Name | Aaron Wong
Hometown | Hong Kong
Degree Program | Bachelor of Music degree in Sacred Music
Class of | 2010

From the Word

Aaron Wong earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Sacred Music with an emphasis in classical guitar from Moody Bible Institute in 2010. Aaron was born and raised in Hong Kong, a crowded commercial city known as “The Pearl of the Orient.” After he gave his life to Christ, he began to question the materialism that surrounded him.

What he read in the Bible convinced him that he was called to “love God and people, to serve God and people.” This insight led him to focus on his passion: music.

“I came to Moody to learn how to faithfully use the talents that God has graciously given me to love and serve the Lord and people around me,” said Aaron. “What I do in this life can actually be an investment in someone’s eternity.”

Aaron said that his Moody professors and classes transformed his understanding of worship.

“Before I came to Moody, I thought that the purpose of good worship music was to attract people to church,” he said. 

He also came to understand that we can learn about God through music.

"[The music] actually reflects the heart and image of God," he explains. "Creativity in music reflects God’s nature. Music is a tool to express ourselves to God in ways that we cannot fully express through language.”

Aaron particularly appreciated the excellence demanded of him at Moody, which served him well during his summer music internship at a church in England.

“I was very pleased to see that all I learned at Moody had value in ministry,” he said. “I found myself using what I learned in music theory, conducting, performing arts, sound/room acoustics, sound systems, vocal technique, biblical theology and hymnology.”

To Life

Having graduated, Aaron aspires to be a full-time professional musician, but would also like to be a music minister, perhaps someday on the mission field. Currently, he is serving in the music ministry at a church in Midland, Mich. He is also considering pursuing graduate studies in guitar performance with a cultural studies emphasis at a college in New York.

“People often focus on emotions when worshiping through music but forget about the theology of worship,” he said. “I’d like to serve the church in music with biblical theology and sound doctrine to bring the congregation to God through worship in both spirit and truth.”

And, as always, Aaron is committed to pursuing excellence in his ministry.

“If I am going to be a witness to nonbelievers, I need to be good at music,” he insists. “I need to show them I’m good enough in skills, technique and knowledge to increase their willingness to talk to me, work with me and invite me to events. I’m confident that because of the education I have received at Moody, I can be excellent in what I do.”