Peter Han

Background

• Part of the friend group attending Cintya Montero's pool hangout.
• Knows Cintya Montero for ~7 years (met her in LA when she was ~26).
• Worked at a store called "Blue" in LA previously.
• Has spiritual/religious background, makes biblical references and emphasizes prayer
• Has a best friend in Singapore whom he meets with weekly via Zoom for accountability
• Travels to Australia frequently (considering getting a third place there)
• Location Transition (August 2025): Moving from Austin back to LA permanently, departure scheduled August 3, 2025

Interests & Expertise

• Socializing with friends.
• Music (Attended Griffin concert).
• Functional Medicine & Holistic Health (Advises a non-chemo cancer treatment center).
• Philosophy & Spirituality (Discusses meaning, purpose, role of Holy Spirit).
• Mentoring entrepreneurs and young talent.
• Biblical leadership models (referenced Daniel's relationship with Nebuchadnezzar and Darius)
• Spiritual advising to influential people

Professional Role

• Describes himself as being in a position similar to Daniel in the Bible - "advisor to influential people"
• Appears to have connections in multiple industries (health, music, business)
• Mentioned a contact who is an EDM producer with Christian connections
• Seems to have an advisory role spanning business and spiritual matters
• Financial Position (June 2025): Has access to "more than enough capital to invest" through his network, waiting on deals to close that will free up time and money for Lord-directed projects

Perspectives & Insights

• Believes in "going where the favor is" - focusing energy on relationships/opportunities where God is providing openings
• Emphasizes the importance of prayer before business/strategic connections
• Values slowing down to sense spiritual direction before taking action
• Believes people should be viewed as more than servants - "you're much more than a servant"
• Cautions about taking on too many good opportunities that aren't the right fit

Spiritual Business Philosophy (Updated June 2025)

Collective Discernment Practice

• Prayer Partnership Network: Maintains regular prayer/discernment relationships with 3-4 trusted men, including best friend in Singapore
• Decision-Making Process: "I can't just trust myself because I'm emotionally involved... It's your will versus God's will"
• Community Wisdom: Believes "we collectively have the mind of Christ" and that spiritual discernment requires multiple perspectives due to individual filters
• Gender-Specific Fellowship: Emphasizes men need different fellowship than women, with rare exceptions for established family friendships

Kingdom Business Principles

• Sustainable Mission: "anything that's kingdom will eventually be self-sustaining, will not require more and more money to go in"
• Strategic Sequencing: Understanding that mission execution may not follow desired priority order - "he might want to solve problem A, but it's more prudent to get the flywheel going to start and solve problem C"
• Patience vs. Efficiency: "meeting them where they are and allowing them to be fully themselves while making it better, even if it's slower"
• Redemption Focus: "The heart of God is to redeem those who can be redeemed" rather than just maximizing efficiency

Divine Timing and Control

• 2013 Revelation: "that's not your problem. You can pray about it, but that's not your problem. Your problem is what I put in front of you and say to you"
• Waiting on God: Currently waiting months for deals to close while trusting divine timing rather than forcing outcomes
• Scope Management: Maintains clear boundaries about what is and isn't his responsibility to solve or control

"Building in the Flesh" vs. Divine Timing Philosophy (August 2025)

• Core Principle: "You can make it happen, but if you build it in the flesh, you have to sustain it in the flesh. Because being too early is just as bad as being too late"
• Divine Timing Recognition: Understanding when circumstances align supernaturally versus forcing outcomes through human effort
• Sustainable Kingdom Work: Projects built in God's timing become self-sustaining rather than requiring constant human energy to maintain
• Patience in Execution: Willingness to wait for divinely orchestrated opportunities rather than manufacturing them

First-Century Discipleship Model (August 2025)

• Seven-Year Process: "In first-century church, the average person had to walk with someone for about seven years before that person would be baptized"
• Community Validation: Discipleship required agreement from multiple elders, not just one mentor
• Character Over Scale: "The hardest thing to scale is character. And it's the only thing that you can guarantee can make a difference in this world"
• Generational Impact: "Your entire lifetime, you may have made three disciples, right? But that's the only thing that Jesus cared about, because those three would make three"
• Counter-Cultural Approach: Completely opposite to Silicon Valley "users and MRR" mentality

Tree of Life vs. Tree of Knowledge Framework (August 2025)

