I will forever remember the Founders day of 2011. Missionary Paul Koh invited me, so I could visit America by God’s grace. I will report on my visit in three parts: 1) The Angels of LA; 2) The Founders Day Mission Report; 3) The Warriors of Faith and Soldiers of Christ in Chicago chapter.

Part I. The Angels of LA

After about a 10 hour flight, we arrived in LA, September 26, 2011. Missionary Isaac Kim served us with delicious food–and he asked us to pray for two prayer topics: 1) That God may help missionary Faith Park to live for 120 years; and 2) That God may help her sons, James and John to marry by faith. They are truly angels of faith in LA.

Missionary Faith Park is the angel of angels. Many people visited her to comfort her, but actually, they were comforted by her. We were no exception. When we stayed at the Park’s home, we were served by angels there including James Park, Faith Park, and their sons James Jr. and John. Daniel Yoon, the son of Missionary Susanna Yoon in Zimbabwe, also stays at this home. Cal Poly Pomona campus is located near their home. Sister Alex and Brothers Matthew and Greg are growing. The campus is very beautiful, and there are about 20,000 students.

We were also surprised by Missionaries David and Susanna Min. Recently, Missionary Susanna Min slipped while climbing a mountain and cracked her skull. By God’s grace, after successful surgery, she has been restored and is preaching the gospel.

Missionaries John and Susanna Choi also served us well. Missionary Petra is devoted to CBF. She also served Cham Nan and Lucia with Bible study and led them to Sunday Worship Service. About 40 house churches have been established there.

At Sunday Worship Service, one shepherd delivered a message entitled, ‘Jesus, The Good Shepherd’, and then Missionary Isaac Kim led a communion ceremony. The messengers in the LA chapter are shepherds Charles Wilson, Terry Lopez, William Larsen, and Jonathan Pyles. After the Worship Service, we visited Missionaries Abe and Suji Yoon at UC Davis. When we arrived in Sacramento by airplane, Sacramento Campus pioneers and UC Davis pioneers met us at the airport. The Sacramento pioneers are Missionaries Andrew and Esther Kim and their children Blessing, Esther, and Hanna, and UC Davis pioneers are Missionary John Jung, and Missionaries Abe and Suji Yoon and their son Elijah and there were also others at the airport to meet us. UC Davis campus is near the Sacramento campus and there are 30,000 students. Missionary Isaac Kim had three suggestions for Missionary Abe Yoon: 1) Be friendly with his advisor professor; 2) Come up with creative ideas; 3) He could get creative ideas through revelations from God.

Part II. Founders Day Mission Report

The Founders Day Celebration was held on October 7. The title was ‘ASIA, RIPE FOR HARVEST’. Chicago chapter’s co-workers, and visitors from America, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Korea attended. World Director Pastor Abraham Kim delivered a welcoming message. Through the message, he encouraged us to succeed in receiving the spiritual legacy passed down from Dr. Samuel Lee, and convey it to our descendants. Then, Korea Director Shepherd David Kim delivered the opening message entitled ‘THE SOWER AND THE REAPER’ from John4:27-38. Missionary Jimmy Lee delivered the pioneering history of Asia UBF, which God haddone for 25 years.

Fifteen years from now by 2025, about sixty percent of the world population will be in Asia. Now, the majority of the world population is in China which is about 1.3 billion people; India is about 1.2 billion people; and Indonesia has about 25 million people. Asian pioneering started when Missionary Angela Kim was hired by Samsung, and sent out to Hong Kong in 1986. Missionary Jimmy Lee reported in detail about God’s work in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Philippine, China, North Korea, and so on. He indicated the Asia Mission Vision through the report title: ‘ASIA, RIPE FOR HARVEST’.

