Pastor Jean Burch is the senior pastor of Community Bible Church of Greater Pasadena, located on the border of Pasadena and Altadena, California where she has served for 25 years. 

In addition to serving as senior pastor she is also the President of the Community Bible Community Development Corporation.  The CBCDC has built and continues to provide over 250 units of affordable housing and social services for residents in the Pasadena and Los Angeles area.  She is the founding President and current Board Chair of the Clergy Community Coalition, a coalition of Christian pastors and clergy representing the greater Pasadena area. The CCC serves in conjunction with civic and community leaders of Pasadena as partners for the flourishing of the Pasadena Community. In addition she  currently serves on the Fuller Theological Seminary Board of Trustees.

Pastor Jean is the recipient of numerous awards for her community service, among them are the 29th Congressional Women in Leadership award with the opportunity to give the opening Congressional Prayer, and  the  California 41st Assembly District Woman of the Year award.  Pastor Jean earned her M.A. in Global Leadership from Fuller Seminary, a B.S. from Biola University in Organizational Leadership and an A.A. degree in Liberal Arts from Pasadena Community College. She also wrote a chapter in the book, Memories, Hopes, and Conversations: Appreciative Inquiry, Missional Engagement, and Congregational Change (2nd Edition 2016) by Mark Lau Branson, one of five narratives describing how appreciative inquiry changed Community Bible Church. In addition she wrote a section in the book, Calling in Context: Social Location and Vocational Formation (2022) by Susan Maros. 

Pastor Jean is a proud mother and grandmother and is blessed to have her family in ministry with her at CBC.

Link to Community Bible Community Development Corporation below.