Our Pastor

Pastor Paul and Jaimy stand side by side smiling at the camera. Pastor Paul is wearing a dark blue suit with a white shirt and blue tie. Jaimy is wearing a cream colored dress with a light blue lace cardigan and pearl necklace.

Meet Pastor Paul

Proud to be A.L.A. and grateful to be ‘Baptholic,’ Pastor Paul I. Kim is a World Class Stationery Bike Rider, married to Jaimy for over 30 years, and a proud father of 3 daughters. He loves to Read, Hike, Cook, and Chat with Friends.

As an intentional Texan, Pastor Paul Kim dreams to make Forest Community Church a home for peple who are serious about God’s love in Christ and love to obey Christ’s Great Commandment and Great Commission.

Get to Know Pastor Paul

Pastor Paul and Jaimy stand side by side smiling at the camera. Pastor Paul is wearing a blue button up short sleeve shirt, and Jaimy is wearing a pink button up short sleeve shirt.
Pastor Paul and Jaimy's daughters, Mariel, Laurel and Bethel, pose together for a picture. Mariel is wearing a white jumpsuit. Laurel is wearing graduation regalia and holding a bouquet of roses. Bethel is wearing a blue shirt dress.
Jaimy, Bethel, Laurel, and Pastor Paul pose for a picture on a lake dock. The sky is cloudy behind them. They are all wearing colorful weather proof jackets: Jaimy's yellow, Bethel's bright blue, Laurel's pink, Pastor Paul's light blue.

Education

Biola University

B.A. History

Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary

Master of Divinity

Princeton Theological Seminary

Master of Theology

Baylor University

Ph. D. in Theology

Bio

Pastor Paul’s life can be summed up with 3 M’s:

Miracle of God’s Mercy

Pastor Paul grew up as devout Buddhist and planned to be a monk after his retirement. He also had strong antagonistic sentiments toward Christianity and did not have a good impression of the church when he first participated in a church youth group. Against all odds, he received Christ in his heart at the age of seventeen after two years of a spiritual tug-of-war with god. He thought that he would be the last person to become a Christian and certainly the least qualified to be pastor of God’s church. Now, he is an example of God’s double miracle or miracle of double mercy.

Multi-Cultural & Multi-Ethnic experience of life

Pastor Paul was born in Seoul, South Korea but grew up in Argentina and Venezuela.  He is not a typical Asian-American and calls himself “A.L.A. (Asian-Latino-American)”.  He lived in Los Angeles and the Bay Area for 18 years and then in Princeton, NJ for 3 years before moving to Texas in 2002.  Pastor Paul believes that his confused trilingual and marginalized immigrant life experience has opened his eyes to appreciate different people from diverse backgrounds.  Calling himself an “A.L.A. mutt,” he is not ashamed of his lack of mono-cultural and mono-ethnic center.

Mission

Pastor Paul came to Texas initially to finish his graduate theological studies and moved to Dallas to teach at Dallas Baptist University after his Ph. D.  Slowly but surely, he recognized God’s call to make DFW his permanent home and last stand for God’s work in his life.  He believes that he is not an accidentally transplanted resident of the Lone Star state, but a providentially guided agent of God’s kingdom in the buckle of the Bible belt.

Contact Pastor Paul

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