Rev. Hong Ki Kim is the husband of our church’s pastor Rev. Hee Soon Kwon.
Rev. Hong Ki Kim, Ph.D., recently retired after serving as the President of Methodist Theological University in Seoul, Korea, from 2008-2012. He has also been a professor for many years as well as a church pastor. One of his scholarly specialties is John Wesley’s impact on the development of the Methodist Church. Dr. Kim presented a series of seminars on a related subject at our church last year and will be giving more at local seminaries in 2014.
Since retirement Rev. Kim has gone on several short-term missions. He is just back in late 2013 from a mission trip to India, to minister along with his daughter Helen who is studying at Harvard Divinity School, and a mission trip to China which he has visited several times before.
In the spring semester of 2014, Rev. Kim will be teaching the “Methodist Church History in Global Perspective” at the Pacific School of Religion near Berkeley.
Rev. Kim is also writing yet another book and enjoying several hobbies including golf and Korean calligraphy. He likes most sports and in younger years also played soccer.
Related Pages:
- Wesley Academy, a series of seminars recently taught by Dr. Kim
- Rev. Hee-Soon Kwon, Dr. Kim’s wife and pastor of Crystal Springs United Methodist Church
- Conference at Trinity College, Bristol, England where Rev. Kim was the Keynote Speaker