Comments on: PROK Missionary Education Center and Dongdaemoon Presbyterian Church

By: yourbutt

yourbutt — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:33:53 +0000

You really like those churches in Korea, don’t ya…geeeesh…

Best of luck

By: The Marmot’s Hole » Young Nak Presbyterian Church & Myeongdong Cathedral

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:35:18 +0000

[...] On Saturday, I went to Namdaemoon Presbyterian Church. [...]

By: globalvillageidiot

globalvillageidiot — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:05:24 +0000

Considering the history of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, I’m not surprised many of the Canadian Presbyterian missionaries supported the more liberal PROK instead of the PCK. Perhaps this had something to do with most Canadian Presbyterians - along with Methodists, Congregationalists, and others - forming the United Church of Canada in the 1920s, which even at this early moment proved to be one of the more liberal churches in the country. Interesting that Korean Presbyterians also had a split.

Anyway, as is generally the case, great photos. Seoul definitely has its share of hidden gems.

By: Antti

Antti — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:44:09 +0000

About the term jeoksan gaok, or just the jeoksan (敵産, “enemy property”), my understanding that it refers in general to the property that was left vacated by the Japanese in Korea after their withdrawal and distributed by whatever means to Koreans.
And jeoksan gieop would be the companies that, for example, the Japanese helped to operate for several years after the liberation north of the 38th parallel…

By: sewing

sewing — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:11:34 +0000

Interesting stuff. Didn’t know Presbys—Canuck Presbys at that—were such firebrands. Interesting, too, between the last post on that other Presbyterian church and this one, the many tangents between Presbyterianism and modern Korean history.

And that Protestantism too, like Catholicism, was initially, arguably an indigenous movement? Interesting stuff.

Just a couple of typos that merit attention, Robert: In the first sentence, should that be “Seodaemun-gu” (not “Saedaemun-gu”)? And regarding Namdaemoon Church, the section heading says “Dongdaemoon,” and the opening sentence of the second paragraph (below the pic) also says “Dongdaemoon.”

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:18:55 +0000

By the way, except from the Japanese influenced roof, that building looks an awful lot like so many old houses I’ve seen in Canada. It actually looks a lot like a couple of the presbyteries in my hometown.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:13:12 +0000

“Hwang also said that Canadian missionaries encouraged independent Korean leadership and theological activities”

That’s a bit of an understatement:

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/k.....eld-en.asp

By: seouldout

seouldout — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:02:38 +0000

They may have not been permitted to demolish it, but the ivy shall soon enough render the structure unstable and prohibitively expensive to repair. Ivy–pretty to look at but murder on the mortar.