Associate Pastor: Matthew Banner

Matt has been living in Cheonan (South Korea) since April, 2007.  He works full-time as a professor at Korea Nazarene University, teaching English in the Taekwondo and theology departments.  He loves working with children and talking to people.  He is passionate about preaching.  Matt earned a bachelor’s degree in theology at Olivet Nazarene University (Illinois, USA) and later finished a Master’s of Divinity at Nazarene Theological Seminary (Missouri, USA).  He loves reading, especially fiction books.  He also enjoys watching movies and playing video games.  He often meets up with friends to play board games.  Another thing he loves is sports.  Matt plays regularly with the KNU faculty baseball team.  Matt has been part of our pastoral team since 2007.