God has put in our hearts for a long time that Korea was in our future, and this year we have felt led that the timing is right to embark on that journey.
We are joining the revival ministry of the prayer center run by Gloria‘s father. As we learn his powerful style of spiritual prayer and revival-style worship, our calling is to bring this prayer, revival and renewal movement to the next generations.
The prayer movement and the revivals are what grew Korean Christianity, spreading it quickly and putting fervor in the hearts of people. Korea is known as the country that sends out the second-largest number of missionaries, after America.
Although Korea experienced revival movement and church growth for 50 years, more recently and especially in the younger generations, it has been seeing a decline of Christianity and fervor for Christ. Increasing secularism, materialism, and prosperity, among other factors, have contributed to this decline.
We believe that God has more for Korea. God has put a strong burden in our hearts to reignite this prayer and revival movement in the younger generations so that God’s Kingdom can continue to expand in Korea and its fervor for global missions and heart for God’s harvest will continue on.
We have big dreams, but we are not sure exactly what will be the first step to achieve them. For the first year or so we need to humble ourselves as we arrive to this mission field, to learn from Rev. Jin Hong Kim and his spiritual DNA and fervor for the prayer and revival movement, and pray and be filled with the Holy Spirit and His plans. At the right time, we want to engage the people and the culture of the city and of Korea at large, to determine what is the right strategy to reach out to the younger generation in a significant and impactful way. We want to see young children, youth, young adults and young families being discipled for Jesus Christ and regaining the fervor for prayer, bringing revival to the city of Jinju and the nation of Korea and beyond!
As one potential first step, we have a vision to start a local young church, where we disciple members to engage as an intentional missional community, loving each other as family and going out together to serve to the surrounding neighborhood, city, province, and country.
We also dream of launching a high school and college for next-generation leaders who have already found a passion and calling to ministry from a young age. We want to provide both training and hands-on ministry experience to them by giving them the opportunity to serve at the church and the prayer center while they also study.
God has given us even more dreams that reach beyond Korea to the wider region and the world. Pray with us that we can take things one step at a time, laying a good foundation at each phase that can serve as a launching point for the next phase! Pray that God sends us passionate, humble, coachable, and capable young leaders who can serve at the front lines and push God’s Kingdom forward each step of the way!