Myungsung Presbyterian Church - History

History

Myungsung literally means "Voice (Sung in Korean) of Myungil-dong" (now Myeongil-dong) and it was named to be a small but earnest and strong praying voice toward the God even from the outskirts of Seoul in 1980. Initially, Myungsung Presbyterian Church was located on the building nearby the terminal of Seoul Bus No.500 (served from Myeongil-dong to Dongdaemun) to evangelize its drivers and clippies in Myeongil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, and then from September 1980, they have started a big campaign to promote "Early morning Praying worship (특별새벽집회)" in every March and September, even so far. In addition, since lots of farm and orchard around the church has been renovated and developed into huge housing complex until mid 1980s, it could be introduced to the general public, especially for its Early morning Praying worship to the community near the church. Finally in 1989, Myungsung Presbyterian Church was rebuilt on its current site, which scale is almost 8754 m². In 1990, the senior pastor Dr. Kim Sam Whan (김삼환) from Myungsung Church visited the Soviet Union (now Russia), Poland for worship mission, as the first among the Protestant pastors in South Korea. In 2004, the church opened its affiliated hospital named MCM (Myungsung Christian Medical Center) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to serve untreated local people there. Myungsung involved in social volunteering work such as a feeding service for the homeless people, and it was broadcast by CNN in June 2009. Sunday daytime worship are served at 7:00, 9:10, 11:20, 13:30, 16:30, 17:00 and 19:30 (19:00 in winter) at night. Also there are categorized worships for college students and unmarried young adults at 16:00 and 18:00 on Saturdays. Plus, the microphone on podium in main hall has been used since April 1989, and from January 2011, they start to accept a revised bible and a gospel book on their worship time. In 2012, a new main sanctuary was built beside the former building.