Pastor Tich Luu was born of Chinese parents in the Vietnamese city of Cholon. Wanting him to learn the Chinese language and more of its culture, his parents enrolled him in a Chinese school, where he learned to speak the Chinese dialects of Cantonese and Mandarin.
Tich Luu left Vietnam in 1978. After an arduous journey, he was admitted to the United States in 1979 through the sponsorship of the Lutheran Social Service and Lutheran Church of St. Andrew, located in Silver Spring, Maryland.

In 1989, he met Michelle, a native of Taiwan, in California. After a brief engagement, the couple was married.

In May 1990, Tich earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology from Concordia University, located in Mequon, Wisconsin, and became a Certified Lay Minister. In 1995, Tich earned a Masters of Divinity at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and was ordained, one month later, at St. Andrew.

Soon after his ordination, he moved to New York, where he served as Pastor of True Light Lutheran Church, located in Manhattan.

In August 2000, he was called to serve as Assistant Pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church and Lutheran Student Center, located in Carbondale, Illinois.

In April 2005, Tich, once again, was called to move, this time to Rockville, Maryland, where he served as Associate Pastor and directed the Chinese Outreach Ministry for the Lutheran Church of the Cross.

Pastor Luu accepted the call to serve Messiah Lutheran Church in Germantown, Maryland as Associate Pastor and Mission Developer on July 26th, 2011.

Though the Luus have frequently been asked to pick up stakes, Pastor Luu has always found time for his passion: table tennis!