• Two Systems Only: "There's only two systems in the world, right? Eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil or eating from the tree of life"
• Self-Reliance vs. Trust: Tree of knowledge represents "I need to do it myself and by the sweat of my own brow," while tree of life means "trusting the story, trusting that you can't screw up your life"
• Biblical Integration: Applies Genesis framework to contemporary business and life decisions
• Risk vs. Security: Tree of life requires trust and appears nerve-wracking but leads to authentic outcomes

"Relational Jiu-Jitsu" with Powerful People (July 2025)

• Indirect Communication Strategy: "If I have to be direct with him, I have to be in direct... I will plant seeds that make it seem like it's his idea, and so that I don't care if he takes all the credit"
• Meeting People Where They Are: Adaptive communication style based on personality needs rather than personal preference
• Option-Based Guidance: Provides 2-3 choices to maintain sense of agency while steering toward optimal outcomes
• Years-Long Relationship Development: Understands that building trust and directness with sensitive powerful people requires patience and consistency
• Testing Dynamics: Recognizes that powerful relationships involve mutual testing and validation

Staged Capital Investment Philosophy (July 2025)

• Graduated Financial Commitment: Prefers $100k/month for 6 months over $10M upfront to preserve relationships and assess capability
• Relationship Preservation: "Where I say 9 million bucks and let's figure it out. And then a year later, like sorry, we're not going to support you anymore than the relationship that's lost you"
• Structured Exit Strategy: Builds in clear performance milestones and mutual expectations to enable graceful disengagement if needed

Individual Giving Validation (July 2025)

• T'rumah Principle Support: Validated Gary's biblical teaching on supporting individuals rather than just institutions
• Direct Personal Impact: "Feeding goes to individuals or families. And that's people I make and they'll tell me how I make it"
• Missionary Support Model: Has long-term relationships supporting missionaries and families directly

Modern Church Critique and Kingdom Vision (August 2025)

• Church Success Metrics Problem: Identifies that modern churches measure success by "church size, tithings, tithing" - same as "atheistic nonprofits"
• Kingdom Work vs. Charity Distinction: Kingdom work solves systemic issues and becomes self-sustaining, while charity addresses immediate needs but doesn't change underlying systems
• Both/And Approach Required: "You have to do both" - systemic change and immediate relief
• Character Development Priority: Recognizes that character formation cannot be scaled and requires long-term, personal discipleship relationships

Christianity vs. Churchianity Framework (August 2025)

• Terminology Distinction: "I just say like, I'm a follower of Jesus, right? That's kind of my way to try to distinguish myself... But I think most people are... Believe in churchianity"
• Cultural Christianity Critique: References Troy Aikman's response "hell, I'm American, aren't I?" when asked if he's Christian, illustrating conflation of nationality and faith
• Institutional vs. Relational: Church as social institution versus personal relationship with Jesus
• Asian Family Tension: Navigating parents' expectations of worldly success while choosing spiritual obedience that appears financially risky

Seven-Month Income Fast Testimony (August 2025)

• No Paycheck Collection: "I haven't collected a paycheck for seven months" while focusing on making disciples
• Divine Provision Trust: Maintaining faith in God's financial provision during extended income gap
• Character Over Cash Flow: Prioritizing spiritual development and authentic ministry over immediate financial security
• Living Example: Demonstrating alternative to "weekly paychecks from a Slave Master" mentality through radical dependence on God

Interactions

• 2025-04-12: Attended pool hangout hosted by Cintya Montero. Participated in group conversations with Gary Sheng, Cintya, Sherry Kang, John Stennfeld, Daniel Perumal.

• 2025-04-14: Met with Gary Sheng, Jack Oremus, Doug Green, and Kelly Davis at Alpha School. Discussed marketing strategy, bureaucracy within Alpha, the Gauntlet for Growth concept, reality show, and potential collaborations. Provided mentorship/advice on navigating the ecosystem and focusing efforts.

• 2025-04-18: Met with Gary at Alpha School for coffee. Discussed connecting Lael Alexander and Joe Liemandt, potential role in facilitating spiritual leadership connections, and planned a breakfast meeting with Lael, Dr. Mitchell, Gary and himself. Shared insights about avoiding "lukewarmness" and focusing on opportunities where there is spiritual favor.

