Rev. Yang comes to Morrow Church and the Greater New Jersey Conference from the Texas Annual Conference, most recently as senior pastor of Westbury UMC - the most diverse church in that Conference. Pastor Danny grew up on the west side of Houston and went to the University of Texas and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He met his wife, Susan, in middle school orchestra, and these days they spend a lot of time chasing after their two young adorable daughters, Ellie and Izzy. The family is excited to sink roots in the Maplewood community and minister together with the people of Morrow. 

Rev. Yang leaned on his gifts of preaching, visionary thinking, pastoral care and a commitment to social holiness through action to lead Westbury UMC to stability and renewal.  During his tenure, Westbury reversed years of deficit spending, completed a capital campaign, helped rebuild the community after Hurricane Harvey, voted to be a Reconciling Congregation (the second in the Texas Annual Conference), and sustained growth through the COVID pandemic. His nearly twenty years of ministry experiences align remarkably well with Morrow Church's witness to faith and action.

Since leaving Texas and until his appointment within the Greater New Jersey Conference, Pastor Danner served as a lay minister at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chatham, NJ.