Jinbong KimJinbong Kim, the coordinator of KGMLF, proposed its establishment in 2008, and currently serves as the managing director of the umbrella organization, the Global Mission Leadership Forum. He developed a new model for an international mission forum deigned to enhance understanding between Western (Global) and Korean missionaries--an issue he had contemplated for an extended period. Since 1990, after several years of missionary work in the Muslim regions of West Africa, Kim took a sabbatical in 2006 at the Overseas Ministries Study Center (OMSC) in New Haven, Connecticut, where he began his tenure as a host before advancing to the role of director of International Church Relations. Prior to his time at OMSC, he studied at Chongshin Theological Seminary and Chongshin Graduate School of Mission in Seoul, South Korea. In 1994, he and his wife joined GMS and

subsequently became affiliated with WEC International in 1998. They furthered their education at All Nations Christian College in England, and Kim also interned at a church in France. They then spent two terms engaging with Fulani Muslims in Guinea. Kim has been fortunate to collaborate with esteemed colleagues, including Dr. Jonathan Bonk, Dr. Nelson Jennings, and Rev. Jae Hoon Lee, over the years.

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