US
When asked when her most difficult moment was, Suzanne Scholte, the chairman of North Korea Freedom Coalition, said she feels she's pushed to her limits every single day. It was an unexpected answer from someone who dared to pioneer into a field in which no one had any interest, and built it up to become what it is today. Scholte said that in the countless moments in which she felt pushed to her limits, she remembers the first prayer she prayed, and desperately asks God for help.READ MORE
Ministries
OneBody, an organization that focuses on Bible reading with headquarters in four continents and offers 'Bible Time,' as a Bible-reading tool in some 20 different countries, held a conference in New York starting 9:30 AM on April 9. The conference took place at Crystal Church of New York.READ MORE
World
In the midst of the prayer gatherings that have been happening in the U.S. and all over the world on behalf of Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim of Light Presbyterian Church, who has been detained in North Korea, it has been discovered that before Lim made his visit to North Korea, he was contacted by the North Korean government three times while he was in Canada.READ MORE
US
“A United Prayer Movement for Revival in New York and in the U.S.,” an intercessory prayer meeting on behalf of greater New York and the U.S. as a whole, took place on March 18 at Promise Church. The meeting was hosted by the Council of Korean Churches of Greater New York, the Korean American Clergy Association of Greater New York, Jesus Awakening Movement of America, and the Korean Christian Council in America.READ MORE
World
The Council of Korean Churches of Greater New York hosted a prayer meeting for the safe return of Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim, the Korean Canadian pastor who is currently detained in North Korea. The prayer meeting took place on March 12 at 10:30 AM at the Korean Church of Queens.READ MORE
Church
Heard from the intersection of Union Street and Main Street on the first Saturday morning of 2015 (Jan. 3) were the strong, passionate voices of the pastors in New York Evangelism Fellowship sharing the gospel to passersby on the street. Members of New York Evangelism Fellowship, a Korean evangelistic group, meet every Saturday at the Flushing public parking lot, and share the gospel indiscriminately to Koreans and non-Koreans alike. Despite the icy winds, these members came out once again on Jan. 3 to share the gospel with the members of the community.READ MORE
Church
The ‘4/14 Window New York Conference’ started on October 10 at Promise Church, and will last for a little less than a week until October 16. The conference is centered on those between the ages of four to fourteen, and promotes the strategy of focusing on the younger generation in mission fields all over the world, a strategy which has been supported by academic research, as well as actual experiences in mission fields.READ MORE
Church
Jireh Church in New Jersey held an opening worship service on October 5, which celebrated the church’s beginnings and its recognition under Korea Presbyterian Church Abroad (KPCA). Jireh Church is a church plant that was established by some 20 people who did not agree with the direction and stances of their previous denomination regarding same-sex relationships.READ MORE
Church
New York Plainview United Methodist Church has been recognized as one of the churches that are most involved in overseas missions in the Korean immigrant church community. Plainview UMC recently started “continental missions” as a result of an enormous participation in mission trips by its congregation, and this new program has started a transformation in how the Korean immigrant church could approach going on overseas missions.READ MORE
The Sunday Assembly, also known as the “Atheist Church”, based in the United Kingdom is scheduled to have its first global assembly. The “church” is also known to have a branch and ...
World May 06, 2014 02:34 AM EDTThe leaders of the DPRK have been making very strong statements regarding human rights. A representative from the North Korean government has stated in a speech that the U.S. is a ‘living ...
World May 08, 2014 03:08 AM EDT
