Dr. Kim is a pioneer in Global Missiology, approaching the field from the intellectual and pragmatic synthesis of four very different disciplines: history of religion, history of East Asian intellectual traditions, issues in “global core” curricular teaching and programs, and decades of missiological fieldwork experience in the Pauline legacy of “tentmaker mission.” Besides designing many new courses at NBTS that reflect his unique insights into the past, present and future of “global Christianity,” Dr. Kim continues to serve numerous mission programs as Founder and Director of Programs at NY Mission House and the Stump Overseas Mission. Dr. Kim is also Special Projects Advisor (since 2009) to the University Committee on Asia & the Middle East (UCAME) at Columbia University, where he has co-taught courses with Wm. Theodore de Bary and travels frequently throughout East Asia to speak at academic conferences and with government officials in support of global core education.

His publications range from Origins of the Mill at Bethlehem: Theologizing Birth of Jesus in Asian Contexts; The Asian Christian History Reader; and articles on the legacy of Horace G. Underwood, to a monograph study on a key seventeenth-century text on Neo-Confucian education called Primer for Youth, and other scholarly articles on East Asian intellectual and education history. He is currently working on a book titled Toward Interculturation: Pedagogy for an Emerging World. Dr. Kim is recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the United Nations Star of Harmony Award for Outstanding Community Service (1997).