"When Kathryn Kuhlman passed away in 1976 - all of the power went out in an 800 bed hospital.
Her heartbeat should have read as irregular - and then moved to flatline. Her heart had been fine, (although her other organs were failing) but she never went to an irregular heartbeat. Kathryn was gone in the blink of an eye.
15 minutes after she passed away the brand new nurse (her first day on the job)- who was an unbeliever- went in to take her pulse.
Kathryn wasn’t cold.
Kathryn wasn’t warm.
Kathryn was hot.
The air in her room was thick with the fragrance of roses.
Not a few roses.
Millions of roses.
The head nurse in charge - came on the unit to write up the time of death. The time was 1:13 am on February 20th.
She chastised the new nurse for allowing roses on the ICU floor. Flowers aren’t allowed in the ICU.
The scent of roses didn’t fill one room, or one floor...but 4 floors of the hospital were overtaken by the scent of roses. The scent then permeated across the under pass that was connected to the hospital and then across the street and into the adjoining hospital.
There were no roses on the floor or in Kathryn’s room....but that’s where the fragrance originated from.
The new nurse said that she and the other nurse could barely stand in the room because the presence of Holy Spirit was so overwhelming.
The weight of glory.
When they checked the notes from the previous nurse - she had scribbled Kathryn Kuhlman’s final words and her last request...
“I shall die on February 20th at 1:13 am. Please have only roses at my funeral”
The new - unbelieving nurse- dropped in a chair, weeping, having been touched by the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Oh, to leave this world in that kind of GLORY. To bring just one more into the kingdom at your death and to be greated with roses!
Kathryn was met with millions of roses and the voice of her First Love...
All across China, people are talking about Dr Li Wen Liang. He was the doctor who discovered the novel coronavirus and in the early morning of 7 Feb, 2.58am, he was promoted into glory and went home to be with our Father in heaven.
Back in December last year, he was arrested for being a whistle blower 'spreading rumors' about a mysterious pneumonia like virus. This morning we found out he was infact a fellow brother in Christ. Our hearts are deeply moved by his sacrificial choice to spread awareness about the virus despite the risks he faced, especially to his reputation and to his own health.
He continued to care for patients up until he was infected himself. What a legacy to leave behind of what it means to be like Jesus to those hurting in a time of crisis.
He chose to be an example of Immanuel, 'God with us' to the people of Wuhan.
Can you imagine the joy he must have felt as he entered into eternity and heard the words, "Well done, my good and faithful servant"?
So today, please pray for his family, especially his wife who is also infected and 8 months pregnant with their second child. May God heal them supernaturally n give them grace, peace, strength and comfort during this time.
Dr Li Wen Liang penned a deeply touching Chinese poem below of how he would miss his family, his beloved Wuhan n quoted 2 Tim 4:7-8 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
#jiayouwuhan
"The Hero Who Told The Truth"
Here is a captivating, heart-touching Chinese poem I've tried to translate into English. It was written in memory of Mr Li Wenliang, a Christian doctor and whistleblower who died from the coronavirus himself after being punished for issuing the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
我不想當英雄。
我還有爹娘，
還有孩子，
還有懷孕臨產的妻，
還有許多的病人在病房。
盡管正直換不來善良，
盡管䢛途迷茫，
可還是要繼續進行，
誰讓我選擇了這國這家，
多少委屈，
等打完這仗，
垂淚如雨仰天遠望。
"I don't want to be a hero.
I still have my parents,
And my children,
And my pregnant wife who's about to give birth,
And many of my patients in the ward.
Though my integrity cannot be exchanged for the goodness of others,
Despite my loss and confusion,
I should proceed anyway.
Who let me choose this country and this family?
How many grievances do I have?
When this battle is over,
I will look up to the sky,
With tears like rain."
我不想當英雄。
只是做為醫生，
我不能眼看著這不明的病毒，
傷害著我的同行。
還有那多無辜的人們，
他們盡管已奄奄一息，
可眼睛裏總望著我，
帶著生命的希望。
"I don't want to be a hero.
But as a doctor,
I cannot just see this unknown virus
Hurting my peers
And so many innocent people.