Shepherd Hayes Tang reported on Hong Kong Mission,and shared his life testimony. He became a born again Christian through one to one Bible study during his school days, and then he became an ancestor of faith in Hong Kong UBF. Missionary Angela Kim underwent brain surgery three times; so she took a lot of pills. One day she heard the voice of God. “…I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless (Gen 17:1)”. She threw all the pills and decided to trust in God.. And she declared a martyr’s faith before the Lord: “If you take my life, I will be buried in Hong Kong campus.” After that, she was healed miraculously. When she decided to live as a kernel of wheat, Hong Kong UBF experienced a great work of God. If kernels of wheat like Missionary Angela Kim are continuously raised up, Hong Kong UBF would transform China. And it would become a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

Shepherdess Inang Pham reported on Indonesia Mission, and shared her life testimony. Due to her failure on the entrance exam of Medical College, she lived like she was paralyzed. But when she had one to one Bible study, she heard the voice of God “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” and she was transformed. She established a house church with short-term Missionary Tommy Pham who was from Washington UBF, and then she moved to Washington. She has the desire to live as a mother of prayer for students, and she is praying that she may be a source of blessing.

Shepherd Samuel Palaka reported on India Mission, and shared his life testimony. In the past, he experienced a number of troubles because of the discrimination in the Caste system. Through Bible study, he accepted a calling from God to be a royal priest. He established a house church, and serves as a professor shepherd in DU North.

Shepherd Abraham Terasaki reported on Japan Mission, and shared his life testimony. He delivered it in Japanese, and shepherd Kevin Albright translated it into English. Terasaki was a student in Korea University, and he was transformed through Bible study in Anam UBF. He can speak Korean language fluently, and he is translating a Korean version of the Daily Bread book into a Japanese version. He established a house church with a Korean missionary, and after 7 years of marriage life God provided him a cute daughter. In 2001, Japan UBF experienced a serious crisis and conflict. But, through the word from John 15:5, he decided to keep his faith and to remain in UBF. He could become an ancestor ofJapan UBF.

Lastly, Missionary M.K. reported on Chinese Mission, and shared his life testimony. When he arrived at China, he decided to live a campus-centered life. Even when he played with children, he went to the campus with them, played, prayed, and then went back to his home. God accepted his campus centered life as five loaves and two fish, and in the course of time hesent 40 sheep. One day, when they were in their worship service, the Public Security Police ran into the sanctuary. Missionary M.K. was deprived of his passport, and after 40 days, he was deported to Korea. But, Shepherdess M.L. succeeded the ministry and it is growing up continuously. She dreamed to live like Mother Barry, but she wants to get married. Although the Public Security Police drove away Missionary M.K., they couldn’t deprive him of his zeal for World Mission. He declared before God: “If Chinese government does not allow me to get in, I would bring Chinese students to Korea.” He has brought 10 Chinese shepherds to H center, and for training every year. He helped them to serve Chinese Worship Service. God transferred the Chinese Mission Center to Korea. Report from Missionary M.K. was very impressive, and it deeply inspired all the attendees.

Part III. Warriors of faith and soldiers of Christ in Chicago chapter

Missionary Paul Koh invited me to share my life testimony on Sunday night at 7:00 p.m. in the Chicago center. God blessed me to share my life testimony by the grace of God. I prepared my life testimony in three parts–Before Christ In Childhood; Shepherd Life in Jongno; and Pioneering Ministry in Ansung, Korea. In Los Angeles on Saturday at 3:00 p.m., after delivering my testimony, I lectured about discipleship-making. I had a great opportunity to have fellowship with the co-workers. Many missionaries recalled the pioneering ministry, and they agreed that we can achieve it only by prayer, and by God’s word. I also shared the same testimony in Sacramento, and the co-workers deeply accepted that prayer is absolutely necessary when it comes to serving the ministry. They made a decision to concentrate on more prayer. I sincerely pray that Missionary Abe Yoon, and every coworker would serve with sincere prayer, so that they may be granted God’s revelation, and they may be able to win the victory by faith.

When I stayed in Chicago, I visited the Loyola University campus, and viewed Lake Michigan by riding on a big boat from the Chicago River. I visited Northwestern University and Northeastern University campuses. I prayed for their growing ministries. Missionary Luke Yang from St. Louis came to the Founders Day Celebration, so I could have a graceful fellowship with him. He works hard, and studies hard and has prayed sincerely.

