Dr. Robert Kim has been a professor of Church Planting at Covenant Seminary since the fall of 2019, after 23 years of pastoral ministry and church planting experience.
Dr. Kim holds a BA in sociology from the University of California, Irvine; an MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; a ThM in intercultural studies from Fuller Theological Seminary; and a DMin in church development from Reformed Theological Seminary. He is ordained in the Missouri Presbytery (PCA).
He served as a youth pastor for 10 years. Dr. Kim then planted and pastored two churches in Philadelphia for 12 years. As the church planting coordinator for the Metro Philadelphia Church Planting Partnership serving five PCA presbyteries, Dr. Kim provided churches and church planters with guidance in the areas of vision building, prayer mobilization, strategic planning, coaching, recruiting, assessing, training, and mentoring. Dr. Kim, and his wife, Wonmin, have three children.
