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• Park Sin-il

  Park Sin-il (朴信一) was the wife of Sohn Jeong-do, a Methodist minister and independence activist during the Japanese colonial period. She is known as a pastor's wife who supported her family through her own labor, sustaining her husband's theological studies and his independence work both in Korea and abroad.

• J. R. R. Tolkien

  J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) was an English philologist and author best known for *The Hobbit* and *The Lord of the Rings*. A devout Roman Catholic, he is known for having influenced C. S. Lewis's conversion to Christianity.

• Annie Baird

  Annie Baird (1864–1916) was an American missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian), known in Korea as An Ae-ri (安愛理). The wife of William Baird (Bae Wi-ryang), she served in Busan and Pyongyang and left a legacy of hymn translations and Korean-language writings.

• Bigthan and Teresh

  Bigthan and Teresh were two eunuchs of the Persian king Ahasuerus who appear in the Book of Esther. They plotted to kill the king but were executed after Mordecai exposed their conspiracy.

• Caleb

  Caleb is a man of the tribe of Judah who appears in the Old Testament books of Numbers and Joshua. One of the twelve spies, he joined Joshua in urging Israel to take Canaan, and the two of them were the only members of the Exodus generation to enter the Promised Land.

• 2 Kings 2:11

  In this scene, as Elijah walks with Elisha, a chariot of fire and horses of fire part the two men, and Elijah goes up by a whirlwind into heaven. The verse is frequently cited in connection with an ascension without death, the passing of Elijah's ministry to Elisha, and the expectation that Elijah will return.

• Mattie Wilcox Noble

  Mattie Wilcox Noble (1872–1956) was an American missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. From 1892 to 1934 she worked alongside her husband, William Arthur Noble, in evangelism and education among women in Seoul, Pyongyang, Suwon, and elsewhere, and she left a mission journal kept over forty-two years.

• Battle of Ai

  The Battle of Ai is an event recorded in Joshua 7–8. After the fall of Jericho, Israel attacked the small city of Ai and was defeated once because of Achan's sin. Once the sin had been dealt with, Israel captured the city by means of an ambush.

• Nevius Mission Policy

  The Nevius Mission Policy was a mission policy adopted by the Presbyterian missions in Korea in the early 1890s, based on methods proposed by John Nevius, a missionary to China. At its core are the three-self principles, under which the local church propagates itself (self-propagation), governs itself (self-government), and supports itself financially (self-support), together with systematic Bible study.

• The March First Movement and Christianity

  The March First Movement and Christianity examines the role Protestantism played in the March First Movement of 1919. Protestants accounted for 16 of the 33 National Representatives, and churches and Christian schools served as bases from which the independence demonstrations spread across the country.

• Kim Ik-du

  Kim Ik-du (金益斗, 1874–1950) was a Presbyterian minister and revivalist during the Japanese colonial period in Korea. He became widely known for revival meetings that emphasized divine healing, and during the Korean War he was shot and killed by soldiers of the Korean People's Army at Sinchon, North Korea.

• Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

  The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy is a document issued in 1978 in Chicago by evangelical scholars and pastors that sets out the meaning and scope of the belief that the Bible is without error (biblical inerrancy).

• Lee Hyun-pil

  Lee Hyun-pil (1913–1964) was a Korean Protestant lay ascetic active during the Japanese colonial period and after liberation. He founded Donggwangwon, a community devoted to poverty, chastity (celibacy), and labor, and is known as the "Barefoot Saint."

• Jürgen Moltmann

  Jürgen Moltmann (1926–2024) was a German Protestant systematic theologian. Known for Theology of Hope and The Crucified God, he is regarded as one of the leading theologians of the late twentieth century.

• A. W. Tozer

  A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) was an American pastor and author in the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). He is widely known for books emphasizing a deep relationship with God, such as The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) was an American Baptist minister and a leader of the African American civil rights movement. He led a nonviolent movement to end racial discrimination in the United States and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

• Henry Martyn

  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.

• John XXIII

  John XXIII (1881–1963) was the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church. During his pontificate he convoked the Second Vatican Council, and he is popularly known as "the Good Pope."

• Yang Jeon-baek

  Yang Jeon-baek (梁甸伯, 1869–1933) was one of the seven Korean Presbyterian ministers who in 1907 became the first Koreans ordained to the Presbyterian ministry. He was tried in the 105-Man Incident and was listed among the 33 national representatives of the March 1st Movement.

• Helen Kim

  Helen Kim (Kim Hwal-lan, 1899–1970) was a Methodist educator and women's movement leader. She was the first Korean principal of Ewha Women's College, later served as president of Ewha Womans University, and took part in founding the Korean YWCA. Her activities during the final years of Japanese colonial rule have made her the subject of controversy over collaboration.