Jinha Kim is the pastor of Melbourne City Adventist Church, a church company that she and her husband Roy planted in 2014. For the past 10 years, they have been ministering to young professionals in Melbourne, many of whom have secular backgrounds. They started with 8 committed individuals in 2014 and now have 50 members, as well as 20 non-Adventists as part of their church community. 

With degrees from Princeton University and Andrews University, Jinha Kim’s faith is intelligent as well as heart-felt and experiential. In addition to serving her diverse community as a pastor, she is also the mother of two school-aged boys. She has become good friends with members of her local community and understands what inspires and interests secular people. She understands that while they might not be religious, Australians are keen to live meaningful lives that contribute to the world around them. They resonate with many of the Adventist values that we advocate, such as kindness, time in nature, and a work-life balance. What they lack are opportunities to consider how those values might point us towards God, and how and why our lives matter.