Joseph Seo, PhD
Hebron Presbyterian Church/Center for Faith and Children Family and Children Pastor/Research Fellow
Prospect Hts. IL/Bannockburn IL
Joseph Seo is a pastor in the Family and Children's Ministry. He has been serving a Korean American church in the Chicagoland area for the past 16 years. He received his B.A. in Linguistics (Turkish) from Osaka University of Foreign Studies, M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, a M.A. in Christian Formation and Ministry from Wheaton Graduate School, and a Ph.D. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. The field of his specialization is children's faith formation in immigrant families and the influence of the parents on their children.
Joseph was born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised as a missionary kid in Osaka, Japan. He is married to Joo, a wise God-fearing woman, and has a son, Hymn, who loves fishing and soccer.