Though they are dying,
They are always looking at me in their eyes,
With their hope of life."
誰成想我競死了！
我的靈魂分明在天上，
望著那張白色的病床，
床上分明是我的軀體，
軀體上還是那熟悉的臉龐。
我的父親母親在哪？
還有我親愛的妻子，
那當年我苦苦追求的姑娘。
“Who would have ever realised that I was going to die?
My soul is in heaven,
Looking at the white bed,
On which lies my own body,
With the same familiar face.
Where are my parents?
And my dear wife,
The lady I once had a hard time chasing?"
天上有一道光！
那光的盡頭是人們時常說起的天堂。
我寧願不去哪裏，
我寧願回到武漢我的家鄉。
那裏有我新買的房子，
每月還要還貸的賬。
我怎能舍得，
我怎能舍得！
沒有兒子的爹娘，
該有多麽悲傷；
沒有了丈夫的寶貝，
該如何面對這未來的滄桑。
"There is a light in the sky!
At the end of that light is the heaven that people often talk about.
But I'd rather not go there.
I'd rather go back to my hometown in Wuhan.
I have my new house there,
For which I still have to pay off the loan every month.
How can I give up?
How can I give up?
For my parents without their son,
How sad must it be?
For my sweetheart without her husband,
How can she face the vicissitudes in her future?"
我分明死了。
我看見他們把我的軀殼，
裝進一個袋子。
在袋子的近傍
有許多死去的同胞，
象我一樣，
在黎明時分，
被推進火的爐堂。
"I am already gone.
I see them taking my body,
Putting it into a bag,
With which lie many compatriots
Gone like me,
Being pushed into the fire in the hearth
At dawn."
再見了，難舍的親人。
永別了，武漢我的故鄉。
但願你們在災難過後，
還記得曾經有人，
努力地讓你們盡早知道真相。
但願你們在災難過後，
學會正直，
不再讓善良的人們，
遭受著無盡的恐懼，
和無奈的悲傷。
"Goodbye, my dear ones.
Farewell, Wuhan, my hometown.
Hopefully, after the disaster,
You'll remember someone once
Tried to let you know the truth as soon as possible.
Hopefully, after the disaster,
You'll learn what it means to be righteous.
No more good people
Should suffer from endless fear,
And helpless sadness."
“那美好的仗我已經打完了，
應行的路我已行盡了，
當守的道我守住了。
從此以後，
有公義的冠冕為我留存。”
《聖經》提摩太後書4．7
"I have fought the good fight.
I have finished the race.
I have kept the faith.
Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness."
Testimony & Profile : David Yonggi Cho encounters an Agathodemon
As a young preacher, Cho (Dr. David Yonggi Cho) had gone into a small Korean community to pioneer a church. Soon he discovered, as is common throughout much of Korea, a temple dedicated to the city's "guardian god" atop the highest local mountain. When the priests of the shrine learned that he was planning to start a missions outreach, they came to him infuriated, demanding that he leave the village. When he refused, they vowed to return and to put him, and any converts he won in the meantime, to death.
A few days later the priests were back, this time with a mob. The head priest, making sure the crowd was watching, called out, "Cho! Do you really believe that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that he can still work miracles?"
Cho replied, "Yes, I do."
"Then we have a challenge," the priest yelled. "Down in the village is a woman that has been bedridden for seven years. She and her child are dying now of disease. If Jesus can heal this woman in the next thirty days, we will go away and you can have your church. But if she is not healed, you must abandon your work or we will return and kill you and your followers."
Cho explained how in the United States most American's would never respond to such a dare, but that, in those days and in that culture, for him to have failed to do so would have been (in his opinion) to imply that his God was inferior to the temple deity, and would have closed the community's willingness to consider the Gospel message.
As a result, Cho accepted the contest and the following day traveled with his mother-in-law to the village where he found the dying woman. He suggested to the infirmed lady that if she would pray the sinners prayer and accept Jesus as her Savior, the Lord might choose to heal her. Instead, he found the woman to be very angry with any god (including Cho's God) who would have allowed her to suffer in the way that she had. After several unsuccessful visits to convince her otherwise, Cho decided that prayer alone would be his best alternative for her and her child.
