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Postcards Home from Korea – Day 4

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Apr 03, 2016

At Daejeon Central Church, where Bishop Seung Chul Ahn is pastor, neither the orchestra musicians, the band members, the choir director, the large choir, the special women’s quintet, nor the hip-hop dance troupe gets paid. Neither do the workers in the church’s coffee shop, or the leaders of the...

Postcards Home from Korea – Day 2

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Apr 02, 2016

Imagine more than 500 junior high girls, all dressed in school uniforms, seated with their legs crossed in more than a dozen straight lines on the floor of a gymnasium in Daejeon, South Korea. It wasn’t the normal audience for Bishop Marcus Matthews to address.

Postcards Home from Korea – Day 1

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Apr 01, 2016

After a 15-hour flight, there is nothing better than being greeted with a feast of chicken, fruit and kindness.