Jim grew up in California. He majored in economics at CSU, Northridge, and worked for several years in the finance
and banking industry until called to ministry. Since entering ministry in ’92, he has actively served in large and small
Korean-American churches in various capacities (children, youth, college, education department, missions, etc.). He
has also served in a university campus ministry for over ten years and mobilized, trained, and led many on short-term
missions (to Kenya, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand). Jim went to Westminster Theological Seminary, and is a
minister with the Presbyterian Church in America.
Claudia grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil until age 15. She then moved to New York, New Jersey, and finally California,
where she graduated from CSU, Fullerton. Claudia studied child and adolescent development, and taught elementary
students in Long Beach Unified School District. Educating children is her gift and passion.
Jim and Claudia have been married since 1998, and have joined the MTW church-planting team in Australia. Their
vision is to plant and serve a dynamically reformed evangelical church community in Sydney, Australia. The Jungs will
minister through evangelism, worship, Bible study, and discipleship training.
