Pastor Pat Chen
Founder & President First Love Ministries International, Inc.
First Love Prayer International, DC Capitol Hill Div.
The White House and Capitol Hill Prayer Initiative
The Gatekeepers Roundtable Forum

Pastor Pat Chen is Founder and President of First Love Ministries International, Inc. and First Love Prayer International which is the Washington, DC Capitol Hill Division. Intimacy with God is her life's message and she brings a fresh prophetic word from the heart of God with His holy fire, passion and presence. Rev. Chen ministers with an apostolic anointing in prayer, preaching and the prophetic.

Rev. Chen is one of the ordained pastors at Harvest Church in Concord, CA. She has served as an Associate Pastor and Elder helping with the spiritual governance and insight in Harvest Church for about 13 years. She now spends most of her time traveling through First Love Ministries International for prayer, preaching and prophetic ministry as well as helping give oversight to other ministries and churches.

Pastor Pat Chen serves as an advisor on various Pastoral and Apostolic boards for churches and ministries. Examples include, the Board of Directors for the Fellowship of Prophetic Churches and Ministries. Currently she is serving as Pastoral Advisor to the Senior Pastor and Leadership Team of Parkway Fellowship in Dublin, CA.

Rev. Chen has held an Annual Prophetic Prayer and Worship Conference on Capitol Hill for 5 years. On April 22-24, 2010, the conference will transition into a Gatekeepers Prayer and Worship Summit on Capitol Hill and across from the White House. The Summit's theme is "Overcomers at the Gate" and will have an emphasis of five-fold ministers taking the lead in prayer. The prayer focus will be the seven spheres of influence that affect our society which are Religion, Government, Business, Education, the Family, Media and the Arts/Entertainment.

Pastor Pat founded "The Secret Place" Prayer Room on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. which was available by appointment to Government, Business, Church and prayer leaders from around our nation and the world for three years. She is now waiting on God's timing and financial support to have a prayer office across from the White House with an emphasis of praying for the President, our nation and global issues.

Pastor Pat Chen is a member of the Executive Board for America's National Prayer Committee, which sponsors the National Day of Prayer for the United States. She also attends the National Prayer Breakfast where the President of the United States attends and gives an address. She grew up in the inner city of our Nation's Capital and travels to DC on a regular basis to pray with and for the Senate and House Chaplains and our nation's leaders from Government and the Church.

Rev. Pat Chen facilitates the prayer ministry for the International Christian Technologists' Association and is a member of their Board of Directors. Pat was involved in the historical gathering of the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Azusa Street Revival as an Advisor to the Azusa Street Centennial Strategic Prayer Council and a member of the Azusa Street Centennial Ministry Team. She has served as a Board member and the National Facilitator of Intercession for the Mission America Coalition and was the Prayer Chair for the Oakland-East Bay Billy Graham Crusade.

Pat Chen is a member of the Aglow International Board of Directors which governs the ministry in 170 nations and has served at all levels of the ministry. The Aglow International ministry has played a major role in her early ministry development. Among her travels, Pastor Pat has preached to thousands at various Conferences and retreats in the United States and around the world.

Author
As an author, Pastor Pat Chen has written two books, Intimacy with the Beloved and The Depths of God, contributed chapters to other books, written various magazine articles for Charisma, Ministries Today, SpiritLed Woman and PRAY! Magazine and she has produced a prophetic music CD.

Her husband, Peter, is a Human Resources Professional and Consultant and they live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their son, Kenon, is a Vice President of Technology, an anointed worship leader and recording artist. He and his wife, Adrienne, who is also an anointed worship leader in her own right, minister together at Harvest Church.

International Travel
Pastor Pat Chen has traveled in most of the 50 states and globally to England, France, Holland, Belgium, Argentina, Israel, New Zealand, Canada, Bermuda, Trinidad, South Korea, Togo, Ghana, Senegal, The Gambia, Benin, South Africa, Sri Lanka and others.

Rev. Pat Chen has authored or Contributed to the Following Publications
* The Depths of God, published by Destiny Image.
* Intimacy With The Beloved, published by Creation House.
* Intimacy, a prophetic music CD with spontaneous scripture narration and exhortation, created with Ruth Collingridge of Spirit Song Celebration and Aglow International.
* Chapters for the books, Threshold of Glory, published by Destiny Image and Women of Prayer, Released to the Nations, by Aglow Publications.
* Two mentoring letters for the Women of Destiny Bible, published by Thomas Nelson.
* Article in PRAY! Magazine, published by NavPress.
* Articles in Ministries Today, Charisma and SpiritLed Woman Magazines, published by Strang Communications.

Awards
For her outstanding achievement in Christian service in the community, she was recognized and awarded by the National Council of Negro Women, San Francisco section, as one of the 1999 Christian Women of the year. KFAX/K-JOY Radio honored Rev. Pat Chen, as a Pray The Bay member in 2000 for lighting the way for Lighthouses of Prayer at the Annual Pastor's Prayer Breakfast before 500 pastors.