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37 Ganghwa Central Methodist Church 38 Habil Elementary School

549 Sinmun-ri, Ganghwa-eup, Ganghwa http://www.gcmch.org 452 Sinmun-ri, Ganghwa-eup, Ganghwa-gun http://habil.icees.kr

“All self-training and strengthening is due to Christianity, loyalty to the king and love
of the country is due to Christianity, calling for independence and unity is due to
Christianity, and learning and education is due to Christianity.” (Yi Dong-hwi)

Jamdu Church (changed to Ganghwa Central Methodist
memorial stone of martyrs Church in 1975) started in a house led by Jo Seon-
il and his wife Lee Salome in 1900, in Gyeonggi-
do. The church established “Jamdu Ui Sook (蠶頭義
塾) ” as a new educational institution in April 1901,
and started to educate people based on Christian
beliefs by establishing another girls’ school, “Habil
A Big Person
Girls' School” in 1902.
Later, these two schools merged into one school,
Ganghwa Central Methodist Church which has developed into today’s Habil Elementary
School. This school has been the birthplace of
Centennial Monument of Ganghwa Central Methodist Church the national movement and the enlightenment of
Korea against the Japanese rule.
“the third church built in Ganghwa Island,
Jamdu Church (currently Ganghwa Central Methodist Church)”

Jamdu Church began with the first service led by Jo Seon-il, his wife Lee Salome at
the house of Jo Seon-il on September 1, 1900. In 1914, it was changed from ‘Jamdu
Church’ to ‘Ganghwa-eup Church’, and in November 1975, it was renamed ‘Ganghwa
Habil Elementary School
Central Church’. Ganghwa Central Church established “Jamdu Ui Sook (蠶頭義塾) ” as a new
educational institution in April 1901, and started to educate people based on Christian
beliefs by establishing another girls’ school, “Habil Girls’ School” in 1902.
Later, the two schools merged into one school, which has developed into today’s Habil
Elementary School. This school has been the birthplace of the national movement and
the enlightenment of Korea against the Japanese rule. As the Korean Army under Japan
was dispersed by the outbreak of Ganghwa righteous armies in August 1907, the Japanese
military arrested the members of the Jamdu Church: Kim Dong-soo, his younger brother
Kim Young-gu, and his cousin Kim Nam-soo as the riot leaders, and executed them with a an independent activist and the second Prime Minister of the
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, Yi Dong-hwi
Japanese knife at Deorimi Beach on the way to Seoul.