antioch
baptist
church

As immigrants from Korea (Pastor Joseph in elementary school, Lydia in grad school), Pastor Joseph and Lydia share a heart for international students, leading the ISM Department since 2000. Pastor Joseph came to Boston to earn his MBA at MIT, and met Christ through the ministry of Antioch. As time went by, Pastor Joseph felt God’s call to leave the business world and devote himself to full-time ministry as a pastor, eventually earning his Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Lydia is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and serves with Pastor Joseph to create a spiritual home for students and working professionals from around the world. They live in Belmont with their daughter.