Bishop Hee-Soo Jung

Bishop Hee-Soo Jung was the first of three bishops elected at the North Central Jurisdictional Conference in 2004 and was assigned to Chicago Episcopal Area. Bishop Jung is one of only three people of Korean descent to be elected Bishop in the United Methodist Church, and the first non-Anglo bishop to serve as the head of this ethnically-diverse conference.

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Before his election, Bishop Jung served as a district superintendent in the Wisconsin Conference for eight years and chaired the Department of Religion and Philosophy and was Dean of the University Chapel at Kangnam University and Seminary in Kyungki-Do, Korea.
Jung has served as pastor of congregations in Wisconsin, California, Texas and Korea and was responsible for establishing a new Korean congregation at University United Methodist Church in Madison, Wisc.
Known across the denomination for his work on refugee, immigration, cross-cultural and interfaith relations issues, Jung has been a board member of the General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-Religious Concerns and General Commission on United Methodist Men.
Education:
Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.)
M.A. – Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley, Calif.)
M.A. – Dongguk University Graduate School (Seoul, South Korea)
B.Th. – Methodist Theological Seminary (Seoul, South Korea)

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Bishop Hee-Soo Jung

Before his election, Bishop Jung served as a district superintendent in the Wisconsin Conference for eight years and chaired the Department of Religion and Philosophy and was Dean of the University Chapel at Kangnam University and Seminary in Kyungki-Do, Korea.

Jung has served as pastor of congregations in Wisconsin, California, Texas and Korea and was responsible for establishing a new Korean congregation at University United Methodist Church in Madison, Wisc.

Known across the denomination for his work on refugee, immigration, cross-cultural and interfaith relations issues, Jung has been a board member of the General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-Religious Concerns and General Commission on United Methodist Men.

Education:

Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.)M.A. – Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley, Calif.) M.A. – Dongguk University Graduate School (Seoul, South Korea)B.Th. – Methodist Theological Seminary (Seoul, South Korea)

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Photo courtesy Pioneer PressIn the News: New Faith Community launched first worship December 10

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God's Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action

UM Council of Bishops address letter on climate change to all 42,000 congregations [more]

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Does your church want to draft a media strategy? Start a new website? UM Communications can show you how [more]

Advent Conspiracy:

Can Christians still change the world?

By Rick McKinley, Chris Seay & Greg Holder

Tired of how consumerism has stolen the soul of Christmas? Take a stand and choose to make Christmas what it should be. Learn how with this 4-session small group study. Available from your Media Resource Center (Resource ID: DCU72)

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Find music, liturgy and rituals at the

Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.)
M.A. – Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley, Calif.)
M.A. – Dongguk University Graduate School (Seoul, South Korea)
B.Th. – Methodist Theological Seminary (Seoul, South Korea)

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