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In his book, The Korean Pentecost, William Blair said, "The effect was indescribableâ€â€not of confusion, but a vast harmony of sound and spirit, a mingling together of souls moved by an irresistible impulse of prayer. The prayer sounded to me like the falling of many waters, an ocean of prayer beating against God's throne. It was not many, but one, born of one Spirit, lifted to one Father above."
At the official end of the service, missionaries dismissed those who wanted to leave, but more than one-third of the congregation stayed, many wailing in repentance as if in terrible pain. "The Korean-Buddhist tradition doesn't confess things," said Clark. But the Pyongyang revival began with the confession of sins, a legacy of European missionaries.
Kiel Son Choo Moksa, one of the first Korean leaders to graduate from Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary and later the pastor of First Church of Pyongyang, was asked to preach the next morning. Moffett said he literally "had himself all tied up and was struggling to get out. He said, 'This is what revival does. It tears away your sins and sets you free.'"
Families walked more than 200 miles to participate in the great Pyongyang revival. Dr. Donald Clark, a speaker at the centennial conference, said that his grandfather invited one of the revivalists from Pyongyang to travel to Seoul to hold meetings there.
"We haven't had anything as conspicuous [as the Pyongyang revival] in the last 100 years," said Dr. Moffett. "But this was the foundation for the growth of the church in Korea. The growth was immense and explosive. You can't say it's disappeared. They're celebrating. When did Pentecost disappear?"
After World War II, Seoul became the new center of Korean Christianity as Christians fled the Communist regime in North Korea, moving their churches and seminary with them. Other Christians stayed in North Korea and went underground. But Clark says that many still think of Pyongyang as the authentic center of Korean Christianity and want its church to be restored. "There's a nostalgia among those who migrated to the south."
For PSALT NK founder, Michelle Kim, the 1907 revival was a precursor of things yet to come. "Our name is prayer, service, action, love, and truth–that's PSALT. It starts with prayer … but there are a whole bunch of others words. You have to do something about it. [God] wants to see if we're real about this–and we'll continue to knock on that door until it's knocked down."
At the official end of the service, missionaries dismissed those who wanted to leave, but more than one-third of the congregation stayed, many wailing in repentance as if in terrible pain. "The Korean-Buddhist tradition doesn't confess things," said Clark. But the Pyongyang revival began with the confession of sins, a legacy of European missionaries.
Kiel Son Choo Moksa, one of the first Korean leaders to graduate from Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary and later the pastor of First Church of Pyongyang, was asked to preach the next morning. Moffett said he literally "had himself all tied up and was struggling to get out. He said, 'This is what revival does. It tears away your sins and sets you free.'"
Families walked more than 200 miles to participate in the great Pyongyang revival. Dr. Donald Clark, a speaker at the centennial conference, said that his grandfather invited one of the revivalists from Pyongyang to travel to Seoul to hold meetings there.
"We haven't had anything as conspicuous [as the Pyongyang revival] in the last 100 years," said Dr. Moffett. "But this was the foundation for the growth of the church in Korea. The growth was immense and explosive. You can't say it's disappeared. They're celebrating. When did Pentecost disappear?"
After World War II, Seoul became the new center of Korean Christianity as Christians fled the Communist regime in North Korea, moving their churches and seminary with them. Other Christians stayed in North Korea and went underground. But Clark says that many still think of Pyongyang as the authentic center of Korean Christianity and want its church to be restored. "There's a nostalgia among those who migrated to the south."
For PSALT NK founder, Michelle Kim, the 1907 revival was a precursor of things yet to come. "Our name is prayer, service, action, love, and truth–that's PSALT. It starts with prayer … but there are a whole bunch of others words. You have to do something about it. [God] wants to see if we're real about this–and we'll continue to knock on that door until it's knocked down."