A south Korean missionary pastor was able to meet with some of the leaders of the underground Church in Korea and gave this testimony:
We became successful in meeting with the leaders of the North Korean underground churches in a foreign country. We have been in indirect contact with them for several years. The stumps of faith!
As eyewitnesses the living Christians in North Korea, we had no choice but to burst tears.
These tears made it very sure to us that the Christian from North and South Korea are brothers to each other. I heard of incredible facts far beyond description. The North Korean brothers who have lived under affliction for more than 50 years! I became ashamed of my faith with consideration of their Christian remarkable lives.
I heard of their own testimonies on how much the God took care of the Christians under the affliction by the North Korean government. Bong-Soo Church and Chil-Gok Church in PyongYang, the Capitol of North Korea, are administrated by the government and all the members of these churches are from Communism Party. These camouflaged members and churches were made so as to draw financial aid from foreign Christian organizations. It was heard that all the offerings to PyongYang Chosun Christian Union from the churches in North Korea were transferred to Jung-il Kim for his pocket money.
North Korean Christians testified that it was the saddest situation just to look at the cross of the Bong-Soo Church, weeping, but not to worship inside there.
They have been overcoming extremely severe distress, poverty, and hunger.
Nevertheless, they have been prayed and prepared to build up the church of God if it is allowed by God. They also said, “We well know where all the churches destroyed in the past were. We will build every one of them up with the consent of God. We have been praying and preparing for it with firm and steady determination. Please pass these words to the brothers and sisters in South Korea.”
They also said, “None of our brothers of faith have starved to death.
We have helped each of us in need with tithe. Although we can not gather for worship, we have not missed a day without the Lord’s prayer and the Apostles’ Creed.”
It seemed to me that the Christians in North Korea are ready to walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. They are the children of God who overcame the sufferings.
I was able to see the power of God through their lives.
We made an offer of 1000 suits of winter clothes, shoes, medical supplies, 3 tons of rice and books. But, they did not want to accept them. They did not want any material. We were careful not to hurt their feeling as if it was our showing-off to those who admirably endured even without these materials.
Finally, we were able to hand over these materials to them with extremely humble attitude, saying, “These are the gift of love from South Korean brothers to North Korean brothers. At the same time, these are offerings from South Korean churches to North Korean churches.”
They burst joyful tears and left, saying, “Thank you very much for considering us. Let’s pray with love for each other everyday from now on.
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“Christianity was birthed in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and will only continue as we have this empowering from above. God is always looking for the willing vessels that will trust Him afresh for the impossible.” from: Principles for the gathering of Believers under the Headship of Jesus Christ.Since 2012, a growing group of believers in North America started to warn of coming persecution to western countries. This message was shared in a variety of ways. One of the responses to this was to compile a book taking principles from underground Churches around the world of how they thrived under pressure and persecution. The volume, Principles for the Gathering of Believers, had in a short time over 50,000 downloads in ebook format and much interest was shown. Some new house churches started through this and other existing groups were encouraged.