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South Korea
Billy Graham’s 1973 crusade in Seoul, South Korea propelled the fast-industrializing nation into an era of explosive evangelical growth. Since then, the peninsular democracy, once a Buddhist stronghold, has become a hub for evangelicalism and the world’s second-largest missionary-sending nation. Still, the nation exists along the most heavily fortified border in the world, exposed to the nuclear brandishing of its northern neighbor and the pull of a profoundly atheistic working class, but it remains a stabilizing force in the region and a powerful launching point for the gospel in Asia. It is now the second only to the U.S. in sending missionaries abroad.
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We’re Not Made to Outlast Time
At the Korean Lunar New Year, everyone turns a year older. Psalm 103 frames aging as a sign of God’s sustenance.
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Helped a Missionary Talk About Jesus
But some believers remain wary of adapting the popular music genre for worship, so Christian K-pop isn’t going up, up, up.
My Top 5 Books on Christianity in East Asia
Insights on navigating shame-honor cultural dynamics and persecution in the region.
The Surprising Joys of a Gift-Free Christmas
Amid peak consumerism season, I prayed for ways to teach my children about selfless giving.
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‘Every Adoptee’s Worst Nightmare’
The horrifying history of adoption fraud in South Korea has spurred Christians to finally care for orphans in their own country.
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Amid ICE Raids, Korean American Churches Stay Quiet
Christians in the community are divided on how to respond, yet more churches want to prepare their congregants.
Fighting Korea’s Loneliness Epidemic with Cafés and Convenience Stores
Seoul recently introduced free public services to tackle social isolation. Christians have been doing that for years.
Learning to Forgive the Country That Oppressed Mine
On Korea’s 80th Liberation Day, I exhort fellow evangelicals to view Korea and Japan’s relationship through one of Jesus’ parables.
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Christian Groups Perplexed, Wary After Korea Bible Incident
South Korea detained six Americans trying to send rice and Bibles by sea to North Korea.