On Saturday at 11:00 a.m., I attended Dr. Samuel Lee’s Memorial worship service by his grave. About 100 people attended. Through this time, I deeply thanked Dr. Samuel Lee who showed so much love for me. God used him as a tool in the salvation ministry around the world; it was so miraculous. I met with his family. I had a conversation with Missionary Grace Koh(EunJun Lee) and I heard of the special love of Dr. Samuel Lee for me. She has kept her father’s Daily Bread notebooks as a heritage. Through viewing the testimonies he wrote, I could deeply learn from him again. He was a great servant of God and of prayer. He continuously prayed for me when he trained me. He was very awesome! We can go through the path of becoming a shepherd by someone’s awesome prayer. Missionary Augustine Sohn invited me to his home. He translated my life testimony. His co-worker Missionary Theresa corrected the English. Many missionaries invited us and served us very well.

On October 9, we attended the Sunday Worship Service. Pastor Ron Ward delivered his message from Matthew 12 entitled ‘Jesus, God’s chosen one’, and it was graceful. Christy Weed served a special music program with a graceful song. Pastor Ron Ward emphasized about prayer during the announcements. Yes, only by the power of awesome prayer, we can win the victory in this hard time in ministry. At 7:00 p.m., Shepherd Jonathan Reese served a special music program with a song before our testimony sharing, and I shared my life testimony after I sang a Korean hymn. After that, I sang another Korean hymn with my co-worker Maria. Shepherdess Sarah Kim shared herlife testimony, and reported God’s work in Yonhee UBFministry and 2^nd generation training. Many missionaries praised my life testimony. One missionary testified that it was so impressive and he cried during my testimony. Missionaries Joseph and Maria Ahn reminded me to become a doctor and master English as they have told me before; I promised to do so. I especially bowed to my spiritual mother Maria Ahn. I repaid debts of her love with just a bow and a word; but I couldn’t repay all. Missionary Maria Ahn is the ‘Amazon of faith’. There are so many great servants of God in Chicago; Mother Sarah Barry, Dr. John Jun, Missionaries Grace Lee, Maria Ahn, Abraham Kim, Augustine Sohn, Pauline Mun, and so on. Dr. John Jun and SunJi Jun spent hectic days to serve Korean missionaries who still hadweak faith.

Through these short visiting days, I could learn the God of America; he is so huge and great. I thought that like this great God, we have to grow up to be international shepherds, who can pray for the world and who can serve them. I often said the word ‘Let us grow up to be international shepherds, to someone who has a narrow heart and who need to grow. It is because the Bible is pleading with us to be perfect, as our heavenly Father is (Mt 5:48), and follow God’s example (Eph 5:1). America is so great. It can be described in two words; love and community. America is serving all the nations with love and community. Many people from around the world have come to live in America. The whole world is laid out before us in America. The God of America has used this huge country in his work through his love and training. He is restoring people from death in sin to life, and he is training them to be a holy nation. God loves his children with all his heart and he is a real blessing to those who call on him for help; however, Gods discipline is like training for all of us, and it helps prepare us to be warriors of faith even before death. Missionaries, who are warriors of faith and soldiers of Christ, are struggling to pioneer with much challenge. They are given the fullness of love and training from the great God. I know the only one work God is doing: He is considering, “Today, on whom shall I grant the blessing?”, “On whom shall I grant the blessing?” However, we are doing stuff that would be punished, not the kind of stuff that would be blessed. I pray that we would confess our past sins, and become the Lord’s angels, warriors of faith, and soldiers of Christ, so that we can do the kind of stuff that would be blessed, not the kind of stuff that would be punished. In 2011, I pray that I would become a faithful servant of God who serves the Lord and the servants of the Lord to the end with all my heart. I newly decided to love, to trust, to esteem, to respect people from 3-4 year old children to the elderly people who easily can be possessed by arrogance, self-righteousness, unwillingness, and stubbornness. Thanks to the Lord for his servants’ love for what I am. Thanks for your love for what I am. I deeply thank the shepherds and shepherdesses who have served us with love and prayer. Thank youand deeply appreciate you. I sincerely pray that I will serve the campuses in Ansung and I will pray for all the nations to the end.

