NORTH KOREA: Pastor Han, Good Shepherd

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🗓️ 26 October 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The world knew Pastor Han Chung-Ryeol as a persecuted Christian pastor and a man who served North Korean refugees crossing into China—in spite of threats and danger.

Dr. Eric Foley, the leader of VOM-Korea, knew Han as coworker and friend. This week Dr. Foley shares personal stories of the courageous pastor murdered by North Korean agents inside China. Pastor Han’s story is the subject of this year’s International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church video from VOM.

Just months before Pastor Han’s murder, he visited Dr. Foley and they talked openly about the threats against Pastor Han’s work. One of Han’s coworkers had already been kidnapped and taken to prison in North Korea. There were threats the same thing could happen to Pastor Han.

But Pastor Han reminded the Foleys that the shepherd’s job is to care for the sheep—and his sheep were along the North Korean border, where they needed their shepherd. He was willing not only to go, but to lay down his life for the sheep God had entrusted to his care.

Listen and be inspired by the example of faithfulness, commitment and courage lived out by Pastor Han Chung-Ryeol, and prepare your heart and your church to pray for persecuted Christians in North Korea and around the world on the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, November 3.

Also listen to Dr. Foley’s previous visit to VOM Radio, where he discussed why the North Korean regime of the Kim family is so threatened by Christianity.

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0:00.0	When Dr. Eric Foley thinks about the life and death of a pastor, martyred for his work reaching
0:07.3	North Koreans with the gospel, he wants the story to be told accurately.
0:13.0	We have to be careful who the subject of our sentence is.
0:16.0	I don't like to say sentences that say North Korean state security agents killed Pastor Han
0:20.0	because that makes them the subject of the action. I like to say that the Lord Jesus
0:25.3	raised up Pastor Han to be his witness and Pastor Han made a faithful witness and
0:30.6	he laid down his life in imitation of the Lord Jesus and he did so because he was a
0:36.1	good shepherd because he had been disciples by the Savior who is our good shepherd.
0:40.8	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:46.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:50.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:52.9	Jesus's words came true in the life of the Apostles,
0:55.8	and they're still coming true today
0:57.6	in the lives of his followers around the world.
1:00.0	Join host Todd Nettleton,
1:01.5	as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help.
1:04.8	Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:07.7	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:10.0	My name is Todd Nettleton and we're in our studio in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with Dr. Eric Foley.
1:15.5	Dr. Foley is the co-founder and the head of Voice of the Martyrs Korea.
1:20.2	He's also the author of a book called These Are the Generations About a North Korean Christian family.
1:26.7	Dr Foley, welcome back to Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
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