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My Grandfather, A Martyr
Chai Young  2022-05-08 17:24:17, hit : 651

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As I was going through my files recently, I came across an old article about my grandfather. It was an article from his denomination¡¯s publication. I thought it was quite interesting because it is like a glimpse of pastoral life and ministry in the early 20th century. I¡¯d like to share a part of it.
¡°Reverend Sug-Mo Chai became the senior pastor of A-hyn church in 1923, one of the largest Evangelical Holiness churches. The church facility was shared with the denominational Bible school, established to train pastoral candidates, which later became Seoul Theological Seminary. He made Wednesday prayer meetings as an occasion for the Bible school students to practice their preaching skills, which benefitted both the students and his church members.
He spoke fluent English and was widely known as an excellent interpreter among missionaries. He became the first Korean board member of Oriental Mission Society (OMS). He traveled every part of Korea, North and South, even China, as a denominational representative. He visited churches to find out the reality of local churches to help make denominational policies realistic and effective.
He visited the United States in 1933, also again as a denominational representative. He visited local churches, gave testimony on how God was working in Korea, and encouraged them to give generously for missions. The U.S. was in the Great Depression at the time, but many American Christians, moved by his testimony, made sacrificial offerings to help the Gospel advance in Korea.
He was too busy with his church ministries and denominational work to find time to eat. His wife complained that her husband was worse off than prisoners, who have regular meal times.
He served his church faithfully for 23 years, and was taken to North Korea by the North Korean government near the end of the Korean war, and we lost contact of him. His denomination designated him as a martyr at the time he would certainly have passed away, and inducted him into the Korea Christianity Martyr Memorial Hall.


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