The “Kurhaus”. Here we’ll have our meetings.

A river (“Urft”) nearby.

And the swimming pool!!!

See you next week!

Thank God for abundantly blessing the 4th European CBF conference in Czech Republic and for the work of the Holy Spirit among our UBF second generations. I especially want to give special thanks to M. Hanna S. and congratulate her for her hard work in successfully preparing and directing this program in detail for the last 6 months. I also thank her for influentially serving the European ministry with many other missionaries of Central Europe and being a good example to many leaders in Europe.

At the 4th European CBF conference, I had the following strong impressions:
Firstly, there was growth. Compared to the Europe CBF Conference from last year, there was a great growth in both spiritual and human aspects. I saw the work of the Holy Spirit with many CBF children receiving the love of God and confessing Jesus as Savior. And I was surprised to see that they even made much progress in learning Korean. When I saw the lovely children professing their faith seriously, I could have a vision for second generation missionaries to be the actual heroes in the future of the European ministry. I earnestly pray that each second generation child may grow as a spiritual general who can nurture 10,000 disciples of Jesus.

Secondly, it was the work of mother missionaries who served the conference with full devotion and perfect co-working. I thank and praise God for mother missionaries who took care of the CBF kids with love and prayers, especially with Bible studies from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. every day, keeping an eye on them at all times. Seeing our missionaries’ co-working and devotion, I found that M. Hanna’s personal prayer and faith was more precious than diamonds. By her good example, I pray that all European co-workers may pray for a spiritual awakening locally and for all of Europe and pioneer 1,700 campuses and form a spiritual vessel together. May God bless the European UBF ministry to serve the work of sending out 100,000 missionaries and use Europe as a missionary sending continent again!

Thirdly, it was the work of the house church ministry in Europe UBF. As I saw growing CBF second generations, I could see the panorama of our house church ministry arising in Europe. It has already been 42 years since we came to Europe to preach the gospel to college students by God’s calling. Korea was one of the two poorest countries in the world, but God fulfilled his great work in Europe through the professional lay missionaries sent from Korea. Beginning with a small house church for campus ministry established in Germany in 1969, it has expanded to 45 European countries, like France, England, Switzerland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Romania, Macedonia, Croatia, and so on. Now it seems that we have two wings in the European campus ministry due to growing second generation missionaries who began to gain spiritual influence at the campuses. I pray that we may not only spiritually educate our second generations, but also actively serve European campus ministry through faithfully practicing group Bible study, 1:1 Bible studies, and writing and sharing testimonies in each mission field.

From now on we are going to have a European CBF conference in Central Europe every two years. I pray for Central Europe UBF to support the entire European house church ministry and continue to influentially serve European campus pioneering ministry. I also ask for God’s blessing on the next Central European UBF Bible conference to be held in Czech Republic in 2012. I pray that God may give M. Paul and Esther C. such great faith, spirit, and devotion as M. Hanna S. has showed so that they may form a more influential Christian community that is full of the words of God, prayer, mission, and love. Through this, I pray and am looking forward to the amazing work of the Holy Spirit which will lead many Germans to be raised as leaders in each country of Central Europe.

Lastly, I would like to ask for your prayer support for the upcoming YLC (Young Leaders’ Conference) to be held in Germany in Europe from July 29-August 3. God has answered Dr. John Jun’s and many other mission co-workers’ prayers and blessed our preparation for the European YLC thus far. In particular, I thank God for Dr. John Jun’s participation in the YLC. Furthermore, I thank God for our mission co-workers, Dr. Paul (Toledo UBF), L. Sarah (Chicago UBF), David (DuPage UBF), and Dr. Samuel G. (Ottawa UBF) who are going to attend this YLC and actively devote themselves to the work of empowering the next generation. And I also thank those who are coming from other continents, Dr. Luke from Africa, M. Joseph’s family from the Middle East, Dr. Elias and M. Paulo from Central America, and some more mission co-workers from the CIS, Asia, and Korea. On the first day of the conference, we are going to have a time of reviewing and appreciating the 50 years of UBF ministry and the spiritual heritage well presented during the missionary seminar from May 30-June 2 in Korea. I pray that God may raise young UBF leaders through the European YLC who can change this world.

