Elder Christopher H. Kim

General Authority Seventy

When Elder Christopher H. Kim was 14 years old and had a chance to share the gospel with friends, he realized he needed to know the truth of the Book of Mormon so he could speak with conviction.

“As I prayed about the Book of Mormon, I felt a soul-comforting feeling,” he recalls. “And suddenly, there was not any question or any doubt about the Book of Mormon.” For the first time in his life, he added, “I really felt the Spirit, knew the truth about the Book of Mormon, and knew that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.”

Christopher Hyunsu Kim was born November 18, 1965, in Daegu, South Korea, the oldest of four children of Chinho Kim and Kuncha Kim. His parents joined the Church when he was an infant. Elder Kim lived in Daegu until he graduated from high school and his family immigrated to the United States, settling in Southern California.

While he was serving in the Washington Seattle Mission, Sister Seongmi (Sue) Hong was serving in the California Los Angeles Mission. While there, she got to know Elder Kim’s mother. Later, after Elder Kim and Sister Hong had completed their missions, they began dating. They were married on December 7, 1991, in the Los Angeles California Temple. They have one son and three daughters.

Elder Kim graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1995 and a master of business administration in 1997. After his schooling, he worked in the United States, Thailand, and South Korea. Since 2005, he has been employed by Unicity International, a Utah-based nutritional products and cosmetics supplier, most recently as president of global markets, based in Seoul, South Korea.

Elder Kim has served since 2019 as an Area Seventy. He has also served as a stake president, stake presidency counselor, stake mission president, and high councilor.