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Martyr Um Jooseon Park
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9 Gusan 1-gil, Hyeonseo-myeon, Cheongsong-gun

Cheongsong Hwamok Church
Hwamok Church in Hyeonseo-myeon,
Cheongsong-gun which was established
in 1904 is the first church in Cheongsong,
Gyeongsangbuk-do. Um Jooseon, a Probation
Pastor who passed the pastor’s examination
in May 1950 and was appointed as the pastor
of Hwamok Church, was kidnapped before
ordained as a pastor by North Korean defectors
who invaded South Korea on Feb. 17, 1951,
during an early morning prayer meeting. The
commander of the 10th Division of the Korean
People’s Army conciliated him, saying “If you
Grave of Missionary Roger E. Winn
gave up your faith, your life will be saved.”
However, he rather spread the gospel and was dragged 12 kilometers toward Chunsan
Mountain and stabbed 19 times by the North Korean People’s Army’s bayonet to death.
“Andong is a place with strong traditional Confucian
This place is the 10th Korean Christian Historic Site of the Presbyterian Church of Korea.
characteristics, but it is a place where Christianity grows stronger.”
The Hwamok Church and the Martyr Um Jooseon Memorial Foundation created a
martyrdom park 2 kilometers away from the Hwamok Church in 2012 with the dedication
of the church members and the support of Gyeongsangbuk-do and Cheongsong County to
Monument to Missionary Roger E. Winn is at the campus
remember and honor the spirit of martyrdom.
of Gyeong An High School in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
Missionary Roger E. Winn entered Korea, worked in Busan
and Miryang, and moved to Andong in 1918, contributed
to the establishment of the Gyeong An Presbytery with
“License pastor Um Jooseon was abducted by the
missionary Kwon Chan-young, and on April 10, 1920,
Communist Party while praying alone after the
established Gyeong An Bible Institue (currently Gyeongan
early morning prayer meeting and was stabbed
Theological Seminary University) .
by the communist bayonets to death.”
However, he died of dysentery the following year. The
tombs and monuments of his two children stand next to his
monument. Although Andong and Yeongju regions have
strong Confucianism, the proportion of Christians is higher
than that of other regions of Gyeongsang-do. Of course, it
cannot be compared to large cities, but the evangelization
rate of Andong and Yeongju regions is very high. This is
because of the contribution of missionary Gwon Chan-
young and Missionary Roger E. Martyr Um Jooseon Park monument to Martyr Um Jooseon