Bishop Hee-Soo Jung will address the class of 2025

Bishop Hee-Soo Jung of the Ohio Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church will deliver the commencement address to the 2025 graduates of Methodist Theological School in Ohio. The commencement ceremony begins at 11 a.m. May 17 in Dickinson Courtyard on the MTSO campus, 3081 Columbus Pike in Delaware. Guests are welcome, and tickets are not required.

Elected to the episcopacy in 2004, Jung served as bishop for eight years in the Northern Illinois Conference and 12 years in Wisconsin before his 2024 arrival in Ohio, where he leads the East Ohio and West Ohio conferences.

Jung earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; an MA from the Institute of Buddhist Studies, affiliated with the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California; an MA from the Dongguk University Graduate School in Seoul, South Korea; and a Bachelor of Theology from the Methodist Theological Seminary in Seoul.

Among his prominent roles within the denomination, Jung has served as president of the General Board of Global Ministries, chair of the UM Korean National Plan and a member of the Bread for the World Board of Directors. His dedication to immigration justice and the sanctuary movement inspired the creation of Justice for Our Neighbors, which provides legal services to immigrants.

Jung joined the MTSO Board of Trustees upon his arrival in Ohio.

“In addition to his extensive service to the Church, Bishop Jung is an active scholar deeply engaged in theological education in both the United States and South Korea,” said MTSO President Jay Rundell. “I know the class of 2025 and their guests will be enlightened and inspired by his commencement address.”

Methodist Theological School in Ohio provides theological education and leadership in pursuit of a just, sustainable and generative world. In addition to the Master of Divinity degree, the school offers master’s degrees in public theology, social justice and theological studies, along with a Doctor of Ministry degree.

CONTACT:

Danny Russell, communications director
drussell@mtso.edu, 740-362-3322