KOREA EVANGELISTIC MISSION

P.O. BOX 59275

SOONOOOK CH(;i
MISSIONARY - DIRtCTOK

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60659

PHONE; (312) 334-7127
FORWARDING AGENT;
MRS JUNE PHILLIPS

4535 KNIGHT ARNOLD BO . APT. t

MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 36110

CHOIs REPORT

May-June-July, 1976

Vol. XII. No. 5

Someone in Chicago had declared that a long hot summer is upon us, meaning a riotous struggle for racial justice and equality. The motives are difficult to

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political and human greeds, ambitions, and prides are so complex, it boggles some of the finest minds. The family of God faces an issue that is

assess when certain goals are pursued at any cost. The intertwined

far simpler. There is no black and white contrast. There is no poor and rich dichotomy. The world 1s made up with those in Christ and the ones yet to be won to Christ. But this ideal, sadly enough, is more often than not

thwarted and bungled up to a great disillusionment. Chicago is the prime example of the high Christian Ideal unactualized. The flow Into the city continues from all areas
of the world and from all directions. It is an opportunity, opportunity the Christian

Churches took little adventage

in the past 170 years of the movement toward actualizing

the oneness of the Church on the foundation of the Scriptures.

Like many another missionary area, winning new converts to Christ from among the new

inmlgrants is not easy, especially because It is a foreign missionary work in the "home territory." It has been so long neglected. But there has been signs of the Lord given
to us that a "Church," truly the body of Christ, may emerge with many languages and from many ethnic backgrounds with "like precious faith."

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on 2740 W. Rascher Avenue.

A great joy and heart-felt gratitude to the people Is the acquiring of a house

June 27th was designat-

THE LORD'S WORK

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ed as dedication day of the parsonage. Carl Moorhous, Evangelist-at-large, C.D.E.A. brought the
Central Christian, Harvey, IL, offered up a

thought provoking dedication message, Robert Slonig-

prayer for the congregation, Jae Wook Kim presented a (symbolic) golden key to Soongook Choi, Darrell ICHlCAGC CHRiSriAN ' Carpenter, North Suburban Christian, Skokie, IL, read the Scripture, Hahshik Bahng lead the "Act of dedication, and Donald Black, Calumet City Church, Calumet City, IL, pronounced benedic tion. It was a hot sweltering summer day afternoon. It was wanner yet a fellowship at the time of dedication service inside the Saint Philip School gym. But It was wonderful.

Robert Slonlger representing the C.D.E.A. Building Sponsor Club presented a check of $5,400 to be used for the purchasing of the house. The Chicago Christian Church, and the Chois, are deeply endebted to this act of love. We thank every Bro'ster who took part in making this house available to the congregation for the work of the Church. We are grate ful for every one who made such long trip to this remote part of the world, Chicago, and
encouraged us by showing us how much the Lord loves us all.

THE HOUSE, a Georgian style, has three bedrooms upstairs, a large living room joined with a dining room, a small kitchen-breakfast table area, and a sizable family room on the main floor. The basement area has a large fellowship area (with a ping-pong table

given by recently elected deacon of the congregation Jae VJook Kim and his family) and
a study area for the minister.

It is going to be used as the pastor's residence, office, meeting place of the small group meetings and prayer meetings of the Church, and a permanent point contact for the K.E.M.'s journal Boolnahmoo, a Korean language magazine, and the telephone ministry,
"Prayer for Today" for Chicago area.

VISITORS

Of the number of visitors that came to share Christian fellowship with us, two

are noteworthy, in my opinion.

Jinmoon Kim and his family stopped by to dis

cuss about their work in Korea and pray together for the Lord's leading. Jinmoon 1s a member of the KOREA EVANGELISTIC MISSION, and has been sent out by the Christian Churches in the Eastern Tennessee area to labor in Seoul and in Korea to do missionary work. Bro. Kim studied in the Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, TN, receiving his MDiv

degree,is most eager to go back and work in Korea, He has been away from Korea for almost 6 years where prior to his coming to the United States, he had ministered as an academic
dean of the Korea Christian Seminary in addition to his Church ministry.
commend him and his family to the Lord.