Over the next few weeks he prayed earnestly for a miracle. He made regular visits to the village and sent messengers to report back any change. To his disappointment, the woman's condition only seemed to be worsening.
As the weeks passed and the deadline loomed, Cho grew very concerned. Finally, on the evening of the thirtieth day, he entered his prayer room and reminded God that, unless a miracle occurred, people from the temple of the guardian deity would arrive within hours to kill him and his followers. Cho said he prayed throughout that night and into the next morning "with the most passion ever."
Then, at 2:00 A.M., he experienced a powerful vision.
He thought he saw a shadow by the front door, and a strange sound spread along the wall.
Fixing his gaze on the opening, he felt primal fear roll over him, black and mindless.
His intuition screamed. Something dreadful was coming his way.
Another thump, and the front door to his home began slowly opening.
Gooseflesh crawled over his arms as "eerie oriental music" swept in through the entrance, barely discernable at first, then growing in intensity.
Against his better judgment, he turned his body toward the door.
He held his breath, looked harder, squinted.
The shadow slowed, became defined, an enormous silhouette of something alive creeping stealthily toward him.
Remaining very still, a moment past, then it emerged from the darkness, huge, snakelike, an Agathodemon from ancient times bearing the body of a serpent and the head of a man. Swaying to the melodious rhythm, the horrendous archfiend appeared wicked and menacing as it slank along the opening into the room where he was. It made eye contact with him and in heavy modulation that sounded as if each gurgling syllable started somewhere deep underground and passed through boiling magma on its way to his mouth, said, "Cho, if you don't leave this town, you are a dead man. I have been ruling this area all of these years, and who are you to come here and disturb my nest!?"
With that, the being lunged across the room lightning fast, landing on top of Cho, wrapping its body around him like prey, contracting its muscles to quickly constrict the air from his lungs. A baleful laughter, malignant and terrible, tittered from the monster's lips as from pebbled sockets its zenithal eyes glared mockingly down at him.
Grotesque and enraged, the thing opened its mouth wider, exposing a hideously forked tongue inside a nightmarish cavity lined with jagged molars and angled razor fangs. A phlegmy gurgle more dragon-like than reptilian disgorged a sulfurous stench that distilled through the room filling the air all around them.
A chill radiated through Cho as seconds passed and the undulating fiend's hide, crusty and wart covered, tightened around him like a garrote. He could feel his ribs bending toward the breaking point as the sheer force of the brutal creature's strength sent his own tongue curling to the roof of his mouth in pain. His body began reacting to the lack of blood flow, his hands and his feet started going numb, and his thoughts raced, Jesus! I'm dying.
But at that, something caught his attention. The creatures eyes had seemed to dart wildly about the very moment the name of Jesus passed through his mind. He thought it again, Jesus, and this time he was sure. The serpent had cringed and its grip had weakened at the very moment he had imagined that name!
With all the strength he could muster, Cho gasped for a breath of air and opened his mouth in a whisper, "Jesus."
The effect was immediate and dramatic. The sound of the name of Jesus discharged from his lips as tangibly as if a two-edged sword had been thrown into the heart of the being.
He spoke the name again, louder this time, and the demon jerked back, it's expression filling with terror, its grip unwinding from his waist.
Slipping from the coil, Cho quickly jumped to his feet and shouted, "JESUS... JESUS... JESUS!"
Now the creature reeled, first one way then the other, flailing about as if punch-drunk, wailing an otherworldly moan, then abruptly it fell to the floor. Before it could gather its strength and raise up to attack him again, Cho lifted his leg and crushed the human-like head beneath his foot. Studying it to make sure it wasn't moving, he picked the front part of the carcass up and dragged it toward the entry to toss it outside. As he moved toward the opening and pushed the seasoned door fully out of the way, he noticed what appeared to be a large crowd of villagers gathering in front of his home. Cautiously, he surveyed his surroundings, then lifted the Agathodemon's face above him and exclaimed, "This is the god that you have been serving all of these years, but now you must turn and serve the true and living God!"
