Who We Are
J. D. Kim Ministries is a U.S.-based Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to sharing the hope of the gospel through theological education, disability ministry, and partnerships that strengthen the church.
Founded by Dr. J. D. Kim, the ministry seeks to help individuals and congregations understand suffering and disability through Scripture while cultivating communities where every person is valued as an indispensable member of the body of Christ.
Although Dr. Kim now serves in South Korea, J. D. Kim Ministries continues its mission through biblical and theological resources, ministry partnerships, and support for initiatives serving people with disabilities and their families.
Our Vision
We envision a church in which people with and without disabilities worship, learn, serve, and belong together, bearing one another’s burdens and reflecting the reconciling love of the triune God.
Our Mission
We exists to proclaim the hope of the gospel by providing biblical and theological resources on suffering, disability, and the church, and by supporting ministry initiatives that promote the dignity, belonging, and participation of people with disabilities.
What We do
Theological Education and Resources
We provide biblical and theological resources that help Christians engage difficult questions about suffering, disability, healing, hope, and the life of the church.
Through articles, sermons, videos, recommended resources, and educational materials, we seek to equip pastors, ministry leaders, families, and individuals to think faithfully and respond compassionately.
Our resources are grounded in the conviction that Christian hope rests not in the absence of suffering but in the presence, faithfulness, and promises of God revealed in Jesus Christ.
Disability Ministry and Church Belonging
We encourage churches to recognize people with disabilities not merely as recipients of care but as image-bearers of God and indispensable members of the body of Christ.
A faithful church does more than welcome people with disabilities into its building. It recognizes their gifts, removes barriers to participation, and creates opportunities for people with and without disabilities to worship, learn, serve, and lead together.
Global Ministry Partnership
J. D. Kim Ministries supports initiatives that advance theological education, disability ministry, and practical care in the United States and internationally.
One of our primary ministry partners is King’s Table Asia, a Christian ministry based in South Korea that equips churches to understand suffering and disability biblically and serves disability communities across Asia.
Through this partnership, we help support theological education, ministry development, church partnerships, and practical initiatives such as providing wheelchairs and rehabilitation equipment.
J. D. Kim Ministries and King’s Table Asia are distinct organizations united by a shared commitment to the gospel, the dignity of every person, and the full participation of people with disabilities in the life of the church.
Statement of Faith
WE BELIEVE that the 66 books of the Bible, as written in the original writings, are the true, inspired Word of God, written by various biblical writers through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, infallible in that the Scripture has no error in delivering and demonstrating God’s purpose and truth and authoritative and is the rule of life.
WE BELIEVE that there is one God who exists as the unity of the three persons of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. From the beginning, the Godhead always exists as triune, without being created, sharing equal divine, infinite, and relational essence with the Father, Son, and Spirit, the infinite, sovereign, personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. Within the inner-life of the Trinity, the perfect form of love and holiness flourishes, without hierarchy or subordination, for each person of God is fully God and shares the absolute divine attributes.
WE BELIEVE that God made human beings in his image and likeness. After God made the world and saw that it was good, he created humankind in His image and likeness to rule over his creation. The Creator created human beings according to his image, power, will, and plan. Male and female created in God’s image were very good, so that human beings require neither an evolution nor further progressive engagement to be better creation.
WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ, the living Word, became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. He who is true God became true man united in one Person forever. He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. On the third day He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Mediator.
WE BELIEVE that being estranged from God and condemned by our sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God’s free grace. God credits His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies them in His sight. Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit and receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal life.
WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the triune God, has come to glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts, convicting us of sin and draws us to the Savior and indwelling our hearts. He gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us for service. He instructs and guides us into all truth, and seals us for the day of redemption.
WE BELIEVE that the true Church is composed of all persons who profess saving faith in Jesus Christ and participate in the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. In the Church, the Word of God is preached, the sacraments are administered, scriptural discipline is practiced, and loving fellowship is maintained. The church fulfills the Great Commission and awaits the return of her Lord.
WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ will come again to the earth personally, visibly, and bodily—to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the eternal plan of God.