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Sung K. Kwon |
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Web Site: www.communityservices.org
Ministry Description
Adventist® Community Services (ACS) has been established as a humanitarian relief, and individual and community development ministry to fulfill the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist® Church in the United States and Bermuda which is to serve communities in Christ’s name.
ACS aims to develop continuing leadership education, build collaborative partnerships and expand the scope of community services.
ACS provides services such as Disaster Response, Adventist Crisis Care Network (ACCN), Community Development/Urban Ministry/Inner City Ministries, Elder Care Ministries, Youth Empowered to Serve (Y.E.S.), and Tutoring and Mentoring Programs.
In addition to above programs, ACS has initiated two innovative programs to equip and develop leaders to serve and transform our communities: Nonprofit Leadership Certification Program (NLCP) and Adventist Urban Congress (AUC).
Nonprofit Leadership Certification Program — A two-level training program that equips pastors and lay leaders with the latest strategies and professional skills to successfully lead and focuses on three major components: Nonprofit Management/Leadership, Community Development Outreach Ministry and Biblical Principals of Social Evangelism.
Adventist Urban Congress — To effectively lead our churches to serve our communities in an ever-changing society, it is imperative that we stay equipped with innovative transformational leadership skills and programs that will make us most influential in community outreach ministries. The AUC focuses on effective community outreach through all Adventist Church ministries involving adults, young adults, youth, teens and children.
Bio
Sung Kwon has served as the national executive director of the North American Division Adventist Community Services since 2001 and is an ordained minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, having served in Ohio and Allegheny East Conferences. He studied business administration at the University of Maryland; received a bachelor's degree in theology from Columbia Union College in Maryland; earned a master's degree in public administration, concentrated in nonprofit management from Wright State University in Ohio; received a Milton Murray Fellowship for Harvard University Executive Education; and earned the designation of Certified Senior Advisor. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Leadership at Andrews University in Michigan.
Kwon served as the executive director of the Good Neighbor House, an ACS agency in Dayton, Ohio, for eight years. He also was the president and vice president of the North American Association of Community Services Directors (NAACSD) during that time. He was recognized in the "40 Under 40 - Dayton's Brightest Young Business Leaders" by the Business News of Dayton, Ohio in April, 2000. He had the privilege of planting the Korean congregation as a company, serving as its interim pastor, under the favoring influence of the Kettering Seventh-day Adventist Church in Dayton, Ohio. In addition, He has served as youth pastor for Stillwater Adventist Church in Ohio Conference and administration pastor for Miracle Temple Adventist Church in Allegheny East Conference. He has served on the board of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD) and currently serves on the board of the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations, and National Interfaith Coalition of Aging (NICA).
Sung Kwon is married to Me, his childhood sweetheart, and together they have two children, Teresa and Joshua.
Support Staff
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| Wynelle Stevens |
Telephone: (301) 680-6437
Fax: (301) 680-6464
Email: sung.kwon@nad.adventist.org
Web: www.communityservices.org
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