In Christ,
Dr. Peter Chang

Agenda 2011

By the grace of God, I could be hired at the University hospital in Bergen from February. It took 3 years for me to finish the language course and 2 more years to complete the various medical tests and courses. Finally, after 5 years, I could begin to work as fresh medical doctor in Norway.

It was not easy to begin as a fresh doctor. I was very stressed and had anxiety and fear, so I had stomach problems in the beginning. Among the 16 new doctors, I was the only Asian foreign doctor. I had problems with hospital routines, new medical software programs, and communicating with patients. Especially, night duty in the emergency room was the worst for me. I didn’t want to go to the hospital due to tension and stress. I said to M. Maria, “Please pray for me that there will be no patients on my duty tonight.” But she never prayed for that. Instead, she prayed that I could take care of whomever and whatever. I also asked for God’s grace whenever I was at the hospital, in the hospital church, or even in the hospital bathroom. Now, by God’s grace, I can learn every single day, work without much trouble, and help other college and medical students.

We joined the Easter Bible conference in Sweden. We actually had the conference in a boat which sailed to Finland. We praised God in the boat, and in Helsinki, Finland, we prayed that God would send missionaries to Finland.

M. Maria worked hard for the last 6 years to serve the pioneering and self-supporting ministry. She was tired and needed rest. So we decided that she could do ministry as a full-time staff once I began working. She thanked God and said, “I never thought that I could be free from working so early.” And she began to study the Norwegian language again at Bergen University.

The Northern European Summer Bible Conference in Sweden was full of God’s grace. We didn’t have any direct support from big chapters. Musical students from Sweden served in the orchestra and second generations and Bible students served the praise and worship and dancing. Even Joshua and Ester were dancing on the stage during praise and worship. After the conference, we had a gracious time with 3 house churches from Northern Europe. We had good conversations and were encouraged. I felt like they were my spiritual family.

Last year, M. Isaac from LA, Kevin from Seattle, and Yu-young Lee from Kwanak UBF visited us. We had just a few days to be together, but we had a meaningful time full of grace with each of them. We met them for the first time, but they all felt like family because we are all in the same church community. Especially, I climbed a mountain with M. Isaac and we could talk about God, the Bible, and missionary life. He reminded me that the kingdom of God is built only by the Holy Spirit, not by our strength and ability.

Also, last year, M. Maria served Kyungmi and Soyoung with God’s word and prayer. They began attending the Korean worship service and we are continually praying for them. I also got the chance to preach God’s word in the hospital to college and medical students. Many of them thought I was weird that I believed God and even came to Norway as a missionary. But I could recognize spiritual desire in their souls. So I received hope and faith for the Norwegian ministry.

I thank God for taking take care of our children over the past years. Joshua had emotional anxiety and problems with the language. But he became stable and is now a very happy boy after M. Maria began to stay with him at home. And his relationship with me has also improved. Ester, even though she’s just 3 years old, began to correct our pronunciation. She is very talented with languages and has a serving mind. She has already been a good co-worker in Norway.

2010 was a year of thanksgiving for our house church. I did not believe that I could work again as a doctor in Norway. It was God’s great mercy that we could lay the foundation to be a self-supporting ministry. I chose Psalm 119:105 as my key verse in 2010. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” I had spiritual desire to become a great messenger of God’s word. But I was always tired after work and felt burdened by the Sunday worship service.

I must be a spiritual leader in my house. When I lost spiritual power, we lived a very tired life just trying to support ourselves and care for our children. But God loves us and restores faith and spirit when we are useless. He enabled us to have fellowship with a lot of faithful friends and gave us his word through the Bible, books, and several trainings.