We earnestly

John J. Hill, who served as a missionary in Korea since 1939, and was presumed to have retired from the field in 1971, was once again on his way back to Taejon, Korea where he

had earlier left his missionary projects with his trusted protoges.
experience and we were glad to have him visit us.

It was an interesting

KOREA is an important missionary field. One^tudies the problems, achievements, and failure-success story of the field, will gain much, for the glory and expansion of the

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PRING yriHG OF THE CHICAGO CHRISTIAN

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CHOIsREPORT, Vol. XII, No. 4, p. 2

The landlord can make the tennents feel very small and unwanted.
One might say, "Why don't you move out, then?" But it is easier

claustrophobia is going out in the open. We chose one Lord's Day afternoon and went to the LaBagh Woods East for an outinn. The Forest Preserve area was very crowded as any where else in Chicago. The shelters have been reserved since January

said than done.

One of the ways our congregation ventilates that

use of their shelter and even invited us take a part of their ice-cream bars. The icy chill of the refreshments made us feel warm. We enjoyed the fellowship in the name of
our young people.

of this year.

A United Church of Christ congregation graciously offered us to share the

Christ, even though most of the members represented were older compared to the ealy age of
The first week of VBSwas with the LeClaire Christian Church, Edwardsvi1le, IL and Sundong, my 12 years-old younger son, went with me. It was a great exper
ience, and we are so grateful of the families that cared for us.

VACATION
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Then, the second week, I was with the Central Christian of Harvey, IL and the First Christian Church, Chesterton, IN, both in the evening. It was by my mistake, primarily caused by my disorganization and twice moving in a span of one month. Both Leslie Parker of Chesterton and Bob Szoke of Harvey were treated me with a great patience and kindness. The third week, while the Central Christian of Harvey was continuing on into the second week, I started working with the Portage Christian, Portage, IN for her VBS' second week and with the Hi 11 crest Christian at Hazel Crest, IL. I really appreciated Lyle Bundy of Hazel Crest and Ed Dooley in Portage. Because I was running around so much.
SCHOOL

I missed out on pow-wow sessions with the servants of God which I know would have enriched me. Sundong went with me, and occasionally, Midong, who had received his driving license recently, chauffeured me to and fro.
LIVING-LINK

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LIVING-LINK

We need a living link support of $400 per month from one or many sources, in order to carry out the missionary projects of the KOREA EVANGELISTIC MISSION, and to establish Christian centers to convert and evangelize ethnic new comers. The Chicago District Evangelistic Association has been giving a

great support of $400 a month, roughly half evangelist's

salary of the C.D.E.A., since Janauary this year. The low income of the Korea Evanaelistic Mission makes it impossible

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living expenses.

Consequently, the members of the family driven to work to make living. Its no problem.

The only problem is that it has sacrificed full and valuable opportunity of working in the university settings, opening a number of prayer points, and developing a Day-Care Center Plan, which was scheduled to open on the June 1, 1976. The plan had to be postponed by the
lack of funds.

CAMP MISSIONARY WORK

I am still available for the weeks of July 11-16, and Aug. 15-20

to work as camp missionary speaker. If you are interested in my service, write to me or call me at (312) 334-7127. This was a very hard period. Myonghi had developed a calcium deposit on her foot bone. She had to be operated on her foot. Sundong needed.a minor surgical operation, too. Myonghi was hospitalized in the Forkosh Memorial Hospital, and Sundong at Ravenswood Hospital on the same week. I was busy commuting between the two hospitals. We are glad that they are almost completely recovered. Then, Midong, who won his first black belt degree on TaeKwon-Do, has developed a minor facial paralysis. "It will come back in two to three weeks," said Dr. Lee assuringly. But Midong is not comforted. He is usually
FAMILY

very amicable and smiles a lot, but this time his face distorts. Pray for

CHICAGO CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 00659

KOREA EVANGELISTIC MISSION

P O. BOX 59275

CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60659

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