Chul Kim

Chul/Sharon - International Student Ministry Podcast (2023 Feb. - ) and DT Sharing (2021 Jan - July)

Religion EN ↓ 106 episodes

Starting on Feb. 2023, we have been sharing our observations, learnings, and perspectives regarding international student ministry based on our visits to ISM groups on many campuses across the US. In the past (2021), we also shared some of our thoughts from our daily Devotion Time on the Bible.

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Chul Kim

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Religion

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Latest episode

Apr 19, 2026

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Episodes

ISM Podcast #34 - Making the Bible familiar to students: Let famous people in the Bible become famous to students 19.04.2026

In this episode, we interviewed Dan and Amy (U Mich ISM) about their new approaches to studying the Bible, which are expected to increase students' overall familiarity with the Bible. In this new approach, they presented the life journeys of famous figures of the Bible in each Bible study with AI-generated pictures narrated by carefully crafted Bible study notes. Each bible study is self-contained...

ISM Podcast #33 - Goal-Oriented Ministry: Davis IUSM (AIM) 12.04.2026

In this episode, Jeremy Halim, who leads Davis IUSM (known as AIM: Aggie International Ministry), tells us some encouraging updates about Davis IUSM. You will appreciate their goal-oriented approaches in ministry and the importance of timely training for the team to reach those goals.

ISM Podcast #32 - PhD student ministry 30.03.2026

In this episode, we interviewed Bo and Kuan, who recently gave two ISMP talks relevant to PhD students. They are passionate about developing more mentorship content for PhD students and eager to share their insights and perspectives regarding PhD student ministry.

ISM Podcast #31 - Social Media Outreach 22.02.2026

In this episode, we discussed the best practices of social media outreach and its effectiveness with two best-practice groups in the ISM domain. It's long, but it's worth it.

ISM Podcast #30 – ATC ISM Domain: Exciting Developments 26.01.2026

In this episode, we welcomed Bo & Kuan and Jimmy & Tiffany, who just joined the ISM domain team at ATC. With them, we talked about what the ISM domain team at ATC can do to make ISM more fruitful across our network, which is an exciting dream for all of us.

ISM Podcast #29 - Learning from AIWC 2025 21.01.2026

We interviewed Shufei and Karen, who oversaw the Acts2International Winter Conference (AIWC) 2025. We reviewed the content and discussed the learnings and observations from the conference.

ISM Podcast #28 - Wisdom Bible Study 30.10.2025

In this episode, we have introduced a new Bible study series, Wisdom Bible Study, which is based on Proverbs.

ISM Podcast #27 - ISMP mini level-up camp 03.10.2025

In this episode, we interviewed Kan and Esther Lee to hear about the details of the mini-level-up camp they hosted last weekend.

ISM Podcast #26 - Berkeley ISMP 17.09.2025

In this episode, we interviewed two couples from theBerkeley/Bay Area ISMP group to learn about their ministries, which have been trailblazing for all other ISMP campus chapters across our network.

ISM Podcast #25 - Follow-up Conversation on USC 4C's first pipeline - The Community Group 09.09.2025

As a follow-up to the insightful presentation on the community group approach by USC 4C at the ISM domain training time last Sat. (9/6), in this episode, we have interviewed Andrew Chen and Isaac Texeira to discuss further questions regarding what they have been doing to establish their first pipeline - the community group.

ISM Podcast #24 - more thoughts on the first pipelines 31.08.2025

After a 14-month hiatus, Chul/Sharon now resume their podcast on International Student Ministry. In this episode, they share their learnings and insights on first pipelines, based on their recent consultations with many ISM groups across the Acts2 network.

ISM Podcast #23 - ISMP at a community college 11.06.2024

Here, we interviewed Jacob Chi and Brian Yang who are part of Berkeley City College ISM which has been using ISMP as their main ministry tool. We explored crucial elements in their fruitful ministry.

ISM Podcast #22 - Single Gender Ministry (Seattle IUSM) 11.03.2024

In this episode, we interviewed with Kevin and Jean Limk to talk about the single gender ministries that Seattle IUSM has been doing for the past few years - its blessings as well as its limitation.

ISM Podcast #21 - the untapped potential of exchange student ministry 28.02.2024

Hello from HZ. In this episode, along with Brandon and Cindy, we talked about the importance of exchange student ministry in ISM as an overseas mission, which was triggered by two meetings we had with some returnees in this city.

ISM Podcast #20 - Discovery Bible Study and beyond 30.01.2024

In this episode, we interviewed Conrad Chu and Andrew Iskandar from the Midwest ISM groups regarding their experiences of adopting different formats of Bible study for seeker students.

ISM Podcast #19 - The 2nd Outbound Retreat 18.01.2024

In this episode, we talked about the significance of the second outbound retreat that happened over the MLK weekend, along with a short interview with some students and mentors who attended it.

ISM Podcast #18 - minimizing the loss: preparation for a winter break 10.12.2023

In this short episode, we address the vulnerable aspect of a winter break for first-year students and how we should prepare them against the upcoming challenges to their spiritual journey.

ISM Podcast #17 - Gospel Seminar for new students 23.09.2023

Here, we interviewed Mark Borja and Kan Lee about their group's experience of doing Gospel Seminar for new grad students at the beginning of the fall semester.

ISM Podcast #16 - from 30 sec survey to bible study for first few weeks 12.09.2023

Here, Sharon and I talked about some points to ponder regarding fall outreach activities for intl students - 30 sec survey, gospel appointments, welcome events, and first few bible studies.

ISM Podcast #15 - Learnings from our trip to Asia 26.08.2023

We just came back from our trip to Asia: visiting five countries - South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Taiwan. In this episode, we talk about some learnings from the trip.

ISM Podcast #14 - creating a steady separate pipeline for getting to know new students - a deeper look into ECD (English Conversation Dinner) at Philly Intl 07.08.2023

We asked Andrew and Angela (Philly Intl) a few more followup questions about their ECD strategy and discussed its deeper implication as a showcase for the importance of setting up a separate pipeline for getting to know new students.

ISM Podcast #13 - "Increasing spiritual potency through small group bible study": a story from USC intl ministry 28.07.2023

Interview with Yang and Lois at USC intl ministry - their story shows the importance of intentionality and self-restraint for increasing the spiritual potency of the team through small group bible study.

ISM Podcast #12 - reaching Indian students at Purdue Univ. 22.07.2023

An interesting conversation with Pinghay and Sang about their experiences with reaching students from India at Purdue University.

ISM Podcast #11 - Raising Student Mentors for ISMP? 06.07.2023

Here, we hear an interesting story from Hartie Chang from Seattle ISM, which might trigger many thoughts regarding how we can expand International Student Mentorship Program (ISMP) for developing our own students as well as reaching a new crop of international students.

ISM Podcast #10 - Learnings from ACMI part 4: approaching the gospel through cultural lenses 28.06.2023

Here we talk about our learnings from the ACMI conference regarding three major worldviews in South East Asia - Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. These big three religions deeply affect our students' minds and ethos, which poses a challenge of coming up with culturally effective ways of explaining the gospel to them.

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