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Johnny is an Army Officer. He has been married for 18 years to Clara Yap, and they have three children, Jessica, Jeremy and Jessilyn. Johnny received Christ in March 1981. He attended Emmanuel Chapel and was baptised in 1986. He joined Covenant EFC when Emmanuel Chapel merged with Covenant in 1989, and served on the Church Board for a year. Since then, he has served as an officer and captain of the Boys Brigade ministry as well as a worship leader, Covenant Group Leader, Area Overseer and marriage mentor. He rejoined the Board as deacon in 1999, and became an elder in 2004.
Leadership Mentor
Rev Edmund Chan
Rev Edmund Chan is a seasoned disciplemaking pastor and the Leadership Mentor in Covenant Evangelical Free Church, Edmund is widely regarded as an insightful Bible expositor and a wise mentor of Christian leaders. Read more...
Senior Pastor
Rev Tony Yeo
Rev Tony Yeo is the Senior Pastor of Covenant Evangelical Free Church. Besides supervising several ministries within the church, he also serves as the General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of Singapore (EFOS). Tony is a people-centered, principle-focused and purpose-driven leader, with a track record of proven management and leadership gifts.
As a beneficiary of mentoring, he has a passion for leadership development through disciplemaking and mentoring, and is intentionally mentoring leaders both within and outside of Covenant EFC. A graduate with Honours from Singapore Bible College, and Tyndale Seminary in spiritual formation, he is married to Choy Mei and they have two sons, Timothy and Noah.
Senior Pastor
Rev Tan Kay Kiong
Rev Tan Kay Kiong is the Senior Pastor of Covenant Evangelical Free Church. A gifted shepherd and counsellor, he also mentors both individuals and couples. Kay Kiong graduated from Singapore Bible College with a Bachelor of Theology, and has a Diploma in Family Life Education from Edith Cowan University, Perth. He has been married to Diana for 22 years, and they have two teenage daughters, Hilda and Hazel.
Associate Pastor
Pastor Ann Chan
Pastor Ann Chan ministers actively alongside her husband, Rev. Edmund Chan, the Senior Pastor of Covenant Evangelical Free Church and serves as an Associate Pastor in the Senior Pastor’s Office team. A gifted leader and teacher, she has pioneered many of Covenant EFC’s ministries, including the Women-In-Covenant ministry. No stranger to pain and suffering herself, she has been an empathetic and wise counselor to many who have approached her over her years of ministry.
An educator by training, Ann graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Christian Education (with honours) from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1994. She has also mentored, preached and taught in Hong Kong, Australia, America and London. She and Edmund have two daughters, Amanda and Belicia.
Associate Pastor
Rev Dr Chua Chung Kai
Rev Dr Chua Chung Kai is an Associate Pastor of Covenant Evangelical Free Church, serving on the Senior Pastor’s Office team. A brilliant and insightful student and expositor of the Word, he has a gift of explaining complex ideas in the simplest ways.
A medical doctor by training, Chung Kai graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1989. He subsequently graduated with a Masters Degree from the Singapore Bible College in the year 2000 and was ordained in 2004. He is married to Tina and they have three children, John, Joel and Joanne.
Director of Operations
Elder Barney Lau
Elder Barney is the Director of Operations in Covenant Evangelical Free Church and Zone Mentor. A dynamic and visionary leader, he has served on the Covenant Board since 2002. In the course of his life, career and ministry, he has had to make and execute many difficult decisions, not the least of which was to answer the call to enter into full-time church ministry which came while he was the Managing Director of Microsoft Singapore.
He graduated from Rutgers University, New Jersey, in Computer Science and is married to Jessie, with whom he has three lovely children, Isabelle, Russell and Allyson.
Front row (from left): Hui Weng Tat, Elder Louis Tan, Rev Tony Yeo, Rev Edmund Chan, Elder Johnny Tan, Rev Tan Kay Kiong, Elder Barney Lau, Elder Sebastian Quek
Back row (from left): Sherman Chow, Dieu Eng Seng, Andrew Tay, Choo Choon Teck, Benjamin Mow, Tam Chee Chong
Not in picture: Ng Ee Chuan
| Chairman: | Elder Johnny Tan | |
| Honorary Secretary: | Andrew Tay |
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| Honorary Treasurer: | Shermon Chow |
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| Elder: | Louis Tan | |
| Sebastian Quek | ||
| Hui Weng Tat | ||
| Appointed Members: | Rev Edmund Chan |
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| Rev Tony Yeo | ||
| Rev Tan Kay Kiong | ||
| Elder Barney Lau | ||
| Deacons: | Choo Choon Teck | Dieu Eng Seng |
| Benjamin Mow | Ng Ee Chuan | |
| Tam Chee Chong | ||
