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8 Seungdong Church 9 Youndong Church

7-1 Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu http://www.seungdong.or.kr 37 Gimsangok-ro, Jongno-gu http://www.ydpc.org

Seungdong Presbyterian Church was established by Samuel Foreman Moore near the
current Lotte Hotel, under the name of “Gondanggol Church” in June, 1893. It was moved
to its current location in 1905. Missionary Samuel Moore, who arrived in Seoul in 1892,
was very interested in education. He ran a primary school in Gondanggol and preached the
gospel with passion.
At that time, there was a small stream flowing near Gondanggol, and, Baekjungs, meaning
butchers lived together there. We can see how much he loved the poor and lowly people “Youndong Church in an
as he founded a church in Gondanggol. There was a man whose name was Park Sungchun area where there were
and he accepted Jesus through Samuel Moore’s Evangelism. many poor people”
As soon as he accepted the gospel, he realized that there was no discrimination in status in Missionary Graham, Lee
Jesus and he appealed to Emperor Gojong to let the Baekjung wear Gat and wear robes like
Yangban (noblemen) . In the end, Seungdong Church took the lead in fighting discrimination
Seoul Youndong Church was established in 1894 under the guidance of Missionary Graham
against status. During the March first movement, the representatives of students from all
Lee and an assistant, Seo Sang-ryun, by purchasing a house close to the current church
over the country gathered in the basement of the church to plot and participate in the
location. Missionary Graham Lee, the first reverend of Youndong Church, was a reverend
independence movement.
who truly loved Godbachi (the lowest class of people) .
In addition, many independence activists attended the church during the March 1st
“Baekjung is also a precious child of Movement, as he eagerly evangelized those who were in prison. Jeong Jae-yong, a student
God.” (Rev. Moore) of Kyungshin School who read the Declaration of Independence at Pagoda Park during
the March 1st movement, attended the Youndong Church. If you go to Yeondong Church,
make sure to stop by the archives to look at the Bible translated by the missionary Graham
Lee. He translated the Bible considering the fact that Koreans omit subjects when speaking.

Seoul Youndong Church

Seungdong Church

Seungdong Church(Tangible cultural heritage No. 130)

Missionary Samuel st
Foreman Moore Memorial site of the March 1 movement