Uiyeon serves as the Pastor of Discipleship at Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC. Some of his main responsibilities include overseeing Children’s Ministries, Youth Ministries, and Discipleship Ministries. He also oversees the Welcome/Hospitality ministries.

Son of a retired Korean Methodist pastor, Uiyeon was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. In 1991, shortly after Uiyeon’s ninth birthday, his family moved to Lubbock, Texas where his father transitioned into the United Methodist Church. Uiyeon majored in Economics at Grinnell College before going to Duke Divinity School, where he earned his Master of Divinity and Doctorate of Ministry. He is an elder in the Western N.C. Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Uiyeon and his wife have two beautiful young children and a fourteen-year-old morky.

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