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97 Gunwi Evangelical Holiness Church 98 Pohang Cheil Church

6 Dongseo 4-gil, Gunwi-eup, Gunwi-gun 172 Saemaeul-ro, Buk-gu, Pohang-si www.pohangcheil.org

“ It is said that Missionary Pohang Cheil Church was established under the name of Pohag Church in 1905 in Pohang-
Gunwi Church
William Heslop established ri, Buk-myeon, Yeongil-gun by Missionary James Edward Adams with Seo Seong-oh and
the church with the money Kim Sang-oh. In 1909, Missionary James Edward Adams purchased a thatched house with
he received from selling his three spaces and used it for the first chapel. In 1911, Yeongheung Elementary School was
organ.” established by the church. It is a famous fact that the old chapel of the Pohang Ceil Church
was the only building remained after the US army bombed Pohang to prevent North
Korean troops invading south during the Korean War and the old chapel is used by Pohang
Somang Church now.
As the old chapel is close to the market and cannot accommodate the growing number of
church members, a new chapel was built in its current location on October 26, 2003.

the cornerstone

Monument to Pastor Lee Jong-ik and Deacon
Noh Sung-woon Gunwi Church Education Center Pohang Cheil Church

“During Korean War, the U.S. army bombed Pohang to prevent North
Korean troops from invading south, but only the chapel of Pohang
If you go to Gunwi Church, you will meet Pastor Lee Jong-ik and Deacon Noh Sung-woon.
Cheil Church, where the cross was erected, remained.”
Gunwi Church was established in 1920 by William Heslop, a missionary from Oriental
Missionary Society, with the money he received from selling his organ. Gunwi is still a small
city in the province. Gunwi Church is an Evangelical Holiness Church and was built in an
area dominated by Presbyterianism, but it has been growing beautifully. It was not easy to
lead a religious life under Japanese rule.
In 1937, at the peak of the Japanese persecution, Pastor Lee Jong-ik and Deacon Noh
Sung-woon were called by God when the building collapsed while demolishing the old
chapel and preparing a new place to worship. When many church members left the
church due to the Japanese oppression, those who guarded the church with hopes for the
kingdom of God gave their lives to God. In honor of their deaths, a monument was erected
to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the church's founding on November 20, 1990.