Our Team

Pastor John Zhang came to saving faith in Jesus Christ in 2001. In response to God's call to full-time ministry, he pursued theological training in the United States beginning in 2006. God first led Pastor Zhang to shepherd a Chinese church in Silicon Valley, California, where he developed a deep commitment to the faithful exposition of Scripture and biblical shepherding. He was then called to the greater Washington, D.C. area to participate in church planting, serving new immigrants and professionals from mainland China. Burdened for the spiritual needs of his fellow Chinese people and led by the Holy Spirit, Pastor Zhang returned to Beijing to pastor Beijing Zion Church, an urban house church. God later called him to Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he served in cross-cultural missions and church planting among Chinese communities and local residents. In 2020, because of the global pandemic, Pastor Zhang returned to the United States and continued his pastoral ministry at the Chinese Christian Church of Greater Albany. In 2026, God graciously led him to the Chinese Bible Church of Howard County, where he now serves alongside the congregation in advancing the gospel and building up the body of Christ. Pastor Zhang believes that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and fully sufficient Word of God. He is committed to faithful expository preaching, gospel-centered ministry, loving pastoral care, disciple-making, and the raising up of spiritual leaders, with the desire that more people would come to know Christ, follow Christ, and glorify Christ.