Samuel R. Gunnip was born and raised in a mill town in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. While living in Cheyenne Wyoming, he came to faith in Christ through a friend named Frank, who taught Sam about the sinfulness of man and the righteousness of Christ. Sam is a graduate of Westminster Seminary California and IRBS. Sam and his wife Sanghee have been married since 2007, and they have two sons, Joonha and Sooha. They have been living in South Korea since 2020.