Philip H. Lin was born in 1938 in Pingtung, Taiwan, Republic of China and received Christ in 1958 as an undergraduate student in Taipei, Taiwan. In 1966, Lin came to the United States for graduate study in Civil/Structural Engineering. He has worked as a Senior Structural Engineer in engineering firms in Southern California; he gave lectures in design of green building constructions, and authored technical papers in engineering publications. He has also served as an elder in various local churches in Orange County, California. Currently he is retired in Orange County, California where he enjoys spending time reading and writing books on Christian leader’s life and ministry.