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Missions in Crisis

Korean church leaders look back on the 2007 kidnapping that brought Afghanistan ministries to the world's attention.

Interview by Sang-Hwa Lee | posted 11/11/2008 10:02AM

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The last day of prayer meetings, when we learned that the victims had arrived in Kabul on that 42nd day, we held a special evening worship service of thanksgiving. We asked all the parents to come up to the front of the church. One of those parents, who hadn't believed in Jesus, unexpectedly went up to the microphone. He walked up and confessed, "God lives. God really lives." This was the hope God showed us in the midst of hardship.

This article was excerpted and translated from "1 Year After the Crisis: 365 Days of Introspection," published as the July cover story of Christianity Today Korea.

Related Elsewhere:

Christianity Today named the hostage crisis in Korea our top news story of 2007.

CT's coverage of Korean missions and Afghanistan are collected on our site.

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hk in northridge, calif.

Posted: November 11, 2008 9:18 PM


it was sad to have such an incident. as a pastor of immigrant's church in l.a., i feel like as one of them whi were in afghanistan. it's hard to say something what was happened, but i hope GOD will prevail sooner on the ground where the christians shed blood. may the comfort of the LORD be with the family of the victim.

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