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76 Maryangjin, The Location of the
75 Sindae Church
Bible’s First Arrival in Korea
27 Miho-ro 403beon-gil, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si
Seoin-ro 317beon-gil Seo-myeon Seocheon-gun

If you follow the causeway along the River Miho in Cheongju, you will find a neatly
arranged chapel building on the right and a large black stone monument is erected at the
corner of the yard. It is the “Monument of Christian Introduction”, which was established
in 1985 by the Chungcheong-do Association of the foundation for the 100th Anniversary
of Korean Church. Missionaries who came to Joseon after 1884, Allen, Underwood, and
Appenzeller, Oh Cheonbo who established the Shindae Church, Tavern Church where
people had worship services hanging a cross and Korean flag painted on cotton cloth,
Ship Alceste and Ship Lyla, year 1816
Missionary F.S. Miller who have laid the foundation for an evangelical church centered
on the Shindae Church, and the Churches in Chungcheong-do were written on the
monument. The chapel of 116th anniversary of the foundation was completed in 2016,
but the old chapel was left untouched and its gates were rusty and chained. The fact made
me displeased. Next to the broken wall, you can see the memorial monument of the first
elder Oh Eul-seok and the monument of the evangelist Lee Chun-sung, wife of the church
founder, Oh Chueon-bo. The history of the church was lost during Korean war and there
was no remaining. I hope the Korean Christian Church will work more on preserving
Memorial Hall for the Bible’s
history and managing historical sites. First Arrival in Korea
Maryangjin

King James Bible, 1611

“The first church in
Chungcheonbuk-do”
“a village with a beautiful port and Korea's first biblical heritage site”

Cornerstone One of the reasons for the rapid growth of the Korean church is that it was built on the
Bible. In 1882, the Korean Bible was published by missionary Ross and Koreans such as Lee
monument of Oh Eul-seok
(right), monument of Lee Eung-chan in Shenyang. As it has been revealed so far, the first place where the Bible was
Chun-sung (left)
introduced to Korea is Maryangjin. In 1816, the British government instructed the Murry
Maxwell, the Captain of ship Alcest and ship Lyra, and Captain Basil Hall to explore Korea's
west coast.
While inspecting the west coast and drawing up a map, they stopped by Gagalgot in front of
Maryangjin on Sept. 5 and presented a Bible to Cho Dae-bok for the first time. The record
was written in “the 19th volume of the Annals of Sunjo (Vol. 48 of the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, a
member of the Korean History Compilation) ” and in “A Voyage to the West Coast of Corea” which was
published in 1818. Seocheon-gun is also pushing for a project to build a memorial hall for
The first church in Chungcheongbuk-do- Shindae Church the old Shindae Church Appenzeller along with the project to make Maryangjin into a holy site.