Lead Church Planter
Irvine California
Church of Faith in Christ Orange County
March 26
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About My Family
I am Jili Yang. You can call me Matthew. I am a disciple who understands the grace of the Father. I have been married to Ke Chen (Ella) for more than 15 years. Ella and I met each other in the U.K. We got married in September 2004 in Coventry, U.K. We have two daughters, Dora and Peipei. Dora is 9, and Peipei is 8.
I was born into a pastor’s family in 1975, which was the end of the cruel persecution in China from 1949 to 1978. My father became an evangelist during the persecution. God protected him and helped him to participate in the great revival in 1973-the 1980s. He led thousands of people to become believers of Christ.
I was born into a pastor’s family in 1975, which was the end of the cruel persecution in China from 1949 to 1978. My father became an evangelist during the persecution. God protected him and helped him to participate in the great revival in 1973-the 1980s. He led thousands of people to become believers of Christ.
About My Church Plant
My passion is to share the love of God to many fatherless all over the world. I am grateful that I can start a church as a home to many fatherless Chinese in Southern California. Personally, I experienced the reparenting in God’s love through discipleship, a journey of becoming who God intends me to be. As a kid of a busy pastor, I did not have much time with him until my high-school years. But he passed away when I was in college. I was quite sorry we did not have much time. Over the years, many mentors have shared the love of the heavenly Father; their examples in Christ helped me to love Him. As a result, I have intimacy with Him now.
My family and I want to follow their examples, as followers of Christ, to live among the wandering sheep, to show them the way to follow Christ and to enjoy the rest in Christ.
My family and I want to follow their examples, as followers of Christ, to live among the wandering sheep, to show them the way to follow Christ and to enjoy the rest in Christ.
NAMB Church Planting
Millions in North America are in desperate need of hope. Ultimately, the only hope that’s going to last - in this life and the next - is the hope of the gospel. North American missionaries build relationships and share this hope in their communities and beyond.
