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69 Cheongju Yanggwan(Western Hall) 70 Cheongju Jeil Church

126 Yeongun-ro, Sangdang-gu, Cheongju-si 15 Sangdang-ro 13beon-gil, Sangdang-gu, Cheongju-si http://www.cjjeilch.com

From the end of 1900, Pastor Min Roa of North Presbyterian Church in the U.S. conducted
missionary work in Chungcheong Province, which has not yet been touched by
Presbyterianism, and he conducted missionary work around Cheongju with Kim Heung-
kyung. Promising young people such as Kim Won-bae, Bang Heung-geun, Lee Young-
kyun, Kim Jae-ho, and Lee Beom-jun came to believe in Jesus for the first time.
In 1904, he established a large thatched house with six rooms outside the South Gate.
This is the beginning of Cheongju Jeil Church. When the church grew a year after the
establishment of the church, it moved to its current location and started a new church.
This is a historic place was originally Cheongju official residence and a prison where
many church members were tortured and finally shed tears of martyrdom during the Great
Catholic Persecution in the late Joseon Dynasty. Many patriotic youths with the passion
flocked to Cheongju-eup Church, and those from this church took the lead in the national
movement during the Japanese colonial era. They also contributed a lot to democratization
in 1970s. If you go to Cheongju Jeil Church, you can feel
the scent of history, including Mangseonru Pavilion.
Remaining of six Cheongju Yanggwan

They were brick buildings built by American missionary Miller during
the Empire of Korea, and were residential buildings located in Tap-dong,
Sangdang-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do.

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The first self-supporting missionary Memorial to the 100 anniversary
in Korea, Logan, Mary Lee of church foundation
The first church in the Cheongju was Sindae Church which was established by the local
people. And the first missionary to come to Cheongju was F. S. Miller (Korean name: Min Roa) . He
“This is a Presbyterian church established in Cheongju
entered Korea in 1892 and worked in Seoul, but he worked in Cheongju from 1897 to until Monument to the Democratic
in 1904 by North Presbyterian missionary Miller.” Movement of Cheongju Jeil
his death. Missionary Min Roa built seven western style buildings (Yanggwan) , including the Church
Cheongju Seongseo Academy building, but there are currently six remaining.
Since four of them are on the campus of Ilshin
Girls’ High School, you should visit there to
see Cheongju Yanggwan. These buildings
were mainly built as houses for education and
missionaries. Currently, it is used as a Min Roa
art museum. In front of the building, there is a
cemetery and a monument for Min Roa. Min
Monument to Mangseonru site,
Roa also suffered from bereavement to two formerly a Cheongnam School
Monument to Missionary Min Roa (Inside of Cheongju Jeil Church)
wives while working as missionary in Korea. who worked for 45 Years Cheongju Jeil Church