The Tears and Joy of Pyongyang, 1907
In January 1907, fifteen hundred Korean Christians packed into the Central Presbyterian Church in Pyongyang for a week of Bible study. The city had suffered...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10.
In January 1907, fifteen hundred Korean Christians packed into the Central Presbyterian Church in Pyongyang for a week of Bible study. The city had suffered through war, occupation, and grinding poverty. Many who gathered carried heavy burdens of guilt and grief. When the Scriptures were read aloud and explained plainly by missionary William Blair and Korean pastor Sun Joo Kil, something remarkable happened.…
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