Dr. Yo Han Kim is the president of the Northern Asia-Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
The executive committee of the Seventh-day Adventist church during 61st General Conference Session, which convened in the morning of the 8th of June, 2022 elected Dr. Kim as the new spiritual leader of the Northern Asia-Pacific Division.
Born on August 24, 1959, he began his pastoral ministry at West Cheonan Church of the Middle-west Korean Conference in 1991. While pastoring at Jeongsan Church in 1996, he was called to serve at the 1000 Missionary Movement Training Center and has served both as an associate director and as a director for 10 years.
He then returned to Korea and served as a director of general affairs at Sahmyook Health University. After his service at Junggok Church in the East Central Korean Conference, he was sent by Sahmyook University to serve as an overseas missionary in Uganda from March of 2013 to February of 2015.
Upon returning to Korea, he devoted himself to local church work at Gangneung Central Church and then in the following year, he was appointed as the president of the Mongolian Mission by the Northern Asia-Pacific Division in order to spread the Three Angels’ Messages to the “Land of Chinggis Khaan.”
Before he was elected as the NSD president, he served as the Assistant to the NSD President for General Affairs, Director of Adventist Mission and Pioneer Mission Movement since June 2021.
Dr. Kim holds a Doctor of Preventive Health Care from the Adventist Universtiy of the Philippines (AUP).
