Welcome to our OMF North Korea blog

These entries are extracts from His Time for North Korea, a 31 Day Prayer Guide . Available online from our bookshop .

North Korea is a country in need. Many people live in poverty and it is difficult to be a Christian. We should pray for the meeting of these physical needs, but also for the North Korean church to grow. Most of North Korea’s 23 million people have not heard the gospel of Christ. Our prayers can help change that. God loves the people of North Korea as much as he loves us. We need to pray for God’s light to shine in that land.

January 2007 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Great Revival of Pyongyang. Sweeping through the whole peninsula, it purified the church and many came to faith. We must pray that God will do it again; that he will work in a mighty way throughout the whole Korean peninsula.

  • 18. Radio Broadcasting


    Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. Romans 10:1

    Christian radio continues to broadcast into North Korea. One group running such radio programs is located in Seoul, South Korea. It has been transmitting programs into the North since 1956. This broadcasting helps North Korean citizens learn things about the world,...

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  • 19. North/South Family Exchanges


    How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!

    Psalm 133:1

    South and North Korea held their first family members “video reunions” on August 15th 2005 — the anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japan in 1945, at the end of World War II. Videos were set up in seven cities in South Korea and in Pyongyang in North Korea, and people with relatives...

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  • 20. Relationship Between the Koreas


    I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 1 Timothy 2:1-2

    It is assumed that all the people of South Korea want to help North Korea and desire that the two countries be reunified. But this is not true. Differen...

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  • 21. North Koreans in China


    “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” Luke 10: 36-37

    Some people from North Korea come out from that land. Many of them settle in northeastern China, just across the border from North Korea. People come out for a variety...

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  • 22. “New Citizens” in South Korea


    Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in...” Matthew 25:34-35

    Many people who come out from the North want to go to...

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  • 23. “New Citizen” Teenagers in South Korea


    So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27

    Many of the North Koreans who settle in South Korea are teenagers and young people. Some churches in Seoul have been working to help them adjust. One church provides apartments for young girls arriving in South Korea; a “housemother” from the church works with th...

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  • 24. One Brother’s Story: Part 1


    “You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13

    A testimony from one North Korean who came to know the Lord…

    As you grew up, did you hear anything about Christianity?

    I read about Jesus in an encyclopedia so I knew a bit about him, but that was all. I thought of him as a mythical hero and that Christianity was some folk reli...

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  • 25. One Brother’s Story: Part 2


    And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. Hebrews 11:6

    (Continued interview from Day 24)

    How can we help North Koreans spiritually?

    The most important thing when dealing with North Korea is your attitude. You shouldn’t just think that there are...

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  • 26. Preparing for Ministry


    If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me. 1 Corinthians 14:11

    Many South Korean Christians and ethnic Koreans around the world are preparing for ministry to North Koreans. Though all Koreans look similar, their cultures and worldviews are very different. For the last 50 years North Koreans have grow...

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  • 27. The Bible


    ... The holy Scriptures... are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness...

    2 Timothy 3:15b, 16

    Disciples of Jesus and seekers in North Korea need the Bible. When a North Korean official was asked if it was easy to get a Bible, he replied...

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