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101 Gyeongju Jeil Church 102 The First Presbyterian Church of Daegu

3 Jungang-ro 47beon-gil, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do http://www.kjfc.or.kr 50 Gukchaebosang-ro 102-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu http://www.firstch.org

“the first Presbyterian church in Gyeongsangbuk-do, where missionaries
provided modern medical care and education to enlighten the region”
Park Su-eun, Kim Soon-myeong, Lee Nam-saeng, and 10
others, who came to believe in Jesus through the street Current the first Presbyterian church of Daegu
preaching, set up a place of worship in a thatched house at
197 Seonggeon-dong, Gyeongju, and began with the first
service on May 10, 1902, under the guidance of
Missionary James Edward Adams. As Bulguksa, a
Buddhist temple, is in Gyeongju, Gyeongju Jeil Church
has played the role of light and salt in the community
as a mother church in a region with strong Buddhist
power.
In 1909, Gyenam School was established, and during Christian History Museum of the First
Presbyterian Church of Daegu (Tangible
the March 1st Independence Movement, many church Cultural Heritage No. 30 of Daegu)
members participated in the independence movement. “There was Labor Church
The chapel was relocated to its current location in 1920. (Gyeongju Jeil Church) at
The chapel built at that time has been well preserved and the center of the March
it is still used for various purposes such as education hall. 1st Movement.”
The original name of Gyeongju Jeil Church was ‘Gyeongju- The First Presbyterian Church of Daegu is
eup Labor Church’, but it was renamed Gyeongju Jeil the mother church in Daegu and regions in
Church in 1947 and has continued to this day. Gyeongsangbuk-do. There are some arguments
about the year of establishment, and some argue (left) Monument to Rev.
James Edwards Adams
that 1893 when missionary William Martyn Baird
(right) The memorial of 50th anniversary
first preached the gospel in Daegu was the year of the First Presbyterian Church of Daegu
of establishment (church side) , and scholars argue
that the time when missionary James E. Adams settled in Daegu in 1897 was the beginning
of the church. The old chapel of the First Presbyterian Church of Daegu was designated
as Daegu Tangible Cultural Heritage No. 30 on January 7, 1992. There are Dongsan
Hospital and Shinmyung Girls’ High School over the fences of the church. For this reason,
the First Presbyterian Church of Daegu is involved in historical sites. There are the March
1 Independence Movement Memorial Tower at Shinmyung Girls’ High School, Dongsan
Medical Center and Medical Mission Museum, and the apple tree that became the origin
of Daegu apples. There is the direct descendent of Daegu first apple tree that Dr. Johnson,
who founded Jejungwon (currently Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital) in 1899, brought
from Missouri, the United States, and planted in his house. Daegu City has designated and
Gyeongju Jeil Church
managed it as a protected tree.