BYU–Pathway Worldwide's Tanise Chung-Hoon on the impact of Church education
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In January 2026, Tanise Chung-Hoon was appointed as the new vice president of advancement for BYU–Pathway Worldwide, a higher education organization established by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Chung-Hoon takes her previous experiences serving as the managing director of Philanthropies for the Church into her role as she encourages the “One Work” and vision of the institution.
On this episode of the Church News podcast, Chung-Hoon joins Church News reporter Mary Richards to discuss the importance of self-reliance and the broader impact of Church education initiatives.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Hosts Jon Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News, and Church News reporter Mary Richards share unique views of the stories, events, and people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | And BYU Pathway Worldwide brings hope and also restores privilege, opportunity, and ability for someone to have a self-reliant approach to the things that they're doing. |
| 0:23.9 | The welfare and self-reliance work and effort by the church throughout the world, |
| 0:29.3 | that's part of it. So it's one work. It's all working towards preparing the children, |
| 0:35.3 | the families, the people, |
| 0:37.9 | so that they can welcome the Savior. |
| 0:39.7 | And that's helping all of us draw closer to him |
| 0:42.8 | and closer to one another. |
| 0:49.4 | This is Mary Richards, reporter at the Church News. |
| 0:52.7 | Welcome to the Church News podcast. |
| 0:55.0 | Today we are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:03.0 | In January 2026, Tennis Chung-Hun was named as the new Vice President of Advancement for |
| 1:12.5 | BYU Pathway worldwide after having served as the managing director of philanthropies for |
| 1:18.3 | the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2013. She joins me now on the Church News |
| 1:23.9 | podcast to discuss this new role and what it will entail for BYU Pathways' |
| 1:28.6 | quickly growing student body. |
| 1:30.6 | Welcome to Nice to the Church News podcast. |
| 1:32.7 | Thank you, Mary. |
| 1:33.4 | I'm really excited to be here with you. |
| 1:35.2 | Tell me about your background, |
| 1:36.8 | and I'd love to learn more about philanthropy's |
| 1:38.9 | and how you got there and what you did there. |
| 1:41.1 | Well, that's really a wonderful question. |
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