Thereupon, Cho awoke to find the serpent-man visitation had been a compelling vision or dream. It was 4:00 A.M., time for early morning prayer at his tent church. With the memory of the threats made against him 30 days earlier still fresh in his mind, he rushed out the door and up the path to meet his tiny congregation. He knew the priests from the guardian temple would not be long in coming, and no sooner had he arrived when a Korean layman started shouting, "Pastor! Come quickly!" Glancing out the tent door, he saw over the hill in the rising dawn what appeared to be the entire city marching up the valley walls.
Cho's palms were sweating and his heart was racing as he stepped outside and watched the throng approach. Jesus, he thought, what should we do? Run? Hide? Then he noticed something curious. The people looked happy, as if they were rejoicing about something. A moment of silence past as he considered them, and he thought, It couldn't be! But, it was. Leading the crowd, with her baby in her arms, was the dying woman from the village. She ran up to him and said, "Oh Brother Cho, thank you so much for coming and praying for me last night. The Lord heard your prayer and I am healed!" Cho stared at her in amazement. "I did not come to your house and pray for you last night," he answered. "Oh yes," the woman insisted, "You came at two o'clock this morning and stood outside my window. You said loudly, 'Woman! Be healed in the name of Jesus Christ!' And I arose and found that I was healed, and my baby is healed!"
With that, Cho remembered that it had been at 2:00 A.M. when he had seen the vision and the Agathodemon had been destroyed.
With very few exceptions, the entire community converted to Christianity within 48 hours. Now matter what one thinks of Cho, today he pastors the largest evangelical church in the world with nearly a million members. It all started in a city delivered from demonic siege.
In 1974, the Korean pastor Yonggi Cho (Seoul) was urgently called to go home from an elders meeting. When he arrived there, he found his 5-year-old son dying. At that time, fruit in Seoul had been poisoned by a deranged person. As Cho was called to his son, 30 other children had already died of the poisoning. Cho told us at a conference: "I simply did not want to accept the death of my son. After hours of intense prayer and crying, he died anyway. Beside myself, I had to watch him grow cold and stiff, yet I still could not give up. I told God I will not leave this room until you give my son back. And my son lived!" Cho's son told his father that he had met Jesus in heaven and that he had seen many dead Christians from Chos church there, who shouted "Look, here comes the pastor's son!" Jesus told him: "I cannot keep you here, because your father will not let you go, so I'll send you back to him." The now 26-year-old is a missionary in Paris and learns French.
History Of Pastor David Yonggi Cho
1958 March Graduated from Full Gospel Bible College Seoul, Korea
1958 May - to Present Founded Daejo Full Gospel Church Senior Pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church
1966 - to 1978 General Superintendent of Korea Assemblies of God
1967 July Pentecostal World Conference Member of Advisory Committee
1968 October - Received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Bethany Bible College, Santa Cruz, CA (USA)
1978 September - Received the degree of Doctor of Literature from California Graduate School of Theology, Glendale, CA (USA)
1989 June - Received the honorary degree of Doctor of Ministry from Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK (USA)
1990 May - Received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA (USA)
1976 November - Present Chairman of the Board Church Growth International
1986 January - Present Chairman-Elim Welfare Town, facility for the elderly and the young
1986 March - Present Chairman-Board of Trustees, Hansei University
1989 - Present
1992 September - Present Chairman-World Assemblies of God Fellowship
1998 November - Present President-Korean Christian Leaders Association
1999 February - Present Chairman of the Good People A Non-Government Organization
Profile
1. Birth, Growth, and Calling
Pastor Yonggi Cho was born on February 14, 1936 in Southern Kyung-sam Province, Sam-nam district, Kyo-doeng area. He was the first born of five sons and four daughters of Mr. Doo-Chun Cho and Mrs. Bok-sun Kim. During his childhood he was greatly influenced and trained in Buddhism, Confucianism, and eastern studies.
Yonggi Cho graduated from middle school with honors. However, his father failed in his bid for an elected office, which also ruined his family financially. So he went on to technical high school to gain skills suited for finding work soon after graduation. An American army base was situated near his school and he was able to learn English from the soldiers stationed at the base. His English proficiency level enabled him to be an interpreter for the principal of his school and chief commander at the army base.
