As a community of believers our mission is to love God more than anything else, to share the love of our Savior to our neighbors, and to develop disciples and equip them for service so that the body of Christ grows in unity in faith and in knowledge of Jesus, the Son of God.

The English-speaking Ministry of Christ United Methodist Church is a multi-cultural, multi-generational congregation which is part of a larger Korean-speaking church in the neighborhood of Makiki.

Christ United Methodist Church is located on the corner of Keeaumoku St. and Heulu St. More parking is available on Sunday mornings further up Keeaumoku St. (towards to mountain) at Catholic Charities, on the corner of Keeaumoku St. and Nehoa St.

Staff

Adult Ministry

Aloha! I'm Samuel Nam and I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I am also honored to be appointed to CUMC to serve as your next pastor for English Ministries. My wife's name is Minhee but you can shorten that to Mini. I met her in Korea but we got married in Los Angeles. I don't want to bore you with the story of how I proposed to her after our third date so I'll move on. We've been married for a little over seven years and while we don't have any children (yet), we have a shih tzu named Popi. I studied History and English Lit. in college and I went to Fuller Seminary for my M.Div. I can't wait to meet you!

Youth Ministry

Pastor Joe Yun is the Education Pastor in charge of the Youth and the Children’s ministries here at CUMC.  He is married to his beautiful wife, Joy, who is also serving at CUMC as a Children’s Pastor.  He graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) with a B.A. in Management Information Systems and a minor in Economics.  He received his M. Div. from Drew Theological Seminary.  Upon coming to CUMC, Pastor Joe served as a Youth Pastor for over 3 years and a Children’s Director for 2 and a half years.  He loves all physical activities, especially football, basketball, and volleyball.  He enjoys reading books (history, philosophy, novels), especially the Bible.

Favorite Verse in the Bible:  1 Samuel 16:7b

Favorite Food:  Sushi, Pasta, and Soondoobu

Favorite Movie:  Passion of the Christ, Braveheart, Gladiator, Rocky, Forrest Gump

Favorite Music:  Chris Tomlin, Charlie Hall, Hillsong United, 98 Degrees

What People Don’t Know About Me:  I qualified for the National Jr. Olympic Meet in 1997 in Baton Rouge LA and play the violin.