Hyung Jin (Pablo) Kim Sun, PhD
DMin Faculty of Record
About Hyung Jin
Hyung Jin, also known as Pablo, serves as the Intercultural Liaison for The Presbyterian Church in Canada, a general secretary–level position. In this role, he walks alongside church leaders and congregations to nurture a healthy intercultural church—one where people engage across differences with humility, curiosity, and deep appreciation, and where everyone can experience full belonging. Before joining the PCC, Pablo worked with the Christian Reformed Church in North America and the Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre. Of Korean heritage, he grew up in Paraguay, came to Canada by way of the United States, and is also a Mennonite pastor and author.
Why I am at AMBS
I am drawn to AMBS because the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition resonates deeply with me as a Mennonite pastor, particularly its powerful practices of community, peacemaking, and restorative justice practices that naturally align with intercultural ministry. The seminary’s competency-based and contextually grounded approach matches my passion for helping leaders flourish in their own cultural settings. AMBS offers a unique space for me to bring together my research, ministry experience, and intercultural commitments to equip leaders for faithful and transformative engagement in diverse communities.
What I do at AMBS
I am a Faculty of Record for the Intercultural Leadership component of AMBS’s Doctor of Ministry program.
How might students expect to interact with you?
Most of my interactions with students take place through Zoom conversations, where we reflect together on ministry practice and intercultural engagement. For students located in the Greater Toronto Area, I’m also happy to meet in person when helpful for deeper discussion and support.
Publications
Book
- Intercultural Belonging & Ministry: Practicing the Arts of Becoming Church Together (InterVarsity Press, forthcoming 2026)
- Building Mennonite Belonging: Toward an Intercultural Church (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025)
- Who Are Our Enemies and How Do We Love Them? (Herald Press, 2020)
Chapter
- “Response,” in CONCERN: A Pamphlet Series for Questions of Christian Renewal, Laura Schmidt Roberts. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2021.
- “An Asian Man,” in Peaceful at Heart: Embracing Healthy Masculinity, Don Neufeld and Steve Thomas, eds. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2018.
Journal
- [Guest co-editor with Sarah Johnson] “Decolonial Discipleship as an Intercultural Church,” Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology, forthcoming 2026.
- [Guest co-editor with Sarah Bixler] “Mission and Formation,” Anabaptist Witness, vol. 9, no. 1 (April 2022).
- “A Mennonite Perspective of Hospitality in times of Migrations,” Science et Esprit, vol. 72, no. 3 (2020): 297-309.
- “Forging an Intercultural Mennonite Identity: Personal Reflections on Ethnoreligion in a Global Context,” The Mennonite Quarterly Review, no. 94 (April 2020): 221-232.
- “Toward an Intercultural Global Theology,” Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology, vol. 19, no. 2 (Fall 2018): 81-89.
- “South Korean Christians and Social Violence: The Silence of Adam and the Revolutionary Subordination of Jesus,” The Mennonite Quarterly Review, no. 2 (April 2013): 206-224.
Awards
- Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP), Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2024)
- Louisville Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021-2023)
- Louisville Doctoral Fellowship (2017-2019)