Kim was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania. He married the former Diane Borden, June 12, 1981. They have one son, Evan. Kim received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (1979) from Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio. After answering the call to ministry in 1987, he furthered his education with a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (1993) and a Doctorate of Ministry degree (2004).

Kim has served as pastor of Southern Baptist Churches in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and most recently in Pennsylvania where he is pastor of Pittsburgh Baptist Church. In addition to his pastoral work, Kim served as Chaplain for the Montgomery Police Department, Montgomery, Alabama (1997-2000). He has served on the Board of the Georgia Baptist Children’s Homes and Family Ministries and as Moderator of the Tucker Baptist Association in Georgia. Kim has been an adjunct professor with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where he taught spiritual formation and evangelism.

He is currently serving on the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is the past President of the Pennsylvania-South Jersey Baptist Convention and past Moderator for the Baptist Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Kim enjoys spending time with his family, golf, reading, and exercise.

Jack was born and raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from California University in 1974 with a degree in Secondary Education. Shortly after graduation he married Sue and they recently celebrated their 40th anniversary.

They are blessed with four children and six grandchildren. Jack recently retired after having worked in the fields of marketing, inventory control and administrative work and is very excited to be working with Pittsburgh Baptist Church as Church Administrator.

Andrew Heffner, the son of a musician/missionary grew up in Lancaster County, PA . He attended Grove City College for a double major in Electrical Engineering and Theology. It was there that he met his wife, Becky, at a Physics Christmas party, where they played Ping-Pong and fell madly in love.

They married 3 1/2 years later. After graduation Andrew and Rebecca served at Fellowship Community Church in Mercer for 5 years, followed by 5 years at Stewartstown Baptist Church in York County, PA. Along the way, they had three wonderful children: Elana (2002), Isaac (2004), and Aaron (2009). In 2008, Andrew and Rebecca moved to Pittsburgh to assist in planting DOXA church in Crafton, while Andrew returned to school at Pitt to earn his teaching certificate in secondary Science.

Currently, Andrew teaches Physics at Woodland Hills High School, and is excited to be leading worship at Pittsburgh Baptist Church.

Bio coming…

Pat Burke has been working as Financial Secretary for seven years. She has served in Adult Choir, Children’s Choir and Children’s Camp ministries at Pittsburgh Baptist.

She has three children and her hobbies are walking and interior decoration.