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Evangelist Moon Jun-Kyung is called “the mother of the churches in
the islands” and “the passionate evangelist.” There are more than 10
churches established by preacher Moon Jun-Kyung in the islands of
Sinan County. The fruits of the preacher Moon Jun-Kyung include Rev.
Kim Jun-gon, the founder of the Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, and Preacher Moon Jun-Kyung
Rev. Lee Man-shin, the Pastor of Evangelical Holiness Church.
Jeungdong-ri Church (established in September 1933) is one of the churches established by Moon
Jun-Kyung. Born in 1891 in Sugok-ri, Amtae-myeon, Sinan County, preacher Moon Jun-
Kyung married at age 17, but she got deserted by her husband from the first day. Even in
this situation, she was loved by her father-in-law and was able to endure it. She learned
how to write from her father-in-law, and in 1927 she was evangelized by a Bible woman
and became a Christian. She applied to Kyungsung Bible Institute to become a pastor, but
her admission was rejected because she was married. She was accepted as an auditory
Yonghak Church
learner in the beginning, but later, she became a regular student. After completing her
theology studies, she returned
to her hometown and took care
“It is a beautiful church built in the style of Korean traditional house, Hanok” of the churches in a nearby
area. She was martyred during
the Korean War. To see the
footsteps of preacher Moon
Yonghak Church was originally Jun-Kyung, you should go to
established in Giryong-dong by Elder Jeung-do.
Ahn Seong-jo. It is a beautiful church
that was relocated to its current
location in the late 1960s and was the martyr’s site of Preacher Moon Jun-Kyung
built in the style of Korean traditional
house, Hanok. Yonghak Church “Moon Jun-Kyung, a brood hen
is the church of martyrs who were which bore lots of chicks”
killed by the Communist Party during
the Korean War, including Elder Ahn
Seong-jo. Yonghak Church belongs
to the Presbyterian Church of Korea
and has established itself as the Memorial Monument to Martyrs
church influences the community.
Jeungdong-ri Church Preacher Moon Jun-Kyung Memorial Hall