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41 Yebong-ro 47beon-gil, Pyeongeun-myeon, Yeongju-si 167-20 Jibori-gil, Jibo-myeon, Yecheon-gun

If you go along the mountain road from Andong to Yeongju, you can see the neat little
Yeondang Church in a low-lying hill, and the bell tower whose bell was sold for 100,000won
and repurchased for 2 million won at an antique shop in Cheonan. Yeondang Church
began on November 24, 1908, when Kang Doo-so gave family worship with Sin Hwasu’s
family. For 115 years, founder Kang Doo-soo and his descendants, including his son Rev.
Kang Dae-eun, his grandchildren Elder Kang Hyung-won, Rev. Kang Sung-won, and Rev. “Produced 30
Kang Deok-won have served Yeondang Church in Pyeongeun-myeon. pastors including
When the pastor who preserve the pulpit was cut off due to the decline in the rural Pastor
population, the great-granddaughter, Kang Kyung-hee, was appointed at the age of 60 Kim Yoon-sik” Sangrak Church
with a sense of duty that she could not see the end of Yeondang church, which has been
kept from generation to generation, and she left her husband and her family in Seoul and
has been serving villages by preserving the pulpit of Yeondang church.

Monument to 100th Monument to martyrs
Anniversary of Sangrak Church

“Family dedication,
Sangrak Church was established in 1906. Yang Jo-hwan was preached by Oh I-gun, his in-
112 years of gospel history”
law who lived in Dain-myeon, Uiseong-gun, and preached the gospel to Jeon Byeongwon
and Kim Nak-jin, two young men who were the grandchildrens of Dong-ri. The three
crossed the Nakdong River every Sunday to worship at Sambun Church which was 12 km
away.
Yeondang Church
However, it was too difficult to go 12km long every week, so they decided to provide a
place where all the villagers could worship together in the future, and on October 15, 1906,
the first Sunday service was given at the guest room of Yang Jo-hwan’s house, which is
the beginning of the Sangnak Church. Gradually, the entire village believed in Jesus and
everyone became a member of the church, so a thatched house of 12 bays was built as a
Reverends from generation to generation
new place of worship at 408 Jibori. As the church grew further, it moved to a sunny eastern
hill, and a second 99㎡ chapel with a tin roof and cement walls was built.
And for the third time that the church has been established in its current location, the main
hall was built with 198㎡ in 1968, and an entrance with 66㎡ was built in 1982. On October
the church bell, sold
for 100,000 won and 15, 2003, the monument to 100th Anniversary of Sangrak Church was built on the site of
repurchased for 2 million the second chapel. The Sangrak Church produced three martyrs, two General Assembly
won at a Cheonan
History of Yeondang antique shop Corner stone presidents, 29 pastors, and 21 elders. There is also a history hall, so you can look at the
Church
history of the church.