Joel has taught New Testament at Westminster Seminary California since 2005 and in May 2017 was appointed as the fourth president of WSC. He previously taught at Calvin Theological Seminary and International Theological Seminary in Los Angeles, and has been active in teaching globally. Rev. Kim is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and has served as a pastor in several churches in Michigan and Southern California since his graduation from WSC in 1997. Among his publications, he co-edited Always Reformed: Essays in Honor of W. Robert Godfrey (2010) and wrote Romans: Nothing but Grace (2017). His Ph.D. studies in Historical Theology were with the noted scholar Professor Richard A. Muller at Calvin Theological Seminary. Rev. Kim and his wife, Sharon, have a daughter and a son and reside in Escondido, where his family attends New Life Presbyterian Church.