Our key verse for 2011 is Matthew 6:33: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” We pray that we can seek first God’s will and his kingdom as a house church in Norway.

Prayer Topics:

1. Norway may be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation
2. M. Josef may be an excellent Norwegian Bible teacher and give powerful Sunday worship messages
3. M. Josef may begin residency
4. Maria Chin may be a mother of prayer
5. Second generations to grow in wisdom and health and become good co-workers
6. Raise ancestors of faith in Norway like Abraham and Sarah and 12 disciples

“The time has come, he said. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!”(Mark 1:15)

I. Looking Back at 2010

1. I thank God who allowed us to grow to be a self-supporting ministry.

We have been in Macedonia for 5 years and trying to be self-supporting has not been easy. When I just thought about my financial problems at the beginning of last year, the future seemed completely dark. When I thought of my 4 children and of the money I had borrowed here and there, I became sad, felt I had nowhere to turn and could not have any faith. God had mercy on me and opened a way for me to borrow the needed money. I newly put my faith in God and challenged my financial problems by faith in him. In this way, I decided to expand my business. We had about 20 kinds of items but God helped us to extend to 50. And by God’s one-sided grace, 90% of the Macedonian supermarket is filled with supplies from our company. In this way, God made me matchless amongst Asian food companies in the Macedonian market. When I made the annual account, I realized that God had almost doubled our profits. God made the end of this year a starting point and helped us to reach a stable level of self-supporting. I confess that this is indeed a miracle of God and because of his one-sided grace.

When we did not have any money, God sent tourists to the Balkans and helped me to become a tourist guide. In this way, God fed and clothed my family. When I think of God’s one-sided comfort towards this lazy and terrible sinner who was not even able to raise 4 children, I cannot but thank God. I pray that God may be the Lord of this company and use it preciously for His work.

2. God sent Bible students through the company.

Our company is the first Korean company on Macedonian soil. The company’s name is ‘Bethel’. ‘Bethel’ means “God’s house” and it was my wish that God would use this company as his house. God has sent 4 students through this company. They are Brothers Toni, Alek, Lypcho and Sister Emilija. We met them through other students. While working with these brothers and sister we became like one family. Moreover, we became also close to the families of those four and received many invitations, and grew to have good relationships. I met Tony during his student days and have built a relationship with him over the past 5 years. Through attending this year’s Balkan conference he received the grace of God’s word and developed a sense of spiritual responsibility for Macedonia. When I look at them, I realize that God is using the company ‘Bethel’ preciously for his work. Outwardly, my business looks merely like a shabby corner shop, but God views it as a blessed. And it looks as if I would not have many people to help, but these four and their families together make almost 40 people. They are people who need physical and spiritual help and I realize again that I truly have many things to do. In my laziness I could not serve them with a shepherd’s heart. I earnestly pray that in the next year, I may serve them whole-heartedly and become their shepherd who feeds them spiritually and physically.

3. God helped our 4 children to grow chubby both spiritually and physically

My wife Petra worked hard to take care of children. She worked so hard she lost much hair. But thankfully, her remaining hair is dry. While taking care of the children she did not take care of herself. One grandma of the neighborhood even said to Petra: “Why does your husband look so fancy and you look so poor?” When I heard this, I felt like I was hit with a hammer. It was only then that I realized how much my wife has suffered to serve the family and I felt sorry for her. Petra has continued her master’s studies despite her busy schedule and passed her exams with now only two left. She prays to finish her master’s thesis at the beginning of this year to obtain the her master’s degree. And she prays to be used as a Korean professor at the university from next fall. When I think of Petra living bravely and diligently, my heart is overwhelmed with sorrow and deep repentance.