• 2025-06-09: Strategic spiritual counseling session with Gary at Two Hands coffee in Austin. Provided mentorship on Gary's Alpha School situation, Lael Alexander partnership strategy, and business flywheel philosophy. Shared extensive insights on collective discernment, kingdom business principles, and faith-based decision making. Discussed God Wave event planning for LA and Gary's vision for Christofuturist education. Demonstrated sophisticated integration of spiritual discernment with practical business strategy, emphasizing patience, redemption, and divine timing in organizational development.

• 2025-07-07: Strategic business development and spiritual counsel session with Gary covering Lael Alexander's major financial opportunity, Alpha Schools politics, and relationship management strategies. Provided sophisticated "relational jiu-jitsu" advice for managing powerful, sensitive personalities through indirect communication and staged approaches. Validated Gary's t'rumah individual giving principles and shared capital deployment philosophy emphasizing gradual investment over large upfront commitments. Discussed Trinity communication patterns, denominational strategy, and Gary's strategic positioning across influential networks. Demonstrated advanced understanding of power dynamics, spiritual business integration, and long-term relationship preservation strategies.

• 2025-08-01: Profound spiritual business discussion at Summer House restaurant following Gary's first Orthodox monastery visit. Shared foundational teaching on "building in the flesh" vs. divine timing, emphasizing that human-forced projects require constant human maintenance. Provided extensive teaching on first-century discipleship model (7-year process with community validation) and the impossibility of scaling character development. Introduced biblical framework of "Tree of Life vs. Tree of Knowledge" as fundamental choice between self-reliance and divine trust. Discussed Peter's real estate investment connections for Gary's $30M Austin development opportunity with cultural/church integration. Explored cultural dynamics around Asian/Indian moral flexibility for white acceptance and spiritual warfare aspects of contemporary business. Concluded with Peter's relocation to LA and potential connection opportunities with crypto entrepreneur doing Jesus immersive experiences.

• 2025-08-02: REFERENCED IN GARY-TIM DIALOGUE - Gary extensively referenced Peter's spiritual business philosophy during conversation with Tim Dort-Golts, particularly Peter's seven-month testimony of not collecting a paycheck while focusing on making disciples. Gary shared Peter's teaching about two fundamental approaches to making a living: "atheistic toiling" versus "divine flow" where "God guides your boat and you row." Gary positioned Peter as exemplifying authentic ministry: "making disciples of the world in a very not traditional church way" and emphasized Peter's wisdom that making disciples is "one of the most important thing that God wants us to do... It's not theoretical, man. It's not just like a myth." Peter's influence on Gary's theological framework was evident in the discussion of divine timing versus human forcing, with Gary integrating Peter's teaching into his critique of social impact work and emphasis on trusting God's provision rather than depending on "weekly paychecks from a Slade Master." This conversation demonstrated Peter's significant spiritual mentorship role in Gary's continued evolution toward authentic kingdom work.

• 2025-08-16: Final conversation before Peter's permanent relocation from Austin back to LA, conducted at his South Congress apartment that he's offering to Gary for three weeks during Gary's own life transition. Deep spiritual dialogue covering Peter's continued trust in divine timing despite not understanding his Austin season's purpose ("I'm not entitled to know... but I can trust the Holy Spirit"), his seven-month period without collecting a paycheck while focusing on spiritual priorities, and extensive teaching on Christianity vs. "churchianity." Peter shared connections to Pat Gelsinger (former Intel CEO) and Scott Beck's Christ-centered AI initiative, providing potential professional opportunities for Gary. Demonstrated sophisticated spiritual business philosophy including "love everyone and trust very, very few," Tree of Life vs. Tree of Knowledge framework applied to relationships and money, and authentic vs. cultural Christianity distinctions. Peter's non-transactional friendship exemplified through offering Gary his apartment and continued mentorship during Gary's wilderness season. Conversation revealed Peter's challenges finding deep Christian community in Austin churches and his recognition that authentic discipleship requires total lifestyle transformation. Emphasized Francis Schaefer's prophetic cultural critique and the narrow path requiring continuous accountability with trusted spiritual friends.

