Pastoral & Staff Profiles

Young C. Kim - Lead Pastor


From Left to Right: Daniel, Pastor Young, Sarah, Annette, and Isaiah

Pastor Young C. Kim - pastoryoung@gmail.com

Pastor Young Kim is the Senior Pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Philadelphia.

After receiving his initial calling into ministry as a Bio-Engineer at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, he finished his Master of Divinity at Biblical Theological Seminary (1989-1992). He also finished his Masters in Urban Missions at Westminster Theological Seminary (1995-1996).

In 1996, he planted Grace Covenant Church with a vision to be a multi-ethnic church that will raise kingdom workers for the harvest of the world to the glory of God.

God has blessed Pastor Young and his wife Annette with His precious gifts in Sarah, Daniel, and Isaiah.

Short Quote or Fun Fact

"My prayer is that the Holy Spirit may empower me to love Jesus with all my heart, mind, strength and soul and to love others with the love of God."

Annette Kim

Birthplace/hometown: Chicago, IL
Degrees: B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois

Ashok Kurian - Site Pastor / Young Adult Pastor



Pastor Ashok Kurian - akurian23@yahoo.com
Birthplace/hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Birthday: 11/30/1973

Degrees:

B.A. Biology Univ of Penn,
M.A. in TESL, Univ of Penn 1999,
M.A. in Multicultural Education, Eastern University 2002

Andy Park - College / Missions Pastor


Pastor Andy Park - apark@gracecovenant.net
Birthplace/hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Birthday:
11/13/1981

After growing up in California, he attended and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004 with a BAS in psychology. He is currently working toward a Masters of Divinity in Biblical Counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary.

Pastor Andy loves working with college students to see God work and transform their lives so that they can influence others for Christ.

Though you would never guess because he is so skinny, he loves playing and watching all sports.

to raise up kingdom workers who are transformed by Christ to influence the world.