Perhaps one of the most important and talked about task of the Korean church and the Campus Crusade for Christ ministry in Korea is the gospelization of North Korea and eventually spreading the Gospel throughout the entire Korean peninsula as well as the rest of the world through reunification. Many spiritual leaders believe that God intends to eventually open the doors to North Korea. In response, CCC in Korea decided to take a step of faith by encouraging students to start what they called a “Reunification Bank Account”.
What exactly is this Reunification Bank Account? If North Korea were to open its doors for missionaries, ministries all over the world including CCC would want to dispatch teams there as soon as possible. In preparation for this sudden transition, CCC’s Reunification Ministry started a program where students and leaders would make a savings account where they would save money in the form of ministry funds to use when they would get to enter North Korea.
A student who opened a Reunification Bank Account would deposit 10,000 Korean won, approximately 10 U.S. dollars monthly. The program is supported by Woori Bank and students would receive interest for their deposits. However, CCC assured students that these funds are not donations to CCC, but will be ready for the students to use as mission funds, just like a regular CCC summer missions project. In the case that a client is unable to enter the mission field in person, then the money can be transferred to another student missionary or CCC staff who is in need of funds.
CCC Reunification Ministry staff encouraged students to make a Reunification Bank Account during the 2014 CCC Summer Conference in Pyongchang, South Korea. Many prayers were lifted up by the over 10,000 students who gathered for the conference to pray for the healing of the Korean peninsula.
CCC in Korea has hosted other various forms of North Korea related ministries including the Korean Peninsula Peace Pilgrimage, a 2 week trip along the DMZ on foot. CCC student leaders, staff with the help of military pastors would travel along the DMZ and plant seeds of prayers so that North Korea would soon be opened, as Joshua and the people of Israel did outside the walls of Jericho. The 2014 team will be dispatched in mid Augtust.
Currently, political relations between the two Koreas are reaching another obstacle. Only last week, the DPRK fired several Scud class ballistic missiles, putting the South Korean military on constant alert.
