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123 Gunsan Appenzeller’s Martyrdom 124 Hanil University and Presbyterian

Memorial Church Theological Seminary
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Hanil University and Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Since the concept of martyrdom is not yet clearly defined within the Korean churches, it is
difficult to say whether missionary Appenzeller’s death was a martyrdom or not. Missionary A school for nurturing Bible Woman
Appenzeller was on his way to Mokpo by ship to attend a Bible translation meeting in 1902, established by E. J. Shepping, a missi
but died when his ship was stuck on a rock near Eocheong Island. According to Mr. Bowlby, -onary from American Southern
a miner who survived the shipwreck, even though Appenzeller had enough time to escape, Presbyterian Mission is the predecessor
he went down to rescue a Korean assistant and a female student from Ewha School who of Hanil University and Presbyterian
were in the third-class cabin of the ship and faced his death. Theological Seminary.
Appenzeller, who sacrificed himself while trying to save a Korean friend instead of escaping
alone, is a person who put into practice the words from the Book of John, “Greater love has
no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” The Appenzeller’s Martyrdom
Memorial Church was established to commemorate the 105th anniversary of missionary
Appenzeller’s martyrdom. Accommodation and a missionary Appenzeller tour program are
also provided.

Hanil University and
Monument to Missionary E. J. Shepping in Hanil University and Presbyterian Theological
“Sleeping in the sea as a lighthouse of the nation” Presbyterian Theological Seminary Seminary Church

Hanil University and Presbyterian Theological Seminary started as a school for nurturing Bible
Woman in Gwangju by Elisabeth Johanna Shepping, a female teacher, on June 2, 1922. The
following year, the Women’s Bible School was founded in Jeonju on September 4, 1923, and was
constructed in 155 beonji, Junghwasan-dong 1-ga with teacher offertory for new construction
made by Mr. ＆ Mrs. Thedres Hamilton's in USA in 1928 and after naming the school ‘Jeonju
Hamilton Bible School’, students were educated. Since then, the bible schools in Gwangju and
Jeonju were closed down in September and October of 1940 after rejecting shrine worship but
were re-opened in August 1945 following the defeat of the Japanese. Jeonju Hamilton Bible
School was approved as Jeonju Higher Bible School in 1952 and while providing better level of
education, the school was renamed to ’Jeonju Hamilton Biblical Theological Seminary' in 1956
and was approved as Miscellaneous School pursuant to the High School Decree by Jeollabuk-
do Board of Education. In April 1961, ‘Jeonju Hanil Theological Seminary’ named by taking
‘Han’ from Jeonju Hamilton Bible School and ‘Il’ from Gwangju Neel Bible School were merged
and an American missionary, Go Inae was inaugurated as the founding principal. In July 1967,
approval for change of name from ‘Hanil Theological Seminary’ to ‘Hanil Women’s Theological
Seminary’ was obtained from the Jeollabuk-do Board of Education. In October 1974, Pastor
Kang, Taekhyeon was inaugurated as the 1st Dean and in September 1978, it was ratified as a
Gunsan Appenzeller’s Martyrdom Memorial Church provincial theological school by the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in Korea (Tonghap) .