Michael Young-Suk Oh (born 19 April 1971) is a Korean American evangelical and the Global Executive Director/CEO of the

Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, more commonly known as the Lausanne Movement, is a global movement that mobilizes evangelical leaders to collaborate for world evangelization. The stated vision is "the whole church taking the whole ...

Education

Oh received a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

, an M.Div. 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 ...

, and an M.A. from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

Ministry

Oh and his wife, Pearl, were teachers in the Philadelphia area before moving to Deerfield, IL for seminary training at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. It was there while under the training of Paul Hiebert, that they received a call to global mission with a particular vision for reaching Japan with the gospel. In 1998 and 1999 they served as missionaries with

Mission to the World Mission to the World (MTW) is the mission-sending agency for the Presbyterian Church in America. This evangelical Christian organization believes in advancing the Great Commission by promoting Reformed and covenantal church planting movements u ...

in Nagoya, Japan where they planted Chita Zion Church, founded the Open House English School, and began an outreach event for young people called Heart & Soul. In January 2004 the Oh family returned as missionaries to Japan and founded CBI Japan. Michael served as president of Christ Bible Seminary from 2005-2014. Oh has spoken at conferences, churches, and schools around the world including Urbana 2009 and Desiring God Conferences in 2009 and 2011. Oh first became involved with the Lausanne movement by participating in the 2004 Forum for World Evangelization in Pattaya, Thailand. He delivered the keynote address at the 2006 Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Port Dixon, Malaysia, and joined the Lausanne Board in 2007 with a particular focus on developing younger leaders within the movement.

Personal life

Oh is a fifth generation Christian on his father's side. His parents, Sung Kyu Henry and Young Lee Oh, along with his older sister Tina, immigrated from South Korea to America in 1970. He and his wife Pearl have five children, four daughters and one son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oh, Michael 1971 births Living people 20th-century evangelicals 21st-century evangelicals American chief executives American Christian missionaries American evangelists American expatriates in Japan American people of Korean descent Christian missionaries in Japan Evangelical theologians Harvard University alumni Trinity Evangelical Divinity School alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni