Won Kim

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Pastor Won is a Korean-Canadian American, born in Seoul Korea, and raised in Toronto Ontario before moving to the United States. With nearly three decades of pastoral ministry in a wide range of ministry settings, Pastor Won has served as an English Ministry (E.M.) Pastor in Korean-American churches in Los Angeles, Toronto and Detroit. For the past fifteen years, he has also served as a Senior Pastor in cross-cultural appointments throughout the Michigan area, including eight years as the Senior Pastor of St. Paul Methodist Church in Elkton, Michigan. He has actively contributed to the wider connectional church through his leadership on the Board of Ministry of the Great Lakes Annual Conference and as a member of the task-force committee on Certified Lay Ministry in the Global Methodist Church. Alongside his pastoral leadership, Pastor Won has dedicated the past ten years to chaplaincy, offering spiritual care at Genysis Regional Hospital (Grand Blanc, MI), Scheurer Hospital, and Country Bay Senior Living Facility (Pigeon, MI). 

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Pastor Won holds a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from York University in Toronto Ontario, a Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies from McMaster University Divinity in Hamilton Ontario, a Master of Arts in Wesleyan Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore Kentucky, and a Doctorate of Ministry from Emory University in Atlanta Georgia. His doctoral dissertation, “Expanding Leadership in Contextual Ecclesiology: A Comprehensive Study on the Connection between Discipleship and Leadership” provides both theological insight and practical frameworks for cultivating spiritual leadership across diverse ecclesial contexts. He is also the author of Faithful Leadership in an Unfaithful World; Bearing the Mantle of Biblical Responsibility a work that reflects his deep longing for the restoration of authentic, biblical leadership, that brings forth God’s healing and renewal in a broken world. 

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He is an Ordained Elder in the Global Methodist Church and currently serves as the Lead Pastor of RockSpring Church, the English-speaking congregation at Dallas Central Methodist Church. Pastor Won desires to be a Jesus-loving, Bible-believing, Grace-trusting follower of Christ, passionate about building a church rooted in a Holy Spirit-inspired movement that seeks to submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, uphold the authority of Scripture, and remain committed to the historic Wesleyan Orthodox faith. He is married to his wife, Jessie, and together they are blessed with three children: Ryan, Joy, and Sarabeth.