Walter Kim
{{Short description|Korean American evangelical pastor}}
Walter Kim is a Korean American evangelical pastor and, since January 2020, has been president of the National Association of Evangelicals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nae.org/walterpodcast/|title=Walter Kim {{!}} A Leader for the Next Decade|last=|first=|date=15 January 2020|website=National Association of Evangelicals|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 February 2020}}
Biography
A child to immigrant parents, Kim completed a B.A. in philosophy and history at Northwestern University, M.Div. at Regent College, and Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages and civilizations at Harvard University in 2007.{{cite thesis|first=Walter|last=Kim|year=2007|title=The Language of Verbal Insults in the Hebrew Bible |type=PhD diss.|id={{ProQuest|304851595}}}} He is a licensed minister in the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.{{cite web |title=NAE leadership |url=https://nae.org/leadership |website=National Association of Evangelicals}}
Kim pastored for 15 years at Park Street Church in Boston and four years at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville. Since 2013, he has been a member of the board of the National Association of Evangelicals and, in October 2019, was elected as the next president of the organization, commencing January 2020.{{cite web |title=NAE Appoints Walter Kim as Next President |url=https://www.nae.org/nae-appoints-walter-kim-as-next-president/ |website=National Association of Evangelicals |accessdate=19 October 2019 |date=17 October 2019}} Kim succeeded Leith Anderson as the first person of color to be president of the evangelical organization.{{cite web |last1=Shellnutt |first1=Kate |title=National Association of Evangelicals' New President Hopes to Bring Together a Movement in Crisis |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/october/national-association-evangelicals-walter-kim-president-nae.html |website=Christianity Today |accessdate=19 October 2019 |language=en |date=17 October 2019}}
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