• 2025-09-14: Extended car ride conversation after Peter's return from East Texas ministry work with a black family, sharing extensive miraculous ministry experiences and Ecclesia (God's government on Earth) philosophy. Peter described recent supernatural experiences including seeing "the deaf hear, the lame walk" and a three-day car miracle where they drove 80+ miles around San Francisco without using any gas. Provided deep teaching on faith as the activating factor for miracles ("It's all activated by faith"), explaining why miracles are "easier outside of the US" due to greater faith expectation. Discussed the dangers of supernatural ministry including celebrity culture, idolatry, and politics, emphasizing "always keep a low profile" as the safest approach. Shared extensive experience with character vs. gifting, noting that "gifts are given without repentance" but character determines ministry impact: "I don't care what your gifting is. I just care what your character is." Revealed past opportunity to become a major ministry figure but walked away after six months on Christian TV and big pulpits, choosing instead "covert assignments" since 2018. Discussed racial identity vs. God-given identity challenges, particularly in black Christian community facing cultural pressure. Provided spiritual warfare testimony including Israeli sniper encounter where Holy Spirit provided supernatural protection. Emphasized total Holy Spirit dependence ("Without the Holy Spirit, I would not be alive") and proper accountability structure with trusted advisors who have "never been wrong" about relationship guidance. Counseled Gary on following anointed people to observe and learn, validating Gary's calling to help people recognize supernatural reality in evangelism. Demonstrated mature integration of miraculous ministry with humility, accountability, and character-focused approach to spiritual authority.

Connection Points

• Spiritual advisor role that could complement Gary's networking initiatives
• Interest in connecting influential people with aligned values
• Potential facilitator for relationship between Lael Alexander and Joe Liemandt
• Shares Gary's focus on working with passionate, committed individuals
• Has contacts in various industries that could be valuable for Alpha Schools initiatives
• Capital Access: Can provide investment connections when appropriate opportunities arise
• Spiritual Discernment Network: Offers collective prayer and decision-making support for major business choices
• Kingdom Business Expertise: Provides strategic counsel on building sustainable, mission-driven organizations
• God Wave Event: Potential collaborator for LA-based faith-centered cultural initiative
• LA Housing and Networking: Offers accommodation and network access for Gary's LA visits
• Real Estate Investment Network: Connected to investors who might fund Gary's Austin development opportunities
• Jesus Immersive Experience: Positioned to connect Gary with LA-based crypto entrepreneur creating Christ-centered immersive experiences
• First-Century Discipleship Mentorship: Provides historical framework and practical guidance for long-term character development work
• Tree of Life Philosophy: Offers biblical framework for distinguishing between human effort and divine timing in business decisions
• Christ-Centered AI Initiative: Direct connection to Pat Gelsinger and Scott Beck's AI work at Glue, potentially significant opportunity for Gary's tech background
• Austin Apartment Access: Providing Gary three weeks of free housing during his own life transition and wilderness season
• Francis Schaefer Cultural Critique: Shared appreciation for prophetic criticism of American Christianity and culture
• Non-Transactional Friendship Model: Living example of "love everyone, trust very few" philosophy through concrete support and mentorship

Transcripts

Transcript ID	Date	Summary
2025-04-18-morning-meetings-alpha-school	2025-04-18	Morning Meetings at Alpha School
2025-06-09-gary-sheng-peter-han-strategic-spiritual-counseling	2025-06-09	Strategic spiritual counseling session on business vision, divine guidance, Alpha School challenges, and faith-based leadership
2025-04-12-church-acai-crawfish	2025-04-12	Sunday gathering at church, açai shop visit, and crawfish boil with friend group
2025-04-14-alpha-marketing-meeting	2025-04-14	Alpha marketing strategy meeting with Gary, Jack Oremus, Doug Green, and Kelly Davis
2025-07-07-gary-sheng-peter-han-business-development-spiritual-counsel	2025-07-07	Coffee meeting covering Lael Alexander relationship management, capital deployment strategy, and spiritual counsel on communication approaches
2025-08-01-gary-sheng-peter-han-summer-house-spiritual-business-discussion	2025-08-01	Spiritual business discussion covering kingdom work vs charity and discipleship models
2025-08-16-gary-sheng-peter-han-spiritual-business-transition-dialogue	2025-08-16	Final Austin hangout with spiritual business dialogue and life transition discussion
2025-09-14-gary-sheng-peter-han-miraculous-ministry-ecclesia-spiritual-warfare	2025-09-14	Deep spiritual discussion covering miraculous ministry, Ecclesia vs institutional church, and spiritual warfare