“Deacons in our church” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
Our church belongs to the Presbyterian Church of Korea denomination. Each denomination has slightly different names and processes for establishing positions within the church. In our denomination, we have deacons, ordained deacons, deaconesses and elders. Currently, our church only has deacons and we need to establish the other positions in the future. Deacons serve the […]
“Hoping to be used valuably for world mission” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
On Wednesday, Pastor Jae Shin Park, the chairman of GMS (Global Mission Society), its Missionary Secretary General, and Executive Director had dinner at a Korean restaurant with the president and vice-president of LCM (London City Mission), Britain’s leading missionary organisation, after which we all attended our church’s Wednesday service together. The president and vice-president of […]
“Building a church together” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
From the start of this year, I had shared three visions for our church. These were Christians at Work meetings, building a multicultural church and diaspora mission. Since we have started praying as a church, God has connected me to many people. For example, a pastor working with the Business as Mission group (BAM), Professor […]
Finding Easter Eggs – Eunyoung Lim
Back in Korea, Easter was only celebrated in churches. Children at church usually drew pictures or decorated boiled eggs by sticking paper decorations on them. When I was part of a youth group, we also decorated and exchanged eggs. As boiled eggs were a bit bland, we sometimes bought roasted eggs to share. Thinking back, […]
“Lord, teach me your grace” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
Only those who have been loved can love – if I hadn’t believed in Jesus Christ, I would have never learned how to love others. I lived with my grandmother until I became of age, rather than growing up in a normal family, so I didn’t learn how to build proper relationships. Thanks to God’s […]
“Love, the greatest power” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
As we live in this world, the most difficult thing to deal with is our weaknesses, shortcomings and sinful nature. These are things that we find not only in ourselves, but also in other people in our lives. We ask ourselves ‘Why am I like this?’ or ‘How long will he/she keep making my life […]
“Love, the greatest power” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
As we live in this world, the most difficult thing to deal with is our weaknesses, shortcomings and sinful nature. These are things that we find not only in ourselves, but also in other people in our lives. We ask ourselves ‘Why am I like this?’ or ‘How long will he/she keep making my life […]
“Thoughts on JMS’ eschatology” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
I was extremely upset and enraged by the news stories on Providence Church, better known as JMS, which is a South Korean religious cult that believes that Jung Myeong Seok, the founder of Providence church, is the Messiah. Young women were reported to have suffered sexual assault by the founder, in silence, because they were […]
“New GVC Instagram Account!” – Yejin Hong
God’s Vision Church (GVC) has around 300 people come and go each year, and is present in Central London and Wimbledon. We have around forty cell groups, each with around 12 people. As a big church, we have a lot of volunteers, events and clubs, but it’s quite difficult to meet people outside the teams […]
“A message you must hear” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
This week an elder living in New York sent me an email. He came to London in 2017 while on a business trip and visited our church, after which he watched our services on YouTube from time to time. He told me that through listening to recent sermons on the topic of Job and God’s […]
