Leadership
Pastor John Yoon
Pastor John Yoon is the interim pastor of New Covenant Church. Born and raised in New York, he primarily focuses on the college ministry. He desires to see the young adult Christian community see the need for Jesus in their college campuses and workplaces and rise to the occasion in proclaiming Jesus Christ through their lives.
He is enjoying the married life with his new bride, Lydia. He enjoys listening to music, writing, and fellowshipping with the body of believers.
Currently, John is pursuing his M.Div from Alliance Theological Seminary. New Covenant Church is his first ministry. He has a heart for short-term missions with long-term vision.
Deacon Chiang Kim
Deacon Chiang was born in S.Korea, and earned Master degree in Economics at Yeonsei University. After teaching Economics at universities in Korea, he came to the U.S. to complete his Ph.D. at University of Florida while working as T.A. in the Department of Economics at U.F. At that time, he was introduced to the Gospel through a college Bible study. After acquiring his Ph.D., he started to work in New York rather than going back to Korea to be a professor because he loved the American way of life. From the beginning of living in New York, his wife and he were guided to Joongbu Church by God's grace. They have daughter Hannah and son Derek who are first members for NCC's children ministry. He is still living both ways, secular and spiritual. He considers the recent vote for the ordained deacon as God's encouragement for the spiritual growth. Therefore, he would like to ask you to pray for him to be humble to God's calling. One of joys in worshipping God here is watching the growth of NCC.
Deacon Faith Haemin Kim
Faith Haemin Kim is one of the Deacons at New Covenant Church. She was born and raised in New York. She has a passion for studying Scripture and Social Justice. She has previously worked in the financial services sector and is now in the field of economic development. She loves to spend time with family and friends, eating and traveling.
Deacon Neil Park
Neil is a deacon for the Missions program at New Covenant Church. Neil's passion is reaching the 10/40 window and unreached people groups with the Good News, and praise ministry. Neil is a PK--which makes him more needy of grace--and after his father retired from ministry, Neil committed to serving at New Covenant Church and Joongbu Church in 2008. Neil is married to a beautiful and exotic foreigner from Toronto, and currently resides in College Point.
Neil attended Nyack College and unsuccessfully experimented with a philosophy/theology double major, only to change course and finish with a computer science degree. His background includes software stuff, consulting, hacking phones, and training puppies.
Deacon Eric Shim
Deacon Eric has been attending Joong Bu Presbyterian Church since the age of eleven, and after graduating High School, joined New Covenant Church in 1998. Eric, following his passion for music and serving the church, joined the worship team, Coram Deo, to play bass guitar. He has since stepped down from the team to serve as Worship Coordinator for the NCC Deacon Board. In this role, he oversees all elements of Sunday service to ensure a distraction-free worship environment. In addition, Eric serves on NCC’s Budget Committee as the worship team liaison.
Eric has been happily married to Gina, his girlfriend of nine years, since October of 2009. They live on Roosevelt Island where, everyday, they get to take in and enjoy Manhattan’s amazing skyline view. They love to bike around the island as well as the island's neighbors across the bridge, LIC and Astoria.
Deacon Gina Shim
Deacon Gina serves New Covenant Church as a member of its Deacon Board, which hopes to function as the heart, hands and feet of the ministry. New Covenant Church and Central Presbyterian have been her faith community since 1998, during which time she has come to know the gospel and has learned to serve. Gina has a passion for worship and was a longtime member of New Covenant's praise team.
During the week, Gina does non-profit development work for Coridel Capital Partners, a private equity firm committed to active philanthropy in service of orphaned and vulnerable children in our global community.
In 2009, Gina married longtime best friend Eric and currently lives a happy newlywed life in Astoria.
