Rev. Mary Chung March is a second-generation Korean American ordained Covenant
pastor, writer, speaker, coach, and spiritual director. She was born in Jersey City,
NJ to Korean immigrant ordained pastors that planted one of the first Korean churches
in NJ. Growing up as pastor鈥檚 kid, Mary experienced the highs and lows of pastoral
ministry and felt a call to ministry around soul care and mental health for pastors.
She has led soul care retreats and leadership cohorts for her denomination, churches,
universities, and in her community. She serves as a Ministry Partner for Serve Clergy
for the Covenant leading Connected Parenting cohorts and coaching pastors. Previously,
she served as the president of the Covenant Asian Pastors Association (CAPA) and as
the president of the Mosaic (Multiethnic) Commission in the Evangelical Covenant Church.
She and her husband, John, planted and served as Co-Lead Pastors at New City Covenant
Church in MN. They have four beloved children between the ages of 11 and 20. Mary
has pastored as a college pastor in Boston, a youth pastor in NYC, a children鈥檚 pastor
in CT and MA, an organist in NJ and MN, and a family and youth counselor at the Bridge
for Youth in Minneapolis, MN. Mary holds a BA in Psychology and History from the University
of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and a Master of Divinity and a Master in Counseling in Marriage
and Family Therapy from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In the wake of the rising
anti-Asian violence in March 2021, she gathered and galvanized AAPI Christian thought
leaders to produce a joint statement, 鈥淎 Call for Solidarity.鈥� What gives her life:
creating hospitable spaces for souls, zip-lining, cooking/eating Korean food, gardening,
and piano. What does not give her life: pulling weeds, persistent woodpeckers, traffic,
and repetitive acts of futility.
