In 1907 the Great Pyongyang Revival brought an explosion of Christianity to the Korean peninsula in what missionary William Blair called “great oceans of prayer beating against the throne of God.” A mere fifty years later, Pyongyang—and all of North Korea—plummeted into the most oppressive darkness Christians have ever encountered in world history. In the midst of the near total extinction of believers on North Korean soil, the great oceans of prayer have been parched. But a tiny stream has continued to trickle down through Christian history, on into the present day: a single North Korean family continues their faithful struggle to receive and pass on the gospel from generation to generation, through labor camps, prisons, interrogations, and the greatest challenge of all—everyday life in North Korea.
These are the Generations By Pastor Eric Foley with Mr. and Mrs. Bae, third generation underground North Korean Christians
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