Now when I think about it, Petra is making an incredible effort to raise our 4 children as disciples of Jesus. God surely will richly reward her efforts. I pray that these 4 children can grow strong spiritually and physically and that God may use them as his precious servants. Especially, our first, Sarah, has already begun helping with the ministry by playing the piano well. The second, David, is strong and has a good heart and has become a reliable co-worker for his daddy. In the past, I’ve been sorrowful and doubtful that I could be capable to raise 4 children. I pray that God may have mercy on this foolish and unbelieving sinner and open my spiritual eyes and make me into a person with a spiritual way of thinking.

II. Looking forward to 2011

When I think of 2011, I confess that I worked hard to establish my family as self-supporting but I was lazy in sowing the word of God. Seeing that the world is becoming more and more sinful and darker and that there are signs of the end of this world here and there, I firstly myself have to listen to the Gospel and live a life of repentance. As I see students of Macedonia, they cannot but be swept away by the enormous wave of sin of this world, especially if I remain on the sidelines. Maybe I have gained good friends but I have been lazy in actively preaching the Gospel to them. Therefore, I want to hold onto Mark 1:15 as my key verse for this year: ‘The time has come,’ he said. ‘The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!’” I am a person who has received the grace of the Gospel and the blessing of experiencing the kingdom of God. But not paying back the debt of grace despite receiving the Gospel is a sin. I pray that in this year, God may help me to struggle spiritually in order to fill my spirit with the Gospel as my first priority and to testify to this Gospel of life to my students and family. It is because of the Gospel that I have come this far. I repent of my laziness and wickedness and pray to prepare Sunday messages diligently and live a life of testifying to the grace of Jesus.

Prayer topics:

1. Weekly preparation of Bible study material and messages
2. 5 one-to-one Bible studies a week
3. Brother Toni to as a leader in our ministry
3. Petra master’s degree and invitation as a Korean professor
4. Self-supporting, invitation of missionaries
5. 4 children’s spiritual and physical growth

One word: Repent and believe the good news!

The 2011 German Leaders Conference was held in Wiesbaden from February 9th (Wed) to 12th (Sat). 62 missionaries and national leaders came together to share ministry reports and to build a vessel of prayer for the spiritual revival of Germany and Europe.

The conference title was “Spiritual Revival in Mizpa” based on 1 Sam 7:3. UBF chapters of Rhein-Main region – Wiesbaden, Mainz, Frankfurt and Darmstadt – hosted the conference together. The conference began on Wednesday evening by a string ensemble performance of 7 2nd generations from Mainz and Wiesbaden. It showed us the vision that a little spark of prayer in Germany would ignite a great fire of spiritual revival in Europe. Based on Philippians 3:13.14, Msn. Samuel Peter Ryu from Mainz UBF gave the greeting message with the title: “Pressing on toward the goal.” Msn. Augustine Kim from Wiesbaden gave a presentation introducing the UBF ministries in the Rhein-Main region. In the Rhein-Main region 26 missionaries and 24 second generations are co-working in 7 UBF chapters in 4 cities. He asked prayer support for pioneering 12 universities in the Rhein-Main region and for raising 1 ancestor of faith and 12 disciples of Jesus in each chapter. He also mentioned that the Rhein-Main region with around 200 Korean companies plays an important role for self-supporting of missionaries.

On the Thursday morning, the official program of the conference began by Dr. Peter Chang’s opening message based on Ezra 7:10. His main message was “Go back to God’s mission!” and “Go back to the Bible!” Europe is being rapidly secularized through humanism and materialism, and Islam is advancing mightily everywhere in Europe. Europe really needs UBF – Bible teachers with a broken shepherd heart. Through the impact of one man Ezra’s decision on the history of Israel, we learned that our significant decision of faith to live as a bible teacher for European people will bring about the spiritual revival in Germany and Europe.

After the message staff shepherds and missionaries from 14 chapters in Germany shared their ministry reports, New Year’s Key Verse, and prayer topics. We thank God for blessing our 1:1 Bible study and disciple making ministry last year and sending hopeful Bible students to Bible study and worship service. Last year, a new chapter, Darmstadt II, was pioneered by the house church of Msn. Joshua and Msn. Paulina Kim. Eleven next generation co-workers in