City Light Church

Olympic Primary Center 950 S. Albany Street, Los Angeles CA 90015
Parking on Blaine and Olympic

Rev. Dennis Kang
Lead Pastor

Dennis has served as a minister in the Los Angeles area for more than ten years. After receiving his call to ministry as a student at UCLA he went on to study theology at Westminster Seminary in California. Dennis is a sports fanatic, a book and arts lover and a family man. He lives in South Park with his beautiful wife Nina and their daughter Zadie. He can often be found at Grand Hope Park with his family or at the local downtown Starbucks.

Contact: dennis@citylightchurch.org

Aaron Chung
Pastoral Assistant

Aaron Chung was raised in the NJ/NYC area. He graduated from Rutgers University in '01 and spent 1.5 years in China as a missionary after graduation. Upon his return to the States, he enrolled at Westminster Seminary California where he received his Master of Divinity in May 2007. In the future, Aaron plans to write his first book and to go overseas to train native pastors.

Contact: aaron@citylightchurch.org

Gene Joo
Pastoral Assistant

Gene was born and raised in Northern New Jersey. He received his undergraduate degree in American History from Columbia University in 2003 and his MDIV from Westminster Seminary in 2008. During his seminary years, Gene served as a youth group pastor for five years prior to coming to City Light. Gene has gone on missions trips to China, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Japan and in the future plans on going overseas as a missionary.

Contact: gene@citylightchurch.org

Jeff Smith
Music Director

Jeff was born and raised in the Midwest and has been serving in music ministry since joining his church's children's choir at the age of 10. In addition to leading worship at Citylight, Jeff is a member of the vocal group "m-pact" and enjoys being a freelance singer and musician in the LA area. He is also proud to serve as a bassoonist and vocalist for the 300th Army Band in Bell, CA. Jeff lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife Heather and son Noah.

Contact: singervp@yahoo.com

Affiliations and Beliefs

City Light is a church plant of the Presbyterian Church in America. The PCA is a Reformed denomination comprised of thousands of churches within the United States and is dedicated to church planting and missions locally and globally.

City Light Church is Evangelical, Presbyterian and Reformed. A brief summary of our beliefs can be found here.

City Light welcomes those who are unfamiliar with Christianity and the Reformed and Presbyterian faith. We want to empower people to ask questions and to gradually come to a greater understanding of faith and practice.