Ben Kock-Hong Lim

2002-
Associate Professor of Marital and Family Therapy

Lim was born in Malaysia where he worked for six years with the Department of Agriculture before moving to Singapore, where he studied theology and served as a pastor. In 1989, he graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary and returned to Malaysia where he pastored an Evangelical Free Church and taught at the Malaysian Bible Seminary. An ordained minister, Lim has pastored churches in Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States for the past 20 years. Lim earned his Ph.D. at Texas Tech University and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. He worked as a therapist at a Christian counseling center and a radiation oncology clinic. He is a clinical member and approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. His research and writing have focused on Chinese and Asian cultural issues in marriage and family therapy.

Education

B.S., University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary;
Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Contact Information

Office: Bethel San Diego
Email: b-lim@bethel.edu