Eddie Byun

Eddie grew up in Hoffman Estates (a suburb of Chicago) and studied Speech Communication at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. While in undergrad, he received his calling into pastoral ministry and upon graduation, studied at Regent College in Vancouver for his Masters of Divinity (M. Div) degree. After graduating from Regent in 1998, he began his full-time pastoral ministry and taught at Handong Global University in South Korea. He has also pastored in Sydney, Australia where he founded New Life Worship in 2002. While in Australia, Eddie also completed his Doctorate of Ministry (D. Min) in Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In 2008, God led Eddie back to Korea to be the Lead Pastor of Onnuri English Ministry (OEM). While in Korea, he also planted a church called Crossway Mission Church, taught practical theology at Torch Trinity Graduate University, and fought for the freedom of the enslaved through HOPE Be Restored. He is author of the 2014 IVP Reader's Choice Award Winner Justice Awakening, Praying for Your Pastor, and Praying for Your Missionary. He is also the executive producer of Save My Seoul, which is a documentary on sex trafficking in South Korea. Save My Seoul won "Best Documentary" at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. Currently, he is the missions and teaching pastor at Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos, CA. Eddie and his wife, Hyun, have a one daughter Emma who went to be with the Lord and one son, Enoch Justus.