History
A group of Chinese Christians led by the Holy Spirit started a Bible study fellowship in Indianapolis in 1968. The group met at the Northminster Presbyterian Church for worship services. This congregation was transformed into the Chinese Community Church of Indianapolis in November 1973. The group physically moved to the Meridian Street Methodist Church sanctuary for services in the fall of 1974. Subsequently, the church settled at the location on Broadway Avenue on August 1982. Over the past few years, the group grew in desperate need of larger facilities. By God’s grace, the church purchased and moved into the present location at 3405 E. 116th Street in Carmel in June 1999.
The church organization consists of administration, finance, education, worship, fellowship, mission and caring ministry. The congregation elects deacons to oversee various responsibilities within the church as well as to guide the brothers & sisters in serving the Lord together.
Staff
Justin Young 楊華西
Hi! I serve as the Pastor of English and Youth Ministries. I graduated with a BA from Wheaton College in Biblical and Theological Studies and an MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. My current interests include technology, “running,” and essentialism.
Rugang Li 李汝剛
Hello! I am Rev. Rugang Li and currently serving as the Pastor of the Mandarin Ministry. I graduated with a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from Logos Evangelical Seminary in May 2020, joined CCCI in December 2020, and was ordained in November 2023. Prior to serving the church full-time, I had been engaged in molecular biology and biotechnology research for over 30 years. I enjoy biblical preaching, reading, traveling, and the biological sciences. My wife, Shuiqing Zhao, and I have two sons, both of whom are adults.
Yingxue Li 李迎雪
Hello! I am Yingxue Li (Jeremy Li), a pastor of the Northwest Church of CCCI from Aug.1st, 2024. I came from Xi'an, and my wife, Xiaohong Liu, came from Hunan. In 2011, I obtained my first PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Arizona. In 2013, I was called by God to study at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. In 2017, I obtained M.Div. in pastoral program. Later I participated in campus ministry at the Louisiana Chinese Church. In 2024, I obtained a Th.M. in Missiology from the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. I am currently pursuing my second Ph.D. in Theology and Culture in Trinity Evangelical Divinity School at Trinity Western University, Canada.
Elders
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| Mark Freije | Howard Huang 黃曉華 | Birong Liao 廖畢榮 | Justin Young 楊華西 | Stanley Chen 陈昱璁 |
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Deacons
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| Ginger Wu 吳穎哲 | Denise Huang 陳惠瑜 | Kun Zhu 朱昆 | Fanmuyi Yang 楊帆木易 |
| Chair 主席 | Vice Chair 副主席 | Secretary 秘書 | Worship 敬拜事工 |
| Education 教育事工 | Mission 宣教事工 | Fellowship 團契事工 | |
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| Aaron Scott | Shuyuan Wu 吳淑媛 | Peter Jung 戎書汎 | |
| Building 設施後勤 | Treasurer/Finance 財務 | Caring 關懷事工 |
Beliefs
Statement of Faith
- We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; and these three are the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
- We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and the New Testaments as verbally and plenary inspired by God and inerrant in the original writing, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life.
- We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.
- We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned, and thereby incurred, not only physical death but also that spiritual death which is separation from God and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word, and deed.
- We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins; according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.
- We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and in His present life there for us, as High Priest and Advocate.
- We believe in the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit, who convicts the sinner, regenerates, indwells, enlightens and guides the believer.
- We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again by the Holy Spirit, and thereby become children of God.
- We believe on "that blessed hope" the personal and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost.
Based on the above statement, the Chinese Community Church of Indianapolis devotes its ministries to the Chinese both Overseas and American-born in accordance with God-given cultural characteristics and regional location.