WHO WE ARE

Knowing Us

The Light of Life Christian Church (TLOLCC) was established at the end of November 2020 — a young and dynamic church shaped by seven years of student ministry in Baltimore.

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Helping Individuals Grow in their Faith

We walk alongside students and scholars, nurturing their spiritual journey from seekers to disciplers.

Being a Positive Influence in the World

Our members go out as light and salt, carrying the gospel beyond Baltimore to churches and campuses worldwide.

A Registered Non-Profit Organization

TLOLCC is an independent church registered with the Maryland state government and approved by the US Internal Revenue Service.

OUR VISION

"To see Chinese intellectuals and others becoming trainers of Christ's Disciples and church planters in JHU area and beyond."

MISSION STATEMENT

"Reach, teach, inspire, cultivate and train today's Chinese and other intellectuals to become Disciples of Christ, and to glorify God by making His disciples and being the light and salt of the world."

2013 Ministry Founded
57 People Baptized
38 Sent as Co-Workers
4 Full-Time Ministers

PASTORAL TEAM

Meet Our Ministers

Pastor T.J. Huang — Founder & Assistant Pastor

Founder & Assistant Pastor

Pastor T.J. Huang

At the age of 27, during the 18-year ordeal of his mother's brain tumor and nose cancer, Pastor Huang came to know the Lord and was baptized. After completing his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, he began attending the Chinese Christian Church in Pittsburgh in 1988.

In May 2007, after obtaining a master's degree from a theological seminary, he was appointed as a full-time missionary pastor. On January 1, 2012, he retired from the state government after 26 years of service and was ordained as a pastor on March 17 of the same year.

Zhe Zhang — Minister

Minister

Zhe Zhang 张喆

On the journey of constantly seeking meaning in life, Zhe was led by God to come to the United States in 2014 to pursue a Master's degree in music at Johns Hopkins Peabody. In the process of searching, he found God and was baptized at the end of the same year.

After graduating with a Master's degree in music in 2017, he felt God's guidance to pursue further theological studies. He graduated from Capital Theological Seminary in May 2021 and is now serving full-time at the Light of Life Christian Church. His wife Su Cuiyu and son accompany him in this ministry.

Chuanqi Shang — Minister

Minister

Chuanqi Shang 尚传奇

In 2014, Chuanqi came to the United States to pursue a Master's degree in music at Johns Hopkins Peabody School of Music. In 2015, he received God's grace and was baptized, dedicating his life to the Lord.

In 2017, he married his wife Yu Ke. That same year, they both felt God's calling to pursue a Master's degree in theology. In July 2020, they were blessed with their first child, Tianyou Shang — meaning 'under the protection and grace of Heavenly Father.' In May 2021, he graduated from theological seminary and now actively serves full-time at TLOLCC.

WE BELIEVE

Statement of Faith

The Light of Life Christian Church firmly believes the following fundamental truths. TLOLCC started its first Sunday worship on September 15, 2013, in a chapel provided by Johns Hopkins Hospital.

1

The Bible

The Bible of sixty-six books is consisted of Old and New Testaments as inspired by God and is inerrant and unchangeable. It is the sole and supreme authority and standard for the Christian faith and walk.

2

God

God is eternal and self-existing, and is the Creator and Lord of all things in heaven and earth, including mankind. He is the Triune God of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

3

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, wholly God and wholly man. He was the Word became flesh, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of Virgin Mary. Of His own volition He died on the cross for the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of mankind, was buried and resurrected on the third day.

4

The Holy Spirit

God the Holy Spirit is co-equal with God the Father and God the Son in divine nature. He convicts man unto repentance and effects the regeneration of sinners. He indwells the hearts of believers, teaching them the truth and bestowing power to live lives of holiness and service.

5

Man

Man was created by God in His own image and form. Through the fall of Adam, sin entered into the world, contaminating the human race. Because of sin, man is separated from God, became corruptible and cannot save himself.

6

Salvation

Man's redemption is solely through the grace of God. Only by accepting and trusting the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross can sinners be declared righteous, sins forgiven, and born again through the Holy Spirit, to become the children of God.

7

The Church

The Church is the Body of Christ, the Household of God, and formed by the regenerated believers. All believers, through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, become the members of the Body of Christ, with Christ as the head of the Church.

8

Ordinances

Baptism and the Holy Communion are the ordinances celebrated by the church; they are believers' testimonies before God and men.

9

Second Coming of the Lord

The hope of glory of the Church is the imminent return of Christ, the rapture of the Church, and the establishment of a glorious kingdom reigned by Christ and the believers.

10

The Final Judgment

In the last days, the dead will be resurrected, the believers will dwell with the Lord forever, the unbelievers will be separated from the Lord and receive eternal punishment.

11

Marriage

Marriage was ordained by God at creation as the sacred union of one man and one woman. Christian marriage is a representation of Christ's relationship to His church.

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