Jin S. Kim

Jin is the founding pastor of Church of All Nations, chartered as a Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation in 2004. He was born in Korea in 1968, came to the US with his family in 1975, and grew up in Columbia, SC and Atlanta, GA in a multiethnic environment. He holds degrees from Georgia Tech, 1990, Princeton Seminary, 1993, and a doctor of ministry from Columbia Seminary, 2005. He is currently moderator-elect of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area and chair of the Advisory Board of Cross Cultural Alliance of Ministries, serves on the boards of Greater MN Association of Evangelicals and Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, and as a PCUSA delegate to the National Council of Churches, and was formerly president of Presbyterians For Renewal. He was a preacher at the 216th and 218th General Assemblies, and has spoken at numerous conferences, colleges, seminaries, presbyteries and churches, both in the US and abroad. Jin has a passion for multicultural ministry and a vision for the visible unity of the global church. His household includes wife Soon Pac, Claire Nicea, 9, Austin Athanasius, 6, and Jin's parents. He is an avid golfer, loves to play volleyball, basketball, racquetball, Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly, and will one day pick up ice fishing (?).

David Mwihia

David was born in Kenya in 1965. After serving parishes in Nairobi and Webuye as an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa, he came to the US in 1996 for advanced studies. He holds degrees from St. Paul United College in Nairobi, Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, Candler School of Theology/Emory University in Atlanta, and United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH where he earned a Doctor of Missiology. In addition to his current duties at Church of All Nations, he is working to complete his PhD in Mission and World Religions at Luther Seminary, St. Paul. He also supports various immigrant fellowships here in Minnesota and beyond. He is married to Lucy Njeri Mungai (also doing a PhD at Luther) and has two children: Estherjoy Wanjiku, 16, and Tabitha Wamaitha, 7. His interests include tennis, volleyball, jogging, reading and cooking.

Mauro Souza

Mauro was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1956, but was "born again" in 1970. He sensed a call to ministry in 1974, then served as a youth leader for the Independent Presbyterian Church in Sao Paulo, and graduated from Independent Presbyterian Seminary in Brazil, 1976. He was ordained as a pastor by Harvest Ministries in Orlando, FL, April 2006, and founded Seara (Harvest) Church on April 16, 2006 to minister to the growing Brazilian community in the Twin Cities. In August 2007, Seara Church merged and became a constituent ministry of the Church of All Nations. We thank God that this was a match made in heaven. Mauro is married to Hae, a co-pastor of the Seara Ministry, and they have two children together.

Hae Souza

Hae Yun Chang's family moved from Korea to Sao Paulo when she was 4 years old. She and Mauro married in 1993 and left Brazil for the US in 1994. They worked in the furniture business in MN and NJ, but could no longer resist God's call to pastoral ministry (as much as they tried!). Hae was ordained as a pastor with her husband in 2006, and serves as a full partner in the Seara Ministry, but also as staff of Church of All Nations. She regards her highest calling however, to be raising her beautiful children Rebecca, 13, and Dalton, 11, in the Lord.

Simon Dhol

I was born in 1971 and became the first Christian in my family in a town off the Nile River called Maker in southern Sudan. On May 29, 1985, I was baptized, and two years later I left Sudan in the midst of war and went to school in Ethiopia until 1989, and then became a refugee in Kenya. Since coming to the US in 1994, we have been reconnected to the Presbyterian Church (USA) that planted our church in southern Sudan and taught us to read and write. My uncle John Tang Pal was the Elder of 18 parishes around Maker, and was a great encourager to me. I became a Commissioned Lay Pastor by the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area on Jan. 12, 2008 in order to serve the Sudanese immigrant community in the Twin Cities and the upper Midwest. My ministry strengths are in preaching, evangelism and encouraging people to become disciples of Jesus. Rebeccah and I have a girl and a boy: Sarah is two and Yat was born in February.

Joo H. Kim

Joo's primary duty is to help with the church's administrative ministry, and in particular, to staff the Building and Grounds Committee. He was ordained as a Presbyterian Church (USA) minister on the same day in 2006 as his wife Grace by Greater Atlanta Presbytery. They have two children: Andrew Rafael, 4, and Anna Hyun-Ah, 2. His hope in moving to icy Minnesota is to be immersed in a healthy congregational context and to be mentored by Pastor Jin S. Kim for the purpose of realigning his life and pastoral call to the mastery of Jesus Christ. Joo was born in Seoul, Korea in 1973, and came with his parents to the US in 1976, growing up in Atlanta. He went to Northwestern U. in Chicago and received his MDiv at Princeton Seminary in 2001. He enjoys most all sports, diet colas, coffee and finding good deals.

Soon Pac Kim

Soon Pac was born in Montgomery, AL in 1970 and also grew up in NC and Atlanta, making her a real Southern belle. She went to Emory University and received her Master of Divinity at Princeton Seminary in 1997. She loves the children's ministry at Church of All Nations, especially working with her wonderful teachers. Her interests include volleyball, softball, crafts, scrapbooking and gardening, but her greatest joy comes from making her home a warm and loving place for husband, children, and parents-in-law. Soon Pac and Jin love living in the land of the Frozen Chosen/Chosun and welcome guests, near and far, to come and visit any time. Just beware of our state bird - the mosquito. Uff-da!

Chaun Webster

Born in East St. Paul in 1984, Chaun is committed to advancing the Civil Rights struggle of opportunity and justice for African Americans and for all God's people. He served as president of the Racial & Ethnic Diversity Student Organization at Northwestern College in St. Paul, MN, and has a special passion for mentoring young people "toward an actualization of their God-given potential." He and his fiancee Verna Wong have been members of Church of All Nations since 2006 and share our vision of an anti-racist, multicultural church. Chaun, our resident poet, also does spoken word time to time during our worship service and at other venues.

Dana Caraway

Dana graduated from Princeton Seminary in 2006 and is a candidate for pastoral ministry with Los Ranchos Presbytery. She has a passion for the gospel, a commitment to the global church, and a desire to advance her experiential learning in a missional, multicultural church context. She studied for a semester in Korea as a student at Whitworth College, and spent a year in Ghana as a PCUSA Young Adult Volunteer prior to seminary. Her primary duties at CAN include staffing the Singles Ministry, the Intergenerational Ministry and the Internship Program. Dana is an amateur harpist, and enjoys classical music and the visual arts. She also loves the outdoors - camping, hiking, canoeing - a perfect fit for Minnesota!

Hikari Nakane

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1981, Hikari's family came to Chicago when she was 9. She became a Christian in high school and graduated from Bethel University, and received a Master of Arts at Fuller Seminary. She was a translator for 13 mission trips to Chihuahua, and is fluent in English, Japanese and Spanish. She has a passion for exploring the intersection of multicultural and missional theology, and is finding genuine community, healing and a renewed sense of a pastoral call at Church of All Nations.

John Nelson

Born in 1980, John grew up on a farm near Blue Earth, MN. Raised Lutheran, he attended Bethel University, and went on to complete his M.Div. at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul. He met his wife Mickel' in 2001 while working for ACR Homes, Inc, where they continue to work on occasion. He is excited to be at Church of All Nations to learn from Pastor Jin, the staff and the congregation, while overseeing the Couples Ministry and helping to lead a cell group. He is also pursuing a M.Th. at Luther Seminary and seeking to root his reflections in the redemptive experiences of confession, testimony and communion amidst the diversity inherent to a multicultural congregation. His interests include reading, playing guitar, camping, backpacking, traveling and basketball.

Paul Hoang

Paul was born in Ames, Iowa on March 29, 1981 and grew up in Korea, Minnesota, Kentucky and Alabama. He graduated from the U. of Alabama in 2003 and Columbia Theological Seminary in 2007, and is a candidate for pastoral ministry in the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley. Paul is back at the Church of All Nations for his second-year internship staffing our campus ministry outreach to build community among Bethel, Northwestern, the U of M, and other college students in the Twin Cities area. His hobbies include football, basketball, traveling and socializing.

Thao Giang

Thao was born in Denver, CO on April 24, 1984. She grew up in Oakland, CA, then moved to MN when she was 14. She is a psychology major at the University of Minnesota, and fluent in Vietnamese. She became a Christian through Church of All Nations and was baptized on April 20, 2003. Thao continues to enjoy serving the church in any way possible, but has a special passsion for Youth Ministry. She is a natural evangelist and shares the gospel with all kinds of people, especially pointing to her own experience at our church, "a place where I learned what God's family can truly be." She never tires of saying, "I love this church!"