Gospel Partnership In South Korea
Just last month, I had the privilege of heading over to South Korea once again, along with Andrew Leung (my Executive Assistant) and John Leung (Andrew’s Dad and member of Sovereign Grace Church, Sydney), to spend time with Songhwan Kang (Lead Pastor) and his church, Lord’s Grace Church.
Spending time with Songhwan & Miran Kang is always a treat. Their love for the Lord and the glorious Gospel is so good to be around and the maturity in which the Gospel is being built into Lord’s Grace Church is an absolute testament to Songhwan’s leadership.
Time and time again we would talk with people about their history in the Church, both new and old, and it wouldn’t take long for them to be sharing about how the Gospel has changed their lives and marriages and families. The fruits of Gospel centrality are on full display throughout Lord’s Grace Church. In headline, they’re such a grateful, enthusiastic and mature Church to be around!
It’s also wonderful to see how the Church is increasingly embracing evangelism, mission & thoughts of church planting. To that end, Songhwan has been investing into 15 or so Church Planters over the past two years, all from Seoul and the surrounding areas, and on this trip I had the privilege to once again be with them all and to spend some time investing into them.
The task Songhwan assigned to me was to teach through the Sovereign Grace 'Seven Shared Values’ and so I had the privilege of doing that, and we then followed that up with several hours of Q & A, which for me was once again a highlight. They are an enthusiastic and inquisitive group and I so appreciate their zeal and desire to learn.
Please pray for Songhwan as he seeks to discern the best way forward with this Church Planting Group, and in particular, that from their number there may be one or two of them that may go on to plant Sovereign Grace Churches.
Please also pray for Lord’s Grace Church, that grace may abound to them and that their passion for planting more Churches may only grow stronger. It is truly an honour to have Lord’s Grace Church as part of the Sovereign Grace family!!
