Julius Jason Kim is a Korean-American theologian and president of

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Biography

Born in Los Angeles, Kim spent part of his childhood in South Korea before returning to California at the age of 12. He received a BA from

Vanguard University Vanguard University of Southern California is a private Christian university in Costa Mesa, California. It was the first four-year college in Orange County. The university offers over 39 undergraduate degrees and emphases in 15 different departm ...

, M.Div. from

Westminster Seminary California Westminster Seminary California is a Reformed tradition, Reformed and Presbyterianism, Presbyterian Christianity, Christian seminary in Escondido, California. It was initially a branch campus of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia un ...

, and Ph.D. from

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) is an academic divinity school founded in 1897 and located in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois. It is part of and located on the main campus of Trinity International University. It’s ...

. Kim taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School before moving to

in 2000, where he is Dean of Students and Professor of Practical Theology. Ordained in the

Presbyterian Church in America The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is the second-largest Presbyterian church body, behind the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the largest conservative Calvinist denomination in the United States. The PCA is Reformed in theology and presb ...

, he is also an associate pastor at New Life Presbyterian Church in

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. As of February 2020, Kim became president of

and will demit his responsibilities with Westminster in July 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Julius Living people American people of Korean descent American theologians Vanguard University alumni Trinity Evangelical Divinity School alumni Westminster Seminary California alumni Westminster Seminary California faculty Year of birth missing (living people)