義牧師的父親來自河南，1949年隨蔣介石的部隊去了臺灣。義牧師在台灣出生，在讀大學時接觸基督信仰， 1990年來美國讀研究所時信主。在獲取物理和電機雙碩士學位後，他於1994年返回臺灣擔任半導體薄膜技術製程工程師，並開始在教會的職業青年團契中有許多服事。2001年因著上帝奇妙的帶領，他受聘於灣區一家科技公司，於是全家移民回到美國。 2002年加入中華歸主柏克萊教會，並參與事奉，2003年蒙神呼召，進入基督工人神學院就讀。2007年1月開始擔任中華歸主柏克萊教會中文部傳道，並於 2011年按立為牧師，專注於學生與年輕家庭事工。義牧師於 2016年1月開始帶領教會在Richmond植堂，並於2023年1月加入東灣三一華人教會。他與白美容姊妹於1997年結婚，育有二子。

In 1949, Pastor Yi’s father came with Chiang Kai-Shek’s army from China to Taiwan. Pastor Yi was born in Taiwan. He started his quest in Christianity in college and finally became a believer in 1990 when he came to the US for graduate school. After pursuing double master’s degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering, Pastor Yi returned to Taiwan and became a semiconductor thin film process engineer. Meanwhile, he was actively involved in the young career fellowship of the church. With an unexpected yet miraculous deed from God, he received a job offer from a tech company in Bay Area in 2001, so his whole family moved back to the US. He then joined CFC Berkeley Church in 2002 and started to be involved in serving the fellowship. God’s calling came upon him in 2003. He attended CWTS to equip himself. Ordinated as a minister in Jan. 2007 in CFC Berkeley Church, he focused on students and young family ministries. Pastor Yi started leading the church planting in the Richmond area in Jan. 2016 and joined EBTCC in Jan. 2023. He married Meirong Pai in 1997, and now they have two sons.