Major Kyung-Ja Kim was born in Seoul, Korea. Her parents were soldiers at the Los Angeles Korean and Tucson Korean Corps. She is the second of seven children. Four of her siblings live in Tucson, Arizona, one in Korea, and a brother, Major Peter Kim, who is an active officer at the Los Angeles Korean Corps in California.
 
Kyung-Ja was active in many Salvation Army programs including YPL and for 20 years she helped with the Christmas kettles at Christmastime in Seoul.
 
She received her call to officership in 1971 when she was a Director at a Salvation Army children’s home in Seoul. She answered that call when she went to the Korea Territory’s Officer Training College in September of 1979 at the age of 35.
 
One of the things that she fondly remembers from her training days was when she preached to over 500 Junior High School students during her Spring Campaign. She said that as a result, almost 30 students came to the alter call and dedicated their lives to God.
 
Major Kim was commissioned with the God’s Soldiers Session in June of 1981 in Korea. Since August 1994 she has worked in the Family Care Center as the Christian Education Director/Officer at the College for Officer Training at Crestmont.
 
Her hobbies include traveling and writing and her favorite Psalm is 23:1-4. On March 1, 2010, Major Kyung-Ja Kim will have faithfully served The Salvation Army 28 years, 8 months, and 11 days. She looks forward to retiring in Tucson, Arizona where she will be close to family and friends.