A South Korean pastor jailed for his faith recently visited World Outreach Church (WOC) and the Culture & Christianity Podcast to share a vital message about persecution rising against those with a Christian worldview.
Son Hyun-Bo, pastor of Segero Church in South Korea, spent five months in a South Korean prison for encouraging Christians to vote according to their faith. Pastor Rob McCoy, who accompanied Son and his family during the visit to WOC, called Son “the bravest pastor in South Korea.” Pastor Allen’s interviews with Pastor Son and Pastor McCoy are informative, convicting, moving, and important to watch.
You’ll learn fascinating details about Son and his role in South Korea, as well as about the hardships Son endured for his faith, including physical abuse during his military training, verbal attacks and threats from the media and government, and his imprisonment in solitary confinement due to rising communist forces in South Korea. His words will alarm you AND inspire you to be a bold advocate for Christ, too.
Son issued a stark warning to America, especially its Christian population. “We don’t know when freedom will slip away. It is the same for South Korea and the U.S. It might seem peaceful and prosperous and feel like it won’t happen in the U.S., but you don’t know when this will be taken away. We have to pray for this. We have to pray all together.”
Pastor Son faces the very real possibility of being imprisoned again next month. Days after his visit to WOC, he, his family, and Pastor McCoy traveled to Washington, D.C., where they met with President Trump and other U.S. officials to increase awareness on the state of religious freedom in South Korea.
Please pray for Pastor Son and his family, and for all our Christian sisters and brothers who are being persecuted around the world.