Regardless of our differences, all human beings have something in common:

We all suffer one way or the other whether in finance, health, spirit, or relationship, struggling to push through, sinking miserably, and desperately needing the common Savior who can liberate us from the endless cycle of pain, disappointment, and fear. Jesus overcame our brokenness and the origin of all suffering on the cross.
Being affiliated with Joni & Friends, J.D. Kim Ministries is a Christian, non-profit organization dedicated to share God’s sovereign love that regenerates all brokenness and to serve those who experience suffering, especially physical pain and disability, through the ministry of teaching theology of suffering and hope, ministry of encouragement, and ministry of supporting disability ministries. We do them through prayer meetings, seminars, conferences, worship services, writings, and providing resources and support.

Dr. J.D. Kim is an ordained teaching elder from the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and holds a PhD in systematic theology from the University of Aberdeen. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Theology and Assistant Director of the Doctor of Ministry KSP at Denver Seminary and as President of J.D. Kim Ministries, affiliated with Joni & Friends.

J.D. Kim Ministries focuses on these three principal areas: the ministry of teaching Christian theology, the ministry of encouragement, and the ministry of supporting people with disabilities and disability ministries. Through God’s amazing grace, he transformed J. D.’s life. He says, “Although I used to live for my selfish desire, ambition, and pleasure, now I live for God, regardless of my condition, pain, and disability. Though I am disabled, God almighty who is more than able is with me; though I am in a wheelchair, the one who rides on the chariots of fire carries me; though the world defines me by my disability, the Father identifies me by what the Son did for me on the cross, through the Spirit. My hope in the sovereign love of God moves me to share his unconditional love and to bear the brokenness. It is all about wheeling with and wheeling after our Maker. I love Jesus!”