Team | Hope

Our Directors

Dr. Kyongho Ko

Dr. Kyongho S. Ko is the executive director of Hope Fam and one of the Women’s Seminar (WS) ministry’s founder. Kyongho is a teaching artist working at Los Angeles City College, California, and her artistic training was a key motive in her contributions to designing the WS ministry. Kyongho earned a master's degree in intercultural studies and a doctoral degree in missiology at Fuller Theological Seminary. Her study supported the development of WS. Kyongho’s favorite element in the ministry is working with partners from different places. She also loves cooking for her family and friends and enjoys painting. Kyongho and her husband, Kacey Ko, have three daughters who have had a role in Hope for Families, International (Hope Fam).

Irene Lee

Irene Lee joined Hope Fam in the early stage of the WS ministry. Her study in various master's programs in Christian education support her vision of, "preparing for the day when learning opportunities are fair to all people," to be in practice. Irene is currently working as an institutional research manager at Los Angeles Pacific University (Azusa Pacific University Educational System, California), and her work experience in educational organizations has enriched and balanced Hope Fam in many ways. She is a passionate and caring moderator for WS in the field. She and her husband, Pastor Michael Kim, serve as ministers for the multi-ethnic/-social/-cultural/-generational communities at Emmanuel Reformed Church in Paramount, California.

Kacey Ko

Mr. Kacey Ko was the team leader of the parent team of Hope Fam. For years, the team had facilitated many insightful ministries for mission fields. When he saw the WS ministry’s growth in the providence of God, he supported the WS ministry to become the main ministry of Hope Fam. He is a developer who loves building houses for families. His love of family, food, traveling and meeting new people in different places has supported the development of Hope Fam in many aspects.

Dinah Pak

Ms. Dinah Pak is the co-founder of the WS ministry and has served as the general secretary of Hope Fam since the establishment of this ministry. She is a loan operations manager in the financial industry. Her precise professionalism and visual sense have had a role in developing WS’s efficient and elegant ministry culture. She loves traveling and having breakfast with loved ones. She and her husband Daniel Pak have a son who just finished law school and hopes to help underrepresented groups.

Daniel Pak

Mr. Daniel Pak is the anointing worship leader and the IT specialist of Hope Fam. His warm and caring heart is always being noticed and welcomed by participants during the WS ministry, even when a language barrier is in place. Before the departure of each WS, he leads praise meetings and supports prep meetings. When the team comes back to the base, he archives visual records of each seminar to cherish and remember God’s grace in each mission.

Our Advisors

Dr. Timothy Park

Professor Timothy Kiho Park has served as a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary's School of Intercultural Studies (currently the Graduate School of Mission and Theology) since 1996, teaching Asian missions and serving as the Director of the Korean Studies program. As an Asian missionary scholar, he is making unique contributions to the development of Asian missions. Before coming to Fuller, Professor Park served as a cross-cultural missionary in the Philippines for 15 years and participated in church planting in various areas of Metro Manila and Luzon Island. He helped found the Presbyterian Theological Seminary (now PTS College and Advanced Studies), where he served as professor and president. Professor Park also established the Institute for Asian Mission (IAM) and the Asian Society of Missiology (ASM) to help Asian churches and missions through research, publications, consultation, and education in collaboration with other Asian missionaries. He also served as the President of the East-West Mission Research and Development Center (EWCMR&D) and the Asia Missions Association (AMA). Professor Park has not only written numerous articles for journals and magazines, but has also written, edited or co-edited books such as Missionary Movement of the Korean Church (1999), Cross-Cultural Church Planting (2005), New Global Partnership for World Mission (2004), Mission History of Asian Churches (2011), Asian Churches in Global Mission (2012), Discipleship in the 21st Century Mission (2014) and Globalization and Mission (2017). He travels to many countries, providing mission expertise and consulting to mission leaders and field missionaries, and is working to promote the missionary movement and develop mission leaders in churches in the Global South.

Dr. Keon San An

He was Associate Professor of Bible and Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary in USA and is currently Assistant Professor of Mission Theology at Chongshin Theological Seminary in Korea. His exceptional journey as a teacher began at Yeongrak High School and served as a secondary, college, and missions pastor at Shinbanpo Church in Korea. He then served as a missionary with Global Mission Society (GMS) and Serving In Mission (SIM), teaching at Kale Hiwot Bible School in Asmara, Eritrea, and Evangelical Theological College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He studied English Literature (BA) at Yonsei University and Education (MA) at the same graduate school. He holds an MDiv from Chongshin Theological Seminary, an MA in Biblical Interpretation from London School of Theology, a ThM in New Testament from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a ThM in Missiology and a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Rebuilding Theology for the World and the Church (Solomon, 2023), Daily and Workplace Spirituality: Like the Stars in the Sky, Like the Flowers in the Field (CLC, 2021), Reading the Bible Missionally: The Bible is the Grand Story of God’s Mission (Lifebook, 2020), An Ethiopian Reading of the Bible: Biblical Interpretation of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (Pickwick/Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2015), and John Amos Comenius’ Pampaedia (Elji Publication, 1986)

Kyungmee Lee

Kyungmee Lee is the founder of Accompany Worldwide (AW) and president. And a Financial Advisor of Guardian Life Insurance and Park Avenue Securities. She has various experiences in education in Korea before moved to U.S.A. She graduated Fuller Theological Seminary and hold Master of Art in Intercultural relationships. AW is an organization of Korean Christian women based in Los Angeles. This unique organization helps economically and socially disadvantaged Korean women who have become single mothers due to domestic violence. AW helps selected single mothers financially for a year for their apartment rent. During the support, the single moms are given a 1:1 mentorship with AW members to provide emotional support as well. These personalized support helps single moms to know that they are not alone in their troubled time but have supporting sisters who are standing next them together. Through this process, the single moms are mentally and spiritually restored and can make plans for their lives. As the head of the organization, Lee trains members, interviews single moms, connects single moms with mentors, and raises funds.

Bella Shim

Bella Shim has been serving as the team leader for the WS ministry mission team at the ANC Church since 2016. She graduated from FIT in New York and worked in the clothing industry before getting married and settling in Los Angeles. Her experience in the clothing industry has made her possible to support visual elements according to the themes of the WS ministry in the mission field. She is married to her husband who works as a financial advisor and has three daughters, and eight grandchildren. The times she spends during the WS ministry is as the time she spends with her grandchildren. These times are precious opportunities for her to feel and experience God's love. Recently, she is learning traditional Korean instruments and serving AW, which supports single mothers in the immigrant community. She hopes that her small acts of service will contribute to building God's kingdom and give glory to the God.