Pastor Hongsun Kim is a columnist for “Nikkan San,” a Japanese local paper in Southern California, former social worker, father of three children, and husband of a Japanese wife. Born in Seoul, Korea, and raised in Japan. His ministry focuses on all people who have encountered issues with their diversity and minority-ness. He joined the Korean Queer & Trans Conference 2017 as a panelist for LGBTQ Allyship Seminar. In 2018, he facilitated a workshop for Japanese speaking members of the LGBTQ community at the OKAERI Conference for JA LGBTQ.
He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan with a degree in Divinity, earned master’s degree in Human Services from Kentucky Murray State University, and attended the TEEM program at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary for his ordination.