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45 Korean Christian Martyrs’ Memorial 46 The Korean Church History Museum
235 Chugye-ro, Yangji-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si 10-13 Daepyeong-ro 214beon-gil, Daewol-myeon, Icheon-si
http://www.martyr.or.kr http://www.kchmuseum.org

The Korean Christian History Museum is a Christian museum specializing in Christian
literature opened on November 30, 2001, in Choji-ri, Daewol-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-
do. About 100,000 Christian documents collected by the elder Han Young-je while running
a publishing company had been stored at the Hyangsan Christian History Archive in
Christian Literature Press, and a new museum was built and transferred for display. It has
two floors above ground and one basement floor and consists of an exhibition room, a
data room, and a seminar room. The exhibition room on the first floor is a place to hold
Korean Christian Martyrs’ Memorial Hall a special exhibition on Christian documents, such as holding a “Christian and Hangeul
Exhibition” to commemorate its opening.
The archives on the first basement floor display thousands of book materials, and the
“He is dead, but he has been seminar room on the second floor is a space for various programs and lectures. Among the
talked by his faith.” collection materials, rare books include “The New Testament Book of Matthew,” published
by Lee Su-jung, who became a Protestant in Japan in 1884, and “The Gospel according
to Mark,” jointly translated and published by Underwood and Appenzeller in 1887. It also
The Korean Christian Martyrs’ Memorial includes “Grammaire COREENNE” (1881) written by French Father Coste, “Korean English
Hall opened on Nov. 18, 1989 to honor Martyrs’ Memorial Park dictionary” (1894) and “An Introduction to the Korean Spoken Language” (1915) jointly
the faith and spirit of martyrdom for the compiled by Underwood and Gale, the early newspapers of Korean churches such as
Korean church. The portraits and relics of Presbyterian weekly newspaper in Hangul, “The Christian news” (1897) and the Methodist
189 martyrs who did not give up their faith weekly newspaper in Hangul, “The Korean Christian Advocate”, the first women’s
even in the face of death are displayed. magazine, the best Western calendar in existence (1910) , Ju Si-gyeong’s “History of the loss of
The martyrs who struggled to keep their Vietnam” (1908) , and “Sounds of The Language” (1914) written by Korean linguistics.
pure faith even in unbearable and harsh
conditions were extremely ordinary people.
“The Jangdaehyeon Church, which was called a first Jerusalem in Pyongyang,
They were neither heroic nor bold, but
is a sacred place for Korean Christian history.”
drank the cup of death with joy in the belief
that they would only lift Christ’s name.
They never thought about their reputation The first martyr, Missionary Thomas
(painting of Kim Hak Su)
or rewards. However, living like that was
God’s joy, so they didn’t even consider
the hardship as a hardship. The Korean
Christian Martyrs’ Memorial Hall was
established when the Youngnak Church’s
Senior Deaconess Jeong Yi-sook donated
The Korean Church History Museum
100,000 pyeong of land. It houses the relics
of more than 200 martyrs. 1/5 miniature version of Pyongyang Jangdaehyeon Church