Category Archives: North Korean defector

We should not plant SK/Western-style churches in NK. But we should plant NK-style churches in SK and the West

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Pastor Foley

Dr Foley and I spoke at the Bukkichong North Korean Defector Pastors Association summer retreat on August 10. We urged the association members to become proficient in North Korean underground church planting methods and to apply these in both North … Continue reading →

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Traces of North Korean Underground Church Detectable in Defectors’ Recollections

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Pastor Foley

North Korean defector Ms. KMS (name withheld for security reasons) recalls her first exposure to Christianity, which occurred while she was still living in North Korea. “In 2002 I was arrested and brought to North Korean police,” she says. “Many … Continue reading →

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What Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn can teach Yeonmi Park (and us) about freedom

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Pastor Foley

North Korean defector and Columbia University student Yeonmi Park drew considerable media attention for her comments earlier this month equating academic freedom at America’s Ivy League schools to North Korea. “”I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this … Continue reading →

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