Delegates to the October 2005 annual convention of the Lutheran Church in Korea (LCK) elected Rev. Dr Hyun-Sup Um to a four-year term as LCK president. A professor of Old Testament, Um, 59 has been teaching at the Lutheran Theological University in Korea and Seminary for 25 years. He succeeds Rev. Hong-Yeol Lee.
In the mid-70s Um pursued undergraduate and post-graduate studies at Korea’s Yonsei University College of Theology and the Lutheran Theological Academy. In 1977 he was ordained as a pastor. He undertook post-graduate studies at the Concordia Seminary, St Louis, Missouri, USA, in 1991; a summer term at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1992; and doctoral studies at Concordia Seminary, St Louis, 1994-1996. He has served academic associations as an active member and participated in ecumenical projects such as the Old Testament Translation Committee of the Korean Bible Society. From 1997 until 2003, he was a member of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Advisory Committee for Theological Education in Asia (ACTEAS).
Rev. Dr Hyun-Sup Um and his wife Jong-Sook Lee have two adult sons.
The LCK has 4,698 members. It joined the LWF in 1972. (195 words)
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