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The Rt. Rev. Allen Kunho Shin is Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of New York.
Born in South Korea, Shin and his family moved to Washington, D.C., in 1972, where he attended Gonzaga College High School, a Jesuit school for boys.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1983, majoring in Music/Vocal Performance. He then spent four years in New York City working as a professional singer, before taking up a position as the choir director at a Korean Episcopal church in Chicago.
Having gone through the discernment process in Chicago, Shin studied for his Master of Divinity degree at The General Theological Seminary in New York City, graduating in 1996. He was ordained to the diaconate in the Diocese of Chicago in June of that year, and to the priesthood in the Diocese of New York that December. Also in 1996, he was called as Curate/Assistant to the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in New York City, where he remained until 2001, at the same time taking up the position of Assistant Officer, Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry at the Episcopal Church Center, which he held until 1999.
In 2001, he earned the degree of Master of Sacred Theology from The General Theological Seminary. He then went to England where, from 2002 to 2005, he pursued post-graduate work in Patristic Studies at the University of Oxford. During the course of his studies, he also held the position of Honorary Assistant Priest at All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London. He remained at the University of Oxford from 2005 to 2010 as Fellow and Chaplain of Keble College.
Shin returned from England to the United States in 2010, to take up the position of Rector of St. John’s Church, Huntington, New York, in the Diocese of Long Island.
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Episcopal Asian American Ministries Consultation 2015:
“Celebrating Our Partnerships, Uniting Our Mission”
September in Seoul, Korea
[May 7, 2015] Samuel McDonald, Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Mission for the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, has announced that registration is now open for the Episcopal Asian American Ministries Consultation 2015, slated for Seoul, Korea September 30 – October 5.
“Celebrating our Partnerships, Uniting our Mission” is the theme of the event which will be held at the Anglican Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Nicholas, Seoul, Korea.
“The Consultation will provide new opportunities for renewal and celebration of the partnership in mission between The Episcopal Church and the churches in Asia,” commented the Rev. Dr. Winfred B. Vergara, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society missioner for Asian American Ministries.
With an invitation from the Most Rev. Paul Kim, Archbishop and Primate of the Church in Korea, the consultation also will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Anglican Church in Korea.
Keynote speakers include:
• The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church
• The Most Rev. Nathaniel Uematsu, Archbishop of Hokkaido and Primate of Japan Nippon Sei Ko Kai
• The Rt. Rev. Allen Shin, Suffragan Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of New York
• The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Yang, Former President of Songdonghoe University, Seoul, Korea
Workshops will explore various aspects including Congregational Development, Evangelism and Church Planting, Multi-ethnic and intercultural churches, Ministry of Reconciliation, Life Long Formation, Anglican Global Relations, Youth and Young Adult Ministries, and Issues Arising from the General Convention.
Registration is encouraged for clergy and lay from the Episcopal Asian American Ministries Convocations (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, South Asian and Southeast Asian parishes and missions), the churches in the Anglican Communion; and those in communion with The Episcopal Church including the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Moravian Church and Iglesia Filipina Independiente.
For more information contact Angeline Cabanban, acabanban@episcopalchurch.org
