James Choung seeks to empower rising generations of Kingdom world-changers. To this end, he currently serves as national director of InterVarsity Asian American Ministries. He is also author of True Story: A Christianity Worth Believing In and its companion booklet, Based on a True Story (both InterVarsity Press, 2008), which both illustrate how to present Jesus’ central message in a way that makes sense to people today. He teaches at Bethel Seminary San Diego on leadership development and evangelism, and speaks frequently at churches and conferences. His work has been featured in many publications, including Christianity Today and Leadership Journal.

James wrote his D. Min. dissertation on postmodern leadership development at Fuller Theological Seminary, received his M. Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and studied management science and marketing at MIT. He has also been on the pastoral staff of a Boston-area urban church plant and of a megachurch in Seoul, Korea, and has served on boards for higher education and an overseas business startup. For fun, he likes to travel with his wife, tease his two sons, play board games with his buddies, hit some jazzy chords on the keys, enjoy Los Angeles’ endless summer, and swing a racket in hopes of playing something like tennis. He irregularly blogs at www.jameschoung.net.