Meet Our Bishop
Quick Facts About Resident Bishop
Jeremiah Jungchan Park
Years to Serve as Active Bishop:14
Birthdate: July 4, 1952
Greatest Hope for Our Church:
That the church will become truly inclusive, diverse, evangelistic, missional, healthy and growing... by turning all local churches into vital and dynamic places.
Favorite Scripture: Philippians 2:5
Favorite Biblical Character: Paul, for his passion and dedication to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Favorite Hymn: How Great Thou Art
Immediate Family: Spouse: Elizabeth Hyeja Park; daughter: Cathy Wang; son: Matthew
Hometown: Jae-Chun, Korea
Appointment when Elected: Superintendent, Palisades District, Greater New Jersey Conference
Bishop Park, 56, was Palisades District Superintendent in New Jersey, was born in Korea, and received a bachelor of divinity degree from Methodist Theological Seminary in Seoul in 1973. He was coordinator of World Vision of Korea and assistant to the pastor at First Methodist Church in Seoul during the 1970s.
He earned a master of divinity degree in 1979 and doctor of ministry degree in 1990, both from Drew University, The Theological School. Ordained as a deacon in what was then the Northern New Jersey Conference and as an elder in the Western New York Conference, he served as a pastor at the Rochester (NY) Korean United Methodist Church in 1979-85 before returning to a pastorate in New Jersey.
He was a General Conference delegate in 2000 and 2004. Park and his wife, Lisa, have a son, Matthew, and a daughter, Cathy Wang.
Park also served as a district superintendent, council director and associate council director for Northern New Jersey as well as associate director of the Northeastern Jurisdiction’s Multi-Ethnic Center for Ministry.
Bishop Park provides leadership for the Northeast Jurisdictional Korean Mission and National Korean Council.