Zane Kang Email & Phone Number

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Since November 2022:-Preach and teach from the Bible.-Interpret sermons from English to Japanese.-Provide pastoral care and discipling to congregation members.-Oversee fellowship ministry: take charge of formation and care of small groups, coordinate events facilitating community building.-Oversee worship music ministry: lead congregation in musical worship, manage and care for music team members, build into the foundation and direction of the music ministry.(2020-2022: On standby due to Covid, Japan's borders temporarily closed to new immigrants.)

-Provided ministerial care and oversight for the weekly young adults ministries ("Cafe") at Park Street Church.-Assisted with Park Street's missions and international ministries (e.g. ESL program, global missions conference, etc.).

Boston, Ma

-Coordinated the organization, training, and support for small groups while providing ministerial care and oversight for small group leaders.-Provided ministerial care and oversight for the weekly young adults ministries ("Cafe") at Park Street Church.

Alton, Nh

-Served as camp pastor to a Christian youth summer camp during the summers, living and working onsite for 10 weeks each year in the summer. Pastoring duties included: preaching, counseling campers and counselors, worship leading, and leading Bible studies and orientation sessions.-Wrote the summer Bible study and devotional curriculum for the campers and counselors for the books of Joshua, Mark, John, Revelation, and the theme of Hardship in Life.

South Hamilton, Ma

-Organized and hosted multiple campus events each year designed to promote awareness of international culture and missions, often involving Gordon-Conwell’s international community as well as missions agencies.-Formed, organized, and led Gordon-Conwell’s Missions Fellowship Group, a gathering of students who come together to share and process their missions experiences with other missions-minded students.-Administrative duties including data management, correspondence, written compositions, and research.

South Hamilton, Ma

-Participated each semester in Spiritual Formation Groups, retreats, and one-on-one mentoring sessions designed to strengthen habits of the heart, spiritual community, and dynamic paradigms of disciple-building.-Formed and led a weekly Soul Care Group, a small group designed around life-sharing for seminary students.

Boston, Ma

-Assisted the associate pastor in preparing Bible study curriculum and events coordination, with occasional speaking engagements.-Served as service coordinator: prepared the sanctuary for worship service, assisted the speaker, coordinated communication between service teams, briefed lay-persons involved in the service agenda.-Led small groups in the international ministry and in a Lent-focused discipleship program.

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

-Organized outreach events for college students and locals, taught English classes, and worked as a barista through the Heart & Soul café ministry.-Served at the church plant: led musical worship, set up and clean up, taught Sunday School, organized events.

Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, Korea

-Provided radio Korean-to-English simultaneous interpretation for services and events with 1000+ attendees.

Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, Korea

-Translated articles and captions from Korean to English for monthly devotional magazine Living Life and youth devotional Sena.

Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul, Korea

-Taught English conversation, writing, listening comprehension, and grammar to Korean middle school students in grades 1, 2, and 3 (7th, 8th, and 9th grade) in a classroom setting by developing curriculum, lesson plans, and language activities.

Davis, Ca

-Student advising, outreach, classroom presentations, data management, reception, independent projects (translation, flyer design, web editing, events planning and coordination, etc.) for university study abroad programs.

Master Of Divinity (Mdiv)

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Religious Studies, English

Uc Education Abroad Program, German, Religious Studies