Ephesians 5:23 gives us the structure of church leadership. It says, “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.”
Ultimately, Jesus Christ is the head of any Independent Baptist Church. We have no denominational structure and are under the headship and authority of Jesus Christ.
Understanding that God is the ultimate head of the church, Yongsan Baptist Church does have human leadership.
Robert Oetman
Pastor Robert Oetman (우트만) was born in 1965 and raised on a farm near Holland, Michigan in the United States. He came to know Christ as his Saviour at age 7. When he was 16 God called Robert to serve as a foreign missionary. Robert began training at the Fairhaven Baptist College in Chesterton, Indiana. He graduated in 1989. While at Fairhaven, Robert met and Brenda Rud. They were married in 1987. Brenda graduated with a degree in elementary education in 1990. For the six years Robert served as an assistant pastor while helping with a new church plant in Madison, Wisconsin. The Oetman’s arrived in Seoul, South Korea as church planting missionaries on January 6, 1999. For 13 years they served at the Seoul First Baptist Church. Pastor Oetman has been leading the Yongsan Baptist Church since March 2013. The Oetman’s are sent out as missionaries from the Faith Baptist Church in Avon, Indiana. Pastor Oetman has earned graduate degrees from the International Baptist College in Tempe, Arizona and the Pensacola Christian College and Seminary in Pensacola, Florida.
Pastor Kim
Pastor Hyung-hun Kim (형훈 김) has served in several churches in Korea and abroad, including Heritage Baptist Church in Florida, Maranatha Baptist Church in Incheon, and Calvary Love Baptist Church in Vancouver. He is currently the Associate Pastor of Yongsan Baptist Church. He graduated from PTS (Pensacola Theological Seminary). His family consists of a wife and son. He is currently living in Seoul.
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine 2 Timothy 4:2
If you have questions for any of the leadership of Yongsan Baptist Church, please contact us.