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24-30 Sagyenam-ro 216beon-gil, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo-si 470 Jungang-ro, Jeju-si http://www.jejuseongahn.org

Seongahn Church was established by Rev. Lee Ki-poong Korean, one of
the first 7 pastors produced by Korean Presbyterian Church, sent to Jeju as
a missionary. Seongahn Church began with a prayer meeting in Hyanggyo-
gol by Rev. Lee Ki-poong with three believers. When Rev. Lee Ki-poong
arrived in Jeju Island, there were
already believers in Jeju. In 1909, a
chapel was established by purchasing
a thatched house with 34㎡ inside
Jungin Gate in Ildo-ri.
In 1922, Yeongheung Night School
was opened, and in 1924, Joongang
Kindergarten, the first kindergarten
on Jeju Island, was opened. Seongahn
Church belongs to the Kijang (The
Presbyterian church in the Republic of Korea) , and
the church had to deal with the pain of
division with Seongnae Church. In the
courtyard of Seongahn Church, there
is a monument to Rev. Lee Ki-poong
Hamel Monument Seongahn Church

The Hamel Merchant Marine Exhibition Hall near Yongmeori Coast has been
Jeju Seongahn Church is the first Protestant church in Jeju
demolished due to aging. However, you can go to the Hamel Monument.
and served as the mother church of Protestants in Jeju.

The Europeans who first provided the first Western account of Korea were the sailors of the
Dutch East India Company, who were shipwrecked by a typhoon in waters near Jeju Island
and drifted to Jeju Island on August 16, 1653.
The Sparrowhawk, a merchant ship carrying 64 sailors, including Handrick Hamel,
reportedly encountered a deadly typhoon in the Taiwan Strait while sailing from Taiwan to
Nakasaki, Japan, and landed near Moseulpo, which was then Daejeonghyeon.
the first site of Seongnae Church
The Hamel Monument was built on a beachside hill right in front of Sanbanggulsa by the
Korean International Cultural Association and the Dutch Embassy in Korea on April 1,
1980, as a token of Handrick Hamel's charitable deeds and the promotion of friendship monument to Rev. monument to Rev. Lee Ki-
Lee Ki-poong poong and Elder Kim Jaewon
between the Netherlands and Korea.