I used to get stressed when I was looking for the “Perfect” speaker for a revival.  As your pastor who is responsible for your spiritual growth, I believe that finding just the right speaker for the congregation is crucial.  Since SBC has only two revivals per year, it was my sincere desire to invite a “great” speaker who could feed SBC as they had never experienced before. This desire led me to “famed” speakers.  However, I realized that it is not easy to find a speaker who is aligned with the spirit of house church among those speakers.   When I heard a famous speaker, I would listen to his tape only to realize that he is not the ...

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"SBC does not accept membership registration of believers." This statement expresses the key spirit and policy of SBC which is to concentrate on evangelism and discipleship.  In the present age when churches do not get much respect, the spirit to return to the church's original mission is very crucial.  Many SBC members say these words often, and inadvertently, because of our lack of care, this seems to cause many misunderstandings and undesirable side effects. In many cases, this statement can be offensive to others when it is used without a sufficient and convincing explanation.  The reason that we insist on this policy is as follows.  First, ...

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Many reported to be surprised during service when they heard message speaking directly to them as if pastor knew their situation.  A new comer comes to church and is amazed to hear a word which, he feels, is specifically speaking to him.  Sometime, someone who is struggling comes to Living Life bible class and hears a message which speaks straight to his heart. They are amazed at such experiences, but then sometimes there is misunderstanding.  A shepherd wanted to give an advice to his house church family but could not dare to say it.  The next Sunday, the very issue was preached from the podium as if shepherds had made a request to the pastor ...

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Two weeks ago, through Sunday sermon, I mentioned that we need to learn to pray whenever we sense God's leading.  We have the tendency to forget the sermon so I want to repeat the message in the pastor's corner. Throughout history, we can see that when we share God's prompt with others and pray together rather than keeping it to ourselves, it becomes a seed of something great for His purpose.  That was the way The Great Awakening in the 20th century started.  When America was indifferent toward mission, the flame started from a few students at a small college called Williams who gathered together to pray under a hay stack to avoid rain.  Prayer ...

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Many visiting pastors from Korea often comment as they watch the lives of our church members, ‘Here something is different from Korea.  People seem to live with God as their priority.’  Whenever I heard it, I agreed, ‘Sure.  Our church members live with God and church as their top priority.’  However, I did not know the real meaning of this word.  I had a chance to understand it as I visit churches who struggle with house church system. Generally speaking, many church members say that they believe in God but they do not really rely on God in their lives.  Therefore, when difficulty strikes, they pray to God as Christians but they do ...

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The current MINISTRY EXHIBIT has many purposes.  First, it is to introduce church ministry work to newcomers.  During this time, the church ministry department will set up a booth to introduce their work and provide opportunities to be involved.  Another reason is to do the ministry work on yearly basis.  Ministry work is not something to start and end at one’s whim.  Once you make a commitment, you needs to work on it diligently for a year and after a year, you will be given a chance to make another year’s commitment. God grants us many talents.  When we receive Christ, the Holy Spirit gives us a special spiritual gift which fits us ...

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Some time ago, a Korean movie titled ‘ODE TO MY FATHER’ became a huge hit.  At that time, I was in Korea, so I watched the movie with my mother.  The movie depicted recent Korean history when War-torn Korea was struggling to survive and achieve economic development.  Korea sent miners and nurse aids to Germany, sent soldiers to Vietnam, and sent construction workers to the Middle East.  The main character is an eldest son who lost his father in the war and tried to obey his father’s dying wish to care for his family.  To achieve that, he sacrificed himself and placed his family’s needs before his own. Most Koreans can relate to this ...

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