When he was 17 and a sophomore in high school, Yonggi Cho contracted tuberculosis, which put him at death's door. Even as he neared death, he continued to study English by memorizing the English dictionary and his lesson books. Then his sister's Christian friend visited him, and he accepted Christ as his personal Savior.
As the disease continued to plague him, Yonggi Cho went to his hometown to continue receiving treatment for the disease. One day he attended a crusade in Pusan led by missionary Ken Tize, and he received the blessing of God.
After that he began helping missionary Tize with interpretation as well as reading various Christian books, which helped him understand the Christian truth in greater depths. However, since he lacked firm conviction, Yonggi Cho struggled inwardly and began to fast and pray. Then one night while fasting and praying he met Christ through a vision of light. Through the vision, he was filled with the Holy Spirit.
The night he met Christ, Yonggi Cho was called by God to study theology. He came to Seoul in 1956 and entered Full Gospel Bible College on a scholarship. It was here that he met his future partner in ministry and his future mother-in-law, Pastor Choi Ja-shil.
2. The Daejo Church
After graduating from the theology school, Pastor Yonggi Cho along with Pastor Ja-shil Choi and her three children held the first worship service at her home. The home church began to grow more and more and had a membership of fifty. Then a tent was pitched out in the yard. At night, even in winter, church members prayed all night and then went out to witness all around the Daejo area during the day.
Amid the chaos and destruction of the war's aftermath which brought great hardship and poverty to the people of Korea, Pastor Cho proclaimed the message of the Three-fold Blessing: the well-being of the spirit, body, and circumstances. With the fullness and the miracles of the Holy Spirit, many suffering from various illnesses were healed and Christians who came to church were filled with hope.
The church was growing remarkably well when Pastor Cho received an enlistment letter in January of 1961. The church had grown to a membership of 400 within three years of its founding and had just purchased a plot of land to build a church. So the mandatory enlistment was truly devastating. A few days prior to his enlistment, Pastor Cho asked missionary John Hurston who had been led by the Holy Spirit to the church, to take charge of the church, and Pastor Cho went into the army in January. While in the army, Pastor Cho suffered from an intestinal illness, which required surgery at the army hospital. However, even after major surgery-which took him to the brink of life and death, his condition would not improve. Therefore, Pastor Cho was discharged from the army after seven months of service.
3. The Seodaemun Church and the Implementation of Cell Groups
A few days after his discharge from the hospital-even before the surgical wounds had healed, Pastor Cho served as interpreter for Pastor Sam Todd who led a revival crusade at the Seodaemun intersection. Half a month after the crusade, which had been full of the miracles of God, Pastor Cho pitched a large marine tent at the site-the first expansion of his pioneer church.
By November of 1961, a church was constructed to accommodate 1,500 people and on February 18th the following year, the dedication was held to commemorate the church sanctuary as the Full Gospel Revival Hall. On April 26th of the same year, Pastor Cho became an ordained minister, and the church became officially registered as the Full Gospel Central Church.
Three years after the relocation to the Seodaemun area, in 1964 the church membership grew to 3,000. Amid the rapid growth of the church, Pastor Yonggi Cho married Pastor Ja-shil Choi's daughter Sung-hae Kim on March 1, 1965.
Pastor Cho had been working without proper rest and without regard for his health, and he finally succumbed to overwork and fainted as he was leading a baptismal service for several hundred church members. However, after a week in the hospital, he was discharged for the Sunday service, at which time he again fainted due to weakened health, necessitating another stay in the hospital.
During his second stay in the hospital, he began to realize the physical limitations in his ministry. He further realized, "The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone" (Exodus 18:18). He began to understand the necessity of delegating work to others as Moses had delegated work to various appointed persons among the Israelites to lead them through the desert. The Holy Spirit gave him the understanding of how the members of the early church, especially the women of the church came to work and have fellowship together (Romans 16). Home cell groups became the launching pads for the explosive growth of the church.
A week later after his discharge, Pastor Cho informed the leaders of the church about his vision and began formulating cell groups. He divided the city of Seoul into 20 areas and encouraged the members of the church in given areas to come together in the homes of the members for worship and fellowship during the week. Many of the women were also chosen as cell leaders and trained to lead cell worship. Later, as the men of the church felt challenged by the great organization of women members, they also began meeting in cell groups with other male members of the church. Today the cell leaders in various organizations, (women, men, young men, young women, children and so on), number 32,500.
In 1968, three years after the formulation of home cell groups, church membership stood at 8,000, and there were three worship services on Sunday. Even with three Sunday services, it became harder to accommodate all the members of the church. This led to the purchase of land at Yoido for a new church building.
At the time, Yoido was an island consisting mainly of sand, and it lacked any means of public transportation into the area. This led to much criticism within the church for its selection. To make matters worse, the total cost for the church building was estimated at 800,000,000 Korean won, of which the church only had 1,000,000 won. Regardless, Pastor Cho believed in the miracles of God and went ahead with his plan for the new church. The strong faith of Pastor Cho convinced the board of directors, and with the issuance of promissory notes, church construction began in April of 1969.
4. The Church in Yoido and its Phenomenal Growth
As soon as the construction began, there was a worldwide oil crisis, which caused a rapid drop in the exchange rate of the Korean won to the dollar. As a result, the cost of construction materials skyrocketed because they were mostly imported. Church tithe income dropped as many lost jobs, and the banks tightened their belt in terms of loans. All of these factors threatened to bankrupt the church, and the construction on the church came to a halt.
Every night Pastor Yonggi Cho went into the base of the skeletal construction, getting drenched with rust-soaked dewdrops as he called out to God in prayer and fell from exhaustion on the cold cement foundation.
Many in the church were affected by Pastor Yonggi Cho's heart-rending prayers and the "Save the Church!" movement began bringing many members of the church to the cold cement church floor for nightly prayer alongside Pastor Cho.
Consequently, the construction resumed in spurts and finally resulted in a completed sanctuary; this accommodated 10,000 people. The first tear-filled worship service was held on September 23, 1973.
With the successful completion of the Yoido Church in 1973, the establishment of Prayer Mountain occurred in the same year because it would greatly aid the growth of the church. With more and more Christians making their way to Prayer Mountain, construction of a sanctuary to accommodate 10,000 people at Prayer Mountain was completed in September of 1982.
The cemetery storage shack for all-night fasting and prayer which was begun by Pastor Ja-shill Choi in a small hamlet in Kyung-gi-do has now become the Prayer Mountain which serves an average of 3,500 people a day and about 10,000 foreigners each year who come to pray at Prayer Mountain.
Following the church's relocation to Yoido Island, church growth skyrocketed. By 1979 the membership numbered 100,000, and by 1981 the membership had doubled again to 200,000.
For the purpose of educating and enhancing the faith of the congregation, the first and second education buildings were constructed as well as the missions center through which missionaries are fostered and trained for evangelizing the world.
In 1984 the official registration of the church name was Yoido Full Gospel Church. The church membership stood at 400,000, and by 1992 the membership had reached 700,000. For those living great distances from YFGC, satellite sanctuaries were built. Many independent churches were established and supported for reaching greater areas throughout Korea..
Pastor Cho continually thanks God for his 42 years of blessed ministry and is a true servant of God to the 780,000 currently registered members of the church today.
The goal for the new millenium is to establish 500 to 5,000 satellite churches and 500 prayer houses throughout the peninsula within the next 10 years, to expand the evangelical reach to the world through the support of the internet, and finally to expand evangelical missions work to the third world- including North Korea. For such purposes, Pastor David Yonggi Cho prays along with all the members of the church for the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Principal Areas of Ministry
1. Ministry of Evangelism
a. National Evangelism
1961 - Pastor Cho first had the opportunity and honor of interpreting for Pastor Sam Todd at a revival meeting as well as for other evangelists. Then in March of 1965, he led revival meetings throughout the nation.
1969 - After the 3rd Assemblies of God Asian Conference on July 7th, about 20 other international conferences were held such as the Pentecostal World Conference for the purpose of expanding the Holy Spirit movement throughout the country.
1976 - Established in May for the purpose of evangelizing the people of Korea as well as for various other social services, the Full Gospel Businessmen's Mission Group guides 36 separate mission groups and 22 national and international committee groups with over 3,000 active members.
1981 - Following the Crusade for Evangelization in Ulsan on July 7th, 30 other crusades were held in major cities around the country for the purpose of the evangelization of all Korean people.
1983 - The satellite sanctuaries which were built for those who lived great distances from Yoido Full Gospel Church began to gain independence and self-support. Currently there are 24 independent satellite churches and 16 dependent satellite sanctuaries. There are also 62 independent churches pioneered by pastors who have been trained and sent out by YFGC.
1995 - At the request of the Committee for Reconstruction of Churches in North Korea, which is a branch of the Korean Christian Church Coalition, Pastor Cho is supporting the rebuilding of the churches in North Korea.
1997 - Beginning in November, the dedication of prayer houses was held in parishes for the purpose of evangelizing the people living in the area. Currently there are 140 prayer houses designated throughout Seoul and other areas.
b. International Evangelism
1964 - On April 12th, Pastor Cho was invited by the American Assemblies of God to participate in their 50th anniversary celebration. He led various crusades around the United States afterwards, then went to Bangkok in 1978, Australia in 1987, Moscow in 1991, South Africa in 1993 and many other places. Pastor Cho has led over 180 such crusades during his ministry. Wherever he ministers, the Holy Spirit makes great changes in the lives of the people.
1975 - For the purpose of providing faith guidance for Korean Christians living abroad and as part of their international ministry, the Full Gospel International Mission was begun on April 1st. Then in 1993, with an emphasis on third world countries and for the purpose of fostering native missionaries, Pastor Cho's Africa Mission Center in Kenya and Elim Full Gospel Theology School in Kazahkstan were founded as well as four others. Currently, the theological seminaries founded by Pastor Cho have sent out 570 missionaries from 56 countries.
1976 - Since the establishment of Church Growth International on November 4th, about 6.8 million members from abut 50 nations have participated in conferences and seminars for the purpose of discussing and praying for church growth. Currently, periodicals written in English are provided for distribution in approximately 150 nations.
1978 - Pastor Cho has been supporting various events and conferences for the purpose of evangelizing the Japanese people-the Ten-million For Christ movement, through various media-centered means and through various crusades.
c. Media Ministry
1966 - Founded the Full Gospel Document Mission. A year later in 1967, founded Faith-a monthly periodical incorporated into The Kookmin Daily Newspaper in 1988. It has become a widely distributed Christian periodical.
1968 - Began the "Full Gospel Hour" radio program on September 4th on the Geuk- doeng Radio Broadcasting station. Currently, YFGC produces various programs for both radio and TV through the Christian Broadcast Station, Asia Broadcast, and various other cable and closed circuit systems. Especially since April 20th of 1980, through the MBC-TV "Invitation to Happiness" program, Sunday sermons are broadcast for 12 hours serving as a great contribution to national evangelism.
1976 - Founded the Young-san Publisher (currently Seoul Logos Co.). So far, it has published 116 books written in Korean and 17 books in English written by Pastor David Yonggi Cho.
1978 - Began publication of Full Gospel News on October 8th, a weekly newsletter for diverse purposes- one of which is to evangelize. In 1992 it became the Full Gospel Family News and has become a newsletter which informs readers about many current events and information about the church. Another offshoot of Full Gospel News is Invitation to Happiness which also is published alongside of the Full Gospel Family News.
1988 - On December 10th, the daily newspaper carrying the gospel section The Kookmin Daily Newspaper was launched, a mouthpiece for Christianity as well as preparation for the unification of the two Koreas and their evangelization.
1996 - Since July 28th, through the communication satellite "Mookeunghwa," approximately 100 assemblies including the secondary sanctuaries and satellite churches both at home and abroad in many areas of Japan, join in the worship services at YFGC. Since October 27th, 1999, prayer houses have also been able to subscribe to 24 hour worship services.
1998 - On December 24th, the internet webcasting station FGTV was founded for the purpose of spreading the gospel through this new communication medium.
2. Ministry of Education
1953 - With the founding of the Korea Assemblies of God, Full Gospel Bible College was also founded to train and foster pastors and ministers in the tradition of full gospel theology. In April of 1960, the school expanded and relocated from Seodaemun to Daejo-dong. Then in 1976 Pastor Yonggi Cho was elected acting committee chairman to better establish and expand Full Gospel Bible College. In 1978 the school was moved to Keun-po. Then in 1985 it became an accredited university and Pastor Cho was elected chairman for the school. In 1991 a graduate school was added to the university and the name was changed to Soonshin University, then to Hansei University as it remains today. Hansei University strives to become a world-class comprehensive university, which develops and fosters those who will lead the future. Currently, the vestiges of the school which were left in Daejo-dong and Shin-Soo-dong, the Full Gospel Theological Seminary and the Full Gospel Seminary continue to train many ministers and pastors.
1961 - Beginning with a Sunday Bible school for kindergartners, it now provides Sunday Bible classes for students up to the 3rd year in high school. For those who live a distance from the church, the Seoul area has been divided into 21parishes for children and young adults.
1976 - Established in Los Angeles, Bethesda Theological School became accredited in 1983, making it a recognized institution of learning. Then in 1990 it became Bethesda Christian University. In 1997, it joined AABC (American Association of Bible Colleges).
1978 - First established on December 27th as the Full Gospel Education Research Institute for the purpose of educating and improving the faith of church members, in 1990 it became Young-san Research Center. Then in 1993 it became the International Theological Institute. Currently, ITI runs three departments for educational purposes: the Bible School established in 1979; the Bible College established in 1980; and the Bible Graduate School established in 1982. The three educational facilities take a person step by step in faith education.
1994 - Introduced long distance masters and Ph.D. programs granted by Regent University for students in Korea. The programs are run by the International Theological Institute. In 1995 a sisterhood relationship was established between Hansei University in Korea and Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
3. Ministry of Relief and Social Aid
1962 - With the church becoming organized, social relief work began with the women's mission group taking the lead in visiting prisons and orphanages as well as raising funds for aid.
1982 - Founded a church and a help center at Holt Welfare Center, then founded "a wheelchair house" and financially supported the construction of a multi-purpose gym for the handicapped.
1982 - Founded a "Share and Share Alike Headquarters" to collect donated goods which are distributed to about 1,500 centers as well as donating and supporting various welfare facilities.
1984 - Sending rice and financial aid to various organizations helping refugees of natural or man-made disasters-both nationally and internationally.
1984 - Began the "Support for Those with Heart Disease" and have helped fund heart surgeries for about 2,700 children who did not have the financial capability to pay for their surgeries.
1987 - With the establishment of "Mission Group for the Handicapped" in December, "Lessons of Love" were offered to the handicapped to help them cope and enhance their potential to be functional in society.
1988 - Began the "Blood Donation Drive" to help the blood banks better help those who need blood transfusions for various surgeries.
1990 - Financially supported various aid programs through the "Paper Recycling Drive."
1991 - Under the leadership of World Vision Korea, the loose change collection drive was begun by providing a "Bread of Love" coin bank. The drive was taken over by YFGC in 1992 and the money collected has been going to various relief organizations.
1992 - Begun in May, the used clothes collection drive became the "Shared Love" movement in 1996. The collected clothes are sent to various organizations and churches- both national and international.
1993 - Committee for assistance to pioneer churches in sparsely populated areas of the countryside was established. Monthly financial aid is sent to pastors of these churches. All in all, 700 churches have been financially supported until they became independently supported. Currently 250 churches are still being supported.
1995 - In March an "Aid for Those in North Korea" drive was begun with financial assistance as well as manufactured goods and medicine.
1997 - With the "IMF Crisis" gripping the nation, various frugality drives were begun such as the "Saturday Flea Market," the "Share and Exchange Market," the "Gold Collection Drive" and others all under the motto, "Let's Save Our Economy."
1999 - A non-government organization, the "Good People," was established in order to help those suffering in North Korea from both natural and man-made disasters, as well as offer help to various people in need throughout the world.
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