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174 Memorial Mission Center of
173 Moseulpo Church
Rev. Ki-poong Lee
25 Hamoisam-ro 15beon-gil, Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo-si 2125 Namjo-ro, Jocheon-eup, Jeju-si

Among the seven first pastors from Pyongyang
Theological Seminary, Pastor Lee Ki-poong, the so-
called gangster pastor, entered Jeju Island in 1908
and began evangelizing, and in September 1909, he
established Moseulpo Church at the house of Shin
Chang-ho, Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo-si, and became
the first pastor. On Jeju Island, Christianity was viewed
as a Western faith and there was a lot of negative the entrance
rejection. Moreover, during the Japanese colonial period
as well as after liberation, people were suffered a lot by
the Communist Party. Memorial Mission Center of Rev. Ki-poong Lee
Rev. Yoon Sik-myung, the second pastor of Moseulpo
Moseulpo Church Church, served a 10-month prison term for providing
funding for the independence army. In 1920, he
established Gwangseon Residential School in Hamori,
produced the first female doctor, Go Su-seon, and
worked hard to enlighten women and promote
“Moseulpo Church is
independence. There were many martyrs in Jeju. Pastor the Centennial Monument Jeju tour guide map the monument to Rev. Lee
the first gospel site to Rev. Lee Ki-poong’s Jeju Ki-poong’s missionary work
Lee Do-jong, the first pastor from Jeju, was martyred Mission
established by missionary
for a life burial in 1948, and there is a monument to the
Lee Ki-poong.”
Daejeong Church, and 17 believers were martyred by “Rev. Lee Ki-poong was sent to Jeju as a missionary at the age of 32
the Communist Party. and built more than 10 churches in Jeju, including Seongahn Church.”
There is a monument to Pastor Cho Nam-soo, the 8th
pastor, at the Moseulpo Jingae Garden. Pastor Cho
Rev. Lee Ki-poong of Jeju Island was a famous gangster born in Pyongyang in 1868.
saved the lives of 3,000
He stoned missionary Samuel A. Maffett who was preaching the gospel in downtown
civilians who cooperated in
Pyongyang, causing his jaw injured. God made such a person his servant and made
rice, clothing, and money
him one of the first seven pastors in the history of Korean Presbyterianism. Shortly after
by the power of partisans.
receiving the ordination of the pastor in 1907, he was sent to Jeju Island as a missionary by
As Moseulpo Church always
missionary Maffett.
has been on the side of
The person who assaulted the missionary who was preaching the gospel became a
the weak and shared pain
missionary in Jeju Island, so there was nothing to say even if he was persecuted. Indeed,
together, it rescued 150
the providence of God is strange. He established about 10 churches, including Seongahn
refugees and provided them
Church in Jeju, and later moved to Jeolla-do to minister, and eventually was called by God
accommodations during the
due to the aftereffects of torture. Accordingly, churches in Jeju built the Memorial Mission
Moseulpo Church’s History Hall Korean War. Center of Rev. Ki-poong Lee to honor his martyrdom.