EM Pastor: Soo Hyun Lee
Pastor Soo Lee was born in South Korea, and moved to America at two years of age. He grew up in a non-Christian home and never went to church until he was invited to church in high school. He heard the good news of Jesus Christ for the first time and soon after, God saved him and called him into pastoral ministry.
He holds degrees from Lancaster Bible College (Bachelor of Science), and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity).
He has served as an assistant youth pastor at Church of Philippi in Hanover, Maryland from 2012 to 2016 and as a youth pastor at First Korean Baptist Church/Living Hope Raleigh from 2018 to 2020.
He is passionate about the Gospel and the impact it makes on the lives of people, raising up and developing leaders and disciples, athletic shoes, and movies. He resides in Raleigh, NC with his wife Eunsu (Bella).
College Ministry Pastor: Michael Ho
Pastor Michael is a Second-Generation Korean American, born in the Silicon Valley.
Soon after receiving Christ, he attended and completed his M.Div from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) to learn the foundations of the faith and to be equipped to serve in any capacity as a member within the local church.
Raised in North Carolina, he attended Queens University of Charlotte (B.S.), and received his Master’s from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Before joining FKBC in 2023 as members, he served in various roles within the immigrant church context as a college worship leader and as a lay youth pastor. Outside the local church, Michael works as an accounting/finance professional at a large public company and serves on the board of the East Asian Leadership Initiative at SEBTS.
As the current college minister, he is devoted to fostering a minister producing ministry culture and engaging in thoughtful dialogue on the mysteries of the gospel, particularly as it relates to family, vocation, and ecclesiology. At home, he loves rooting for bad NFL teams with his daughters, being a quasi-movie buff, a burned-out coffee nerd, and “Science Boy.” Michael is married to Grace, a trained Biblical Counselor and SEBTS graduate. They have been together since 2012 and reside in Wake Forest with their four beautiful children.