planter and Lead Pastor of The Spectrum Church. He completed his Ph.D. from IIT-Madras and the University of Freiburg, Germany and pursued post-doctoral research in Nanotechnology at Stanford University. He also holds a Masters in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary. He served in the marketplace for over 10 years before embracing God’s call to minister full time in the Bay Area. He has ministered among International Students, Refugees and Professionals from several countries over the past 20 years and is passionate about developing multicultural leadership, church planting, preaching, teaching, and helping professionals connect their faith with their work. He and his wife Jemima along with their three children live in the Bay Area. He enjoys reading, fishing, running bay area trails, and recently completed his first half-ironman.

Tina Engel is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Chapman University. She specializes in couples counseling and family healing and is a motivational strengths builder who thrives in helping others find their purpose, place and peace in life. She has been leading CCC San Jose as the Interim Director since 2019 and was named permanent Executive Director in September 2020.

I joined CCC San Jose in 2009 as a newly licensed psychologist. This amazing community has helped me to develop as a clinician, and it has also been a family that has supported me through my personal growth over the last decade. Now, as a board member, I want to support and protect this unique community, and I also want to participate in facilitating the growth that will happen over the next decade. Specifically, I have a heart to grow the training program at CCC and see it become even more vibrant and successful in cultivating excellent new Christian therapists.

Rev. Mike Garner has been a pastor for 38 years and served as a missionary and Paraclete Associate since 2007. During that time he has been involved in many areas of ministry in the U.S. as well as overseas. For 32 years, Mike has developed and trained teams in Counseling, Spiritual Warfare/Deliverance Ministry and Inner Healing Prayer. His passion is to come alongside Christian leaders, their teams and their families as God’s instrument for healing and freedom. He is involved in both one-on-one ministry and with groups/teams. He has worked on location with national leaders in Mexico, the Middle East, Ethiopia, Malaysia and several countries in Europe. His internet ministry extends far beyond this, however, in counseling, mentoring, mediation, and teaching classes to leaders all over the world.

I have been practicing Marriage and Family Therapy for over 30 years. As a therapist, I also was an adjunct professor for Azusa Pacific University and Fuller Seminary followed by directing the MFT graduate program at Western Seminary. My vision and mission have been to serve marriages and families and to provide integrative training to upcoming Christian therapists. Christian Counseling Center has been a perfect fit for me. The Center provides training and shares a culture of dedicated Christian therapists. It is a joy and a blessing to serve on the board of an organization that shares my vision and mission.