Introduction to the Korea Mission

MISSIONARY

A.     Commitment

1.     God called me by the gospel, led me to the United States, educated me at schools, and trained me in the ministry for the past 20 years.

2.     The opportunity for ministry is limited in the United States by linguistic and cultural barriers.

3.     I asked myself: “What work would God want me to do most? Why would He have called me and equipped me with precious knowledge and skills?”

4.     I am convinced that God has called me to return to Korea for mission work.

 

“I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6).

 

B.     Compassion

1.     My wife, Yun-Sook, and I have our family members, relatives, and friends in Korea, most of whom are not Christians.

2.     I baptized my mother (who is 90 years old this year) in 2010, and in 2023, my son, during a mission trip, baptized a close friend of mine. Yet neither of them has had in-person fellowship with the Lord’s Body since their baptism.

3.     Though there are many “churches” around them, there is no Church of Christ within a two-hour drive.

4.     They, too, are people whom God loves and for whom Christ died. Would God have us withhold the love and service of the Lord’s Body from them?

 

“Should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle” (Jonah 4:11)?

 

C.     Competence

1.     God has equipped me with knowledge of the gospel, His Word, and the skills to share them.

2.     We have had a direct encounter with the Lord’s Body and a firsthand experience of its life.

3.     Yun-Sook and I are native Koreans, born and raised in Korea, and native Korean speakers.

4.     Together, we carry the gospel, having walked with the Lord’s church and served faithfully in ministry through the years.

 

“When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even quieter” (Acts 22:2).

 

VISION OF THE MISSION

A.     Begin worshipping God in spirit and truth from Week 1 

B.     Establish an Outreach Center within 6 months, focused on

1.     Multi-cultural families and

2.     English speakers

3.     English learners

C.     Establish a Bible School within 1 year

D.     Grow into an independent, autonomous Church within 5 years

 

LOCATION: JEONJU

A.     Our hometown—Yun-Sook’s and mine

B.     No congregation of the Lord’s Body within a two-hour drive

1.     About six hours from the southernmost to the northernmost point

C.     Environment

1.     About 1/5 the size of Gwinnett County, Georgia, with 668,000 people. Within a one-hour drive are four cities totaling 1.5 million people.

2.     A significant number of multicultural families and English speakers

a)     Foreign Tourists: 250,000 in 2024 and

b)     Multi-cultural families: 3,333 families in 2025

 

“When Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them” (Acts 16:10).

 

MINISTRIES

A.     Community Outreach & English Education, focusing on

1.     Multi-cultural families

2.     English learners

B.     Bible Studies & Discipleship

1.     Bible Classes in Korean and English

2.     Discipleship: Personal or small group Bible studies

C.     Worship & Fellowship

 

NEEDS (financial details in the appendix)

A.     Missionary Support

1.     The moving costs

2.     Monthly living expenses and rent

3.     Activity costs

B.     Ministry Center (when we open it)

1.     About 500 square feet (with a kitchen)

2.     Our home will serve as the ministry center if support is limited

C.     Supplies (when we have the Center)

1.     For outreach programs

a)      Office equipment — computer, printer/copier

b)      Tables and chairs

c)      Class supplies

d)      Internet broadcasting system

2.     For worship and Bible study

a)      Sound system

b)      Projector

 

“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news” (Romans 10:14-15)!