Matthew D. Kim, PhD
Professor of Practical Theology; Holder of the Hubert H. and Gladys S. Raborn Chair of Pastoral Leadership
Education
BA, Carleton College
MDiv, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
MTh, University of Edinburgh
PhD, University of Edinburgh
Research Interests
Pastoral Leadership
Pastoral Ministry
Homiletics
Ecclesiology
Congregational Studies
Courses Taught
Integrative Seminar
Leading in the Kingdom
Leadership for Congregational Ministry
Publication Highlights
- Ministry Mentor: Practical Wisdom for Pastoral Work (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, contracted 2026)
- Co-Author, How Do You Teach That?: Preaching and Communicating Peculiar Passages of Scripture (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Reflective, contracted 2025)
- Becoming a Friendlier Church: The Ways We are Unintentionally Unfriendly and How We Can Change (Bellingham, WA: Lexham, contracted 2024)
- Co-Author, Preaching to a Divided Nation: A Seven-Step Model for Promoting Reconciliation and Unity (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2022)
- Co-Editor, La Predicación Bíblica: El principal acompañamiento para la predicacion y la enseñanza (Florence, SC: Publicado por Monsgo, 2022)
- Preaching to People in Pain: How Suffering Can Shape Your Sermons and Connect with Your Congregation (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2021)
- Co-Editor, The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching: A Guide from Genesis to Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2021)
- Preaching to Possible Selves: A Contextual Homiletic for Second Generation Korean Americans (New York: Peter Lang, 2021)
- A Little Book for New Preachers: Why and How to Study Homiletics (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2020)
- 7 Lessons for New Pastors: Your First Year in Ministry, 2nd ed. (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2020)
- Co-Author, Finding Our Voice: A Vision for Asian North American Preaching (Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2020)
- Co-Editor, Homiletics and Hermeneutics: Four Views of Preaching Today (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2018)
- Editor, No Program but Time, No Book but the Bible: Reflections on Mentoring and Discipleship in Honor of Scott M. Gibson (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2018)
- Preaching with Cultural Intelligence: Understanding the People Who Hear Our Sermons (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2017)
- 7 Lessons for New Pastors: Your First Year in Ministry (St. Louis: Chalice, 2012)
- Preaching to Second Generation Korean Americans: Towards a Possible Selves Contextual Homiletic (New York: Peter Lang, 2007)
About Dr. Kim
Matthew D. Kim is professor of Practical Theology and holder of the Hubert H. and Gladys S. Raborn Chair of Pastoral Leadership at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Before joining the Truett faculty in 2022, he taught at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for ten years as the George F. Bennett Professor of Preaching and Practical Theology and served as the director of the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching and director of Mentored Ministry.
A past president of the Evangelical Homiletics Society, Dr. Kim is on the editorial board of The Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. He is a member of the Evangelical Homiletics Society and an Ecclesial Theologian Fellow of the Center for Pastor Theologians. Matt served as a senior pastor, college minister, and youth pastor in Colorado and Massachusetts for ten years. He is an award-winning author or editor of several books on pastoral ministry and preaching and contributes regularly to Influence Magazine, Preaching Magazine, and Preaching Today.
Dr. Kim has been a guest on numerous podcasts and radio programs, including “ChurchPulse Weekly” with Carey Nieuwhof, “The Holy Post Podcast” with Kaitlyn Schiess, “Pastor Matters Podcast” with Ronjour Locke, “SOLA Podcast,” with Aaron Lee, “Two Cities Podcast,” with John Anthony Dunne, “The Common Good” with Brian From, and “Equipped” with Chris Brooks on Moody Radio.
Matt is a native of Chicago, Illinois, is a Chicago sports fan, and enjoys playing basketball. He is married to Sarah and they have three sons.