Eugene E. Cho. is an American evangelical pastor. In July 2020, he became the third President and CEO of the Christian advocacy group

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Biography

Cho was born in Seoul, immigrated to the United States at age six, and grew up in San Francisco. Cho attended Lowell High School. After undergraduate studies at University of California, Davis, Cho completed a

Master of Divinity For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and divi ...

degree at Princeton Theological Seminary. Ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church, Cho and his wife Minhee founded Quest Church in Seattle, Washington, serving as its senior pastor from 2001 to 2018. He also founded One Day's Wages in 2009, to alleviate extreme global poverty, where he still serves as Founder and Visionary. In March 2020, Cho was elected to become the next president of the Christian advocacy group

and assumed his post in July 2020.

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American evangelicals American people of Korean descent American Protestant religious leaders Living people Princeton Theological Seminary alumni University of California, Davis alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-Christian-clergy-stub