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Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok was born on March 16, 1945, at 4 am in Seongmak-Ri, Jinsan-myun, Kumsan-gun, Chungchong Province, South Korea, as the third child in a family of seven children.
He started believing in God’s existence at the young age of six. Being born in a village where the Christian gospel had not yet reached, he came to believe in Jesus when a Christian elementary school started to share the gospel with the children in the class.
Afterwards, Christian missionaries came to distribute free Bibles to each household in Songmak-Ri. That was when he first started reading the Bible.
As his faith deepened, Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok started to seek Jesus earnestly, and from the age of thirteen, he began to converse with Jesus while in deep prayer.
Due to the extreme poverty, he faced in life, Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok was eagerly looking forward to the coming of Jesus and to be set free from his vicious cycle of agonies.
Having spent his entire youth following Jesus’ heart of loving lives, Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok struggled deeply in his heart with the fact that he was enlisted for military operations in the Vietnam war on Feb 22, 1966.
In the war, despite many dangerous encounters, he firmly chose not to shoot at his enemies but instead prayed to God to keep both his platoon and his enemies safe.
Even when his platoon was attacking the enemies, he charged without firing his weapon.
Throughout the war, he experienced first-hand, the precious value of life and the love of Heaven through countless life and death encounters. He saw with his own eyes the painful suffering of war, and experienced deeply the meaninglessness of life, and realized how precious it is to be alive.
Because he valued not only his own but also his enemies’ lives, God protected him from countless deadly situations during the war.
Even though Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok did not kill a single person, he survived 2 tours of duty in Vietnam and was awarded 2 medals of honor for having saved his platoon mates.
Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok lives up to his life’s philosophy, preaching the gospel in ways that help people relate to God in a real way and enable them to live according to the Word.
In this way, the first set the fire of the gospel on the College campuses where young people were hungry for the Truth.
To those who could not find the path of life and those who misunderstood and distrusted God because they did not know the Bible correctly, Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok taught them and gave them new hope and direction.
This new fire of the Truth that teaches us clearly about ourselves, about God’s purpose for creating human beings, about faith, and about salvation is being spread not only throughout Korea but also to over fifty nations around the world.
Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok was born on March 16, 1945, in Seongmak-Ri, South Korea, as the third child in a family of seven children.
Being born in a village where the Christian gospel had not yet reached, he came to believe in Jesus when Christian missionaries shared the gospel at his elementary school and distributed free Bibles to each family. He held onto God for hope since the age of six.
As his faith deepened, Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok started to seek Jesus even more earnestly, and from the age of thirteen, he began to converse personally with Jesus’ spirit while in deep prayer.
Due to the extreme poverty he faced, Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok was eagerly looking forward to the Second Coming of Jesus, to be set free from his agonies.
Having spent his entire youth following Jesus’ teaching of loving lives, Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok struggled deeply in his heart when he was enlisted for military operations in the Vietnam war on February 22, 1966.
Despite experiencing many dangerous encounters during the war, he firmly chose not to shoot at his enemies but instead prayed to God to keep both his platoon and his enemies safe. Even when his platoon attacked the enemies, he refused to fire his weapon.
Having seen the painful suffering of war, he realized how precious it is to be alive. He felt God’s aching heart when he witnessed death around him. However, as he valued not only his own but also his enemies’ lives by sparing them, God saved him from countless near death encounters.
Even though Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok did not kill a single person, he survived two tours of duty in Vietnam and was awarded two medals for having saved his platoon mates.
Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok lives his life according to God’s Word and preaches the gospel to help people relate to God in their everyday lives.
To those who desperately search for the meaning of life, and to those who doubt God because they misunderstood the Bible, Pastor Jeong Myeong Seok teaches them clearly as he had learned from the Lord, giving them new hope, direction, and purpose.
The Word which he received from God teaches us clearly about ourselves, about God’s purpose for creating mankind, about faith, and about salvation.
Today, that Word is being spread not only throughout Korea but also to over seventy nations around the world.
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