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Pastor Choi Sang-rim was born in Gijang-myeon,
William M. Junkins (Korean name: Jeon Wi-ryeom) who entered
Yangsan-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do in November
Korea as a missionary from the Southern Presbyterian
1888, and after graduating from Pyongyang
Church in the United States visited Jeonju in September
Theological Seminary, he was appointed to
1893 by land and moved to Seoul. In 1894, missionary
Namhae Eup Church in 1930. He planted churches
William Davis Reynolds (Korean name: Lee Nul-seo) arrived in
in various places to evangelize Namhae-gun,
Gunsan by sea route and entered Jeonju. Missionaries Monument to Patriotic Martyrs
an island village. In 1938, when the Japanese of Iksan April 4th Independence
delivered the gospel on the way people come and go or at Movement
colonial rule to visit shrines intensified and the
marketplaces.
Presbyterian Church made a resolution to visit
Namjeon Church started with seven people who accepted
shrines, Pastor Choi Sang-rim, the chairman of
the gospel (their names are unknown) and a group having
Gyeongnam Presbytery at that time, disbanded the
Sunday worship at the house of missionary Junkins in
presbytery to oppose the shrine visit, saying, “If
Gunsan. (the first church established in Iksan in 1879) It was the
I perish, I perish!”. Namhae Eup church did not
starting place of Independence Movement (Somri Iksan
pass the shrine visit among the General Assembly
Namhae Eup Church Independence Movement on April 4, 1919) and produced patriotic
of Presbyterian Church in Korea. Because of that
martyrs who died at the site of the Independence
he was tortured and imprisoned 49 times and he
Movement such as Moon Yong-gi, Park Young-moon,
“It became the only presbytery was called by God on May 6 in 1945 before the
Jang Kyung-chun and Park Do-hyun. Monument to Namjeon
nationwide which did not independence. Park Byeong-ho
pass the Shinto shrine visit To honor Pastor Choi Sang-rim, Namhae-eup
resolution.” Church established Namhae Kindergarten in 1951
“Namjeon Church is the first church in Iksan and has preserved more than 100 years
for the mission of next-generation and community
of session minutes. In 1919, Somri Iksan Independence Movement on the April
service during Korea War. Also, since the chapel
4 was a systematic independence movement led by Namjeon Church.”
building was completed in 1960, it has led the
education of the community by establishing the
Bible Club in 1961, the male public high school in
1965, the credit union in 1981, and the opening of
preschool in 1990.
When Namhae Bridge was built in 1973, the island
connected to the land. Namhae Eup Church,
the first church in Namhae-gun, established a
monument to Pastor Choi Sang-rim in 1998 to
honor his martyrdom.
In May 2006, the church ended the life for more
than 90 years at Bukbu-ri, moved to its current
martyrdom monument of Pastor location by completing four-story chapel, and is
Choi Sang-rim. Namjeon Church, Iksan Presbytery designated as No. 1 Historic Church of the Korean Presbyterian Church
striving to spread the gospel to the new generation.