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40 Seoul Seoul
25 Chongshin University
143 Sadang-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul /
110 Hakchon-ro, Yangji-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do
http://www.chongshin.ac.kr
Disciplinary Motto of Chongshin
University
Chongshin University Church
“The heart of Korean church, the birthplace of
reformist theology, Chongshin University”
Chongshin University in Seoul was founded in 1901 in Pyongyang by missionary Samuel
A. Maffett. Chongshin University was one school with the Department of Presbyterian
Theological Seminary until 1959, but after the incident related to Principal Hyung-ryong
Park, the two school was divided into two denominations, and the seminary was also
divided. It was in 1965 that the building was relocated to Sadang-dong.
Currently, classes for undergraduate school are held in Sadang-dong, and the Graduate
School of Theology is located at 41-11 San, Jeil-ri, Yangji-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si,
Gyeonggi-do. Sorae Church has been restored on the campus of the Graduate School of
Theology, and there are also monuments of pioneers Seo Sang-ryun and Lee Su-jeong.
There is also the martyrdom monument of Pastor Choi Bong-seok (Choi Kwon-neung) .
Yangji Chongshin University Library Chongshin University Main Building in Sadang-dong on materials donated by Rev. Kim Yang-sun.
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26 Soongsil University
369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu https://ssu.ac.kr
Entrance of Soongsil University
“History liked steel over tears.
But we make a history with
hot tears that melt iron!”
Soongsil University was founded by William M. Baird, Bronze Bust of William Martyn Baird
a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.,
as “Soongsil Hakdang” with 13 students at 26 Shinyang-
ri, Pyongyang. Missionary Baird was a fellow student
of McCormick Theological Seminary with Missionary
Maffett who founded Pyongyang Theological Seminary.
Before coming to Pyongyang, Missionary Baird worked
in Busan and also paid a lot of attention to teaching
students by establishing schools there.
The founder of Soongsil University
Soongsil University named the school “Soongsil - William Martyn Baird-
Hakdang” when the school was newly built and relocated
in 1901. In 1905, it was promoted to Soongsil University
and became the first Christian university in Korea.
However, in 1925, the school was forcibly reduced to a
4-year technical school of humanities named Soongsil
Technical College by Japanese oppression. On March 4,
1938 the school closed itself in order to protest against
the enforcement of Shinto shrine worship. In 1954
Rev. Han Kyungchik Memorial Hall
Soongsil College was reestablished in South Korea. In
1971 the College was merged with Daejun College into
Soongjun College. In 1983, the Daejeon Campus was
separated and renamed Hannam University. In 1986,
Soongjun University was renamed Soongsil University.
There is a Korean Christian Museum on campus based