Changsu Kim 

Changsu Kim was born and raised in South Korea and settled in Kansas since 2009. He has been a lead pastor for United Methodist churches in Kansas City metro and surrounding area ever since. It is his first year serving Shawnee UMC and the community as a lead pastor in 2020. He is passionate about preaching, providing pastoral care and visioning/leading the church to be a more missional agency of God.

He loves to meet people and share stories of faithful life experiences to witness God’s love.  

He met his wife, Sue, in college, and they both graduated from Methodist Theological Seminary in Seoul, South Korea, and he graduated from St. Paul School of Theology. They have a lovely daughter, Irene, 12 years old, and a son, Joshua, 7 years old who never stops running.

The family adopted a giant hermit crab, ‘Turtle’, four years ago whose living with them in a saltwater tank. He and his family like to go camping, fishing and traveling to different places. He really loves Kansas BBQ, homemade Ice-Cream and Pie. He loves John Deere tractor, running chain saw and power tools. They are actively learning to be a big fan of KC Chiefs!

Changsu said, “I am very blessed being part of this wonderful loving and caring family, Shawnee UMC and so much excited serving with my church family!”.