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• History of Korean Church MissionsHistory

  The history of Korean church missions is the history of Korean Protestantism sending missionaries to other regions and abroad. Its starting points are generally identified as the 1907 sending of a missionary to Jeju Island by the Independent Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in Korea and the 1913 mission to Shandong, China.

• Matthew 10Bible

  Matthew 10 records the missionary discourse Jesus delivered when He called the twelve disciples, gave them power, and sent them to the cities of Israel. It goes on to foretell persecution, encourage the disciples not to fear, set out the cost of discipleship, and promise a reward to those who receive them.

• SopaterPeople

  Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus, was a man of Berea mentioned once in Scripture, in Acts 20:4. Near the end of Paul's third missionary journey, he was among the companions who traveled with Paul from Macedonia toward Asia.

• SosthenesPeople

  Sosthenes is a first-century figure in the New Testament. The Book of Acts presents him as a ruler of the synagogue in Corinth, and First Corinthians names him as the "brother" who joined Paul in sending the letter. Scholars disagree over whether the two references are to the same person.

• Matthew 10:40–42Bible Verses

  The closing section of the instructions Jesus gave when sending out the twelve disciples, declaring that whoever receives those he sends receives Jesus and, through him, God. Because of the phrase "a cup of cold water," the passage is often cited in sermons on small acts of service and on hospitality toward missionaries.

• Matthew 10:28Bible Verses

  A saying of Jesus, spoken as he sent out the twelve disciples, in which he tells them to fear not persecutors, who can kill only the body, but the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. It is frequently cited to encourage boldness in the face of persecution and also figures in discussions of the nature of punishment in hell and of the existence of the soul after death.

• MissionaryChurch Offices

  A missionary is a person whom a church or mission organization sends to another region or culture to proclaim the gospel and to carry out work such as church planting, education, medical care, and relief.

• Missionary Journeys of PaulBible

  The missionary journeys of Paul were the travels in which Paul, setting out from the church at Antioch, preached the gospel and founded churches throughout Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Achaia. They are recorded in Acts 13–21 and are commonly divided into three journeys.

• Edinburgh Missionary ConferenceHistory

  The Edinburgh Missionary Conference was a meeting of representatives of Protestant missionary societies held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from June 14 to 23, 1910. It discussed ways of cooperating in world mission and is commonly regarded as the starting point of the modern ecumenical movement.

• Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary CemeteryHistory

  The Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery is a foreign cemetery on the hill above Yanghwa Ferry in Hapjeong-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea. It began in 1890 with the burial of the medical missionary John Heron. It holds the graves of missionaries who worked in Korea and their families, as well as diplomats, journalists, and others.

• Women's Evangelistic SocietyOrganization & Polity

  A Women's Evangelistic Society is a self-governing association formed by the women members of a church for evangelism, missions, and service. Methodist churches and some other denominations call it a Women's Missionary Society.

• Elisabeth ElliotPeople

  Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) was an American Protestant missionary and Christian author. After her husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in Ecuador, she went to live in a village of the Waorani people who had killed him and shared the gospel with them. She wrote numerous books, including Through Gates of Splendor.

• Robert Jermain ThomasPeople

  Robert Jermain Thomas was a Welsh missionary of the London Missionary Society. In 1866 he sailed up the Taedong River as an interpreter aboard the American merchant ship General Sherman and was killed at Pyongyang. Korean Protestants commonly regard him as their first martyr.

• John RossPeople

  John Ross (1842–1915) was a missionary to Manchuria, China, sent by the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Working with Korean collaborators, he published the first Korean New Testament, *Yesu Seonggyo Jeonseo* (1887).

• Medical MissionsChristian Life

  Medical missions is a form of Christian mission in which the sick are cared for through medical practice as a means of proclaiming the gospel or living out the Christian faith. In Korea, Protestantism is so closely tied to medical missions that it can be said to have begun with the hospital work of its early missionaries.

• William CareyPeople

  William Carey (1761–1834) was an English Baptist minister and missionary to India. Through his writings arguing for the duty of foreign missions and his role in founding a missionary society, he is known as the "father of modern missions."

• Robert MorrisonPeople

  Robert Morrison (1782–1834) was the first Protestant missionary to China, sent by the London Missionary Society in 1807. He devoted himself to translating the Bible into Classical Chinese and to compiling a Chinese–English dictionary.

• Sherwood HallPeople

  Sherwood Hall (1893–1991) was a Canadian Methodist medical missionary born in Seoul. He founded a tuberculosis sanatorium in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, and in 1932 issued Korea's first Christmas seals.

• Henry MartynPeople

  Henry Martyn (1781–1812) was a Church of England priest and a missionary who worked in India and Persia. He translated the New Testament into Urdu, Persian, and Arabic.