About Linson
Husband & Dad
Linson got married to his beautiful wife, Betina, in 2007 and they have two smart, talkative children. Linson loves playing strategic board games, reading fiction, cooking for his family, traveling with his wife, and watching his kids play volleyball and soccer.
Pastor at
Metro Church
Linson serves as the Associate Pastor for METRO Church in Farmers Branch, TX and Frisco, TX. He enjoys helping the South Asian Diasporic church envision a new future by empowering leaders, reaching people with the Gospel, and establishing churches. Also, he loves teaching, preaching, and writing at the church.
New and EMERGING Author
Linson is a newly published author. His recent book, Learning our Names: Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation, was co-authored and released on August 2022. Linson hopes to publish several more books in the years to come. His areas of interest include leadership, evangelism, church planting, and identity formation from a South Asian perspective.
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Leadership Mentor
Linson loves equipping next-generation leaders. It is at the core of what he does everyday. He teaches, trains, and coaches individual leaders, and he consults and advises church leadership teams and non-profit boards throughout the United States. Also, Linson and Betina provide premarital counseling for young couples.
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Sought-after Public speaker
Linson is gifted at teaching by taking abstract concepts and making them relatable, practical, humorous, and inspiring. He enjoys presenting topics about leadership, evangelism, and church planting, and he teaches clearly and brilliantly from the scriptures. Linson speaks at various conferences, churches, and universities across the country. Listen to his latest content here.
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EDUCATION & BACKGROUND
Linson received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering and also received the McCombs Business Foundations Certification from the University of Texas at Austin. Linson worked and led in the marketplace for about six years.
Linson received his Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, and he is currently pursuing his Doctor of Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary focusing on Pneumatology and Ecclesiology. Linson also does research on South Asian American theology and ministry practices.
Linson serves as an on-call consultant and senior advisor to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. Also, he serves as the South Asian American Ministry Advisor at the Fuller Asian American Center. Also, Linson is an ordained minister of the Church of God, Cleveland, TN.
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