ABOUT
STEVE
​Reverend Dr. Stephen Ko is an author, pastor, and physician. He works as a pediatrician and preventive medicine doctor within the Mass General Brigham healthcare system while serving as a Lausanne Health Network Catalyst. He has been Senior Pastor of a Christian & Missionary Alliance Church, worked as a Medical Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and taught as faculty at Boston University and Alliance Theological Seminary. As a pediatrician, epidemiologist, and public health expert, Dr. Ko is well attuned to the effects of disease on individuals and their impact on society. With a unique background (M.D., MA, MPH, MDiv), he is among a handful of interdisciplinary writers at the intersection of faith, medicine, and public health. His expertise lends a compelling voice at this nexus. Dr. Ko realizes that translating theory to practice is not an exact science but rather an art honed by shepherding Christians within a large, multi-ethnic, multi-generational church. His clinical experience treating sick patients complements pastoral insight from ministering to the broken. Struggles implementing national public health programs in Africa and Southeast Asia temper academic and theological perspectives from seminary and university settings. Through the lens of Christ, he attempts to understand the spiritual, mental, and physical needs of Christians yet also the collective yearnings of congregations. Among evangelical Christians, Dr. Ko is a subject matter expert for issues of science and faith. He has been an invited speaker at Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA), MedSend Global Health Summit, Veritas Forum, Denominational Retreats, Redeemer City to City Movement, Humanitarian Disaster Institute, and Denver Seminary’s Gospel Initiative. He has shared on podcasts and webinars with NAE President Walter Kim, CMDA CEO Mike Chupp, Haven Radio Host Charles Morris, and New Testament Scholar Darrell Bock. Through interactions with Cru, Intervarsity, International Students Incorporated, and CMDA, he is acutely aware of the heartbeat of Millennials and GenX. He serves on the editorial board of the Christian Journal for Global Health.  Previously, his work on Hepatitis B vaccination helped shape CDC’s National Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program and the way pediatric patients receive hepatitis B vaccinations globally. Publications have been featured in Christianity Today, Alliance Life, Today’s Christian Doctor, and Missio Alliance.
Dennis Hollinger
President Emeritus
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
“Drawing on his rich background as pediatrician, epidemiologist, public health officer, professor and pastor, Stephen Ko makes significant contributions to a Christian understanding of the human body."
Dr. Eric Tai
Medical Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
“Dr. Ko’s training and experience in medicine, public health, and theology allow him to provide unique insight into the human condition, but ultimately, it’s his heart for the vulnerable, wounded, and lost that shines through his work.”
Reverend Terry Smith
Christian and Missionary Alliance
“Dr. Stephen Ko brings the unique blend of the medical and the spiritual to his teaching and writing. His insights from this unique perspective always help me to think more deeply and see things about our Creator and His creation that I’ve not seen before. Dr. Ko stretches both my mind and my heart. I believe you will experience something similar as you read his books or sit under his teaching.”