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171 Daejeong Presbyterian Church 172 Kumsung Church

11 Chusa-ro 36beon-gil, Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo-si 3 Geumseonghaan-gil, Aewol-eup, Jeju-si

The first church on Jeju Island is the on Jeju Island is an important reason for
Kumsung Church. Nevertheless, many pilgrims to visit Kumsung Church if they
people know it as the Seongahn Church. go to Jeju Island. When you go to Jeju
That’s because the Seongahn Church Island, you should listen to the voices of
was founded by Rev. Lee Ki-poong. the advanced people who followed the
However, there were believers in Jeju footsteps of Jesus who went to Golgotha,
Island who already went out to land and instead of just looking at the sea and the
received the gospel before Rev. Lee Ki- rape flowers.
poong came in. There were eight natives
of Jeju Island, including Jo Bong-ho,
Lee Do-jong, Jo Un-gil, and Kim Jin-sil.
Later, they met Rev. Lee Ki-poong and
established Kumsung Church.
Daejeong Presbyterian Church Among them, Lee Do-jong was the
first pastor from Jeju and served the
Daejeong Church, before being martyred
during the April 3rd incident. Although it “Kumsung Church is the first self
Pastor Lee Do-jong was the first pastor and the first martyr from Jeju -sustaining church on Jeju Island.”
is not a large-scale church now, the fact
that it is the first self-sustaining church
Pastor Lee Do-jong
Martyrdom monument
Daejeong Church is a church where Pastor Lee Do-jong,
the first pastor and the first martyr from Jeju, served. A
monument to the martyrdom of Pastor Lee Do-jong is
erected in the front yard of the church. Pastor Lee Do-
jong. Pastor Lee Do-jong met Rev. Lee Ki-poong at the age
of 17 and received Jesus Christ as his savior and entered
Pyongyang Theological Seminary. He was invited by the Gwangju Church, but refused to do
so and returned to his hometown to visit various regions and preached hard. Even though
the entire Jeju Island was in chaos due to the April 3 incident in 1948, he took care of
various churches including Daejeong Church.
In June 1948, while riding a bicycle to worship at Hwasun Church, he met a member of the
Communist Party and was taken into the mountains. Unfortunately, there was also a deacon
from Hwasun Church. When Pastor Lee Do-jong was asked to pray for the communist army
Kumsung Church
to win, he refused, and eventually was buried alive and martyred.