Saddleback Irvine South

Kyung was born in Seoul, South Korea, but grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his Bachelors and Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State and Ohio State, respectively. Kyung worked as an electrical engineer in Columbus, Ohio before heeding God’s call to become a college pastor at Ohio State. He received his Masters of Theology and Doctors of Ministry from Dallas Seminary. Kyung has studied cross-cultural church planting overseas, coached pastors and helped plant various churches and multi-sites. He served 20 years as Executive Pastor of LifePoint Church in Plano, TX before joining Saddleback Church in 2015 as our new campus launch pastor. In 2018, he joined the amazing team of Saddleback Irvine South to serve and reach the Greater Irvine area. A developer of leaders, strategist and practitioner, Kyung has a passion to help churches, leaders and people reach their full redemptive potential. He is married to his beautiful bride Lindy and has two boys Cayden and Zander, who remind him daily of God's joy and grace. A big time sports fan, foodie and national karate champion, Kyung dreams of playing golf like Tiger, cooking like chef Ramsey and being fluid like Bruce Lee. One should always dream!