As unease on the Korean peninsula grows in the wake of North Korea’s ballistic missile launching and Kim Jong-nam’s assassination, Korean church members are praying all the more fervently for North Korean salvation and for reunification through the Gospel. As they think of their sisters and brothers in the North, starving and suffering human rights violations under the Juche ideology, they are conducting prayer fasts; and following the assassination incident, they have sent calming messages to Northern defectors living here.
On February 16, some 1,000 believers taking part in the North Korean Salvation Prayer Fast at Hindolsan Retreat Center in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, pray earnestly for freedom for their fellow Koreans in the North. The event is continuing till the 18th.
Article and photo by reporter Paek Sang-hyun (100sh@kmib.co.kr), Lee Saya & A-young Kim, with Marion Kim (marionkkim@icloud.com)
Full Story in Korean:
북한구원·복음통일 간구 더 뜨거워져: 미사일 발사·김정남 암살… 한반도 불안 더할수록…
Growing Unease on Korean Peninsula Brings More Fervent Prayers for Unity in Gospel
2017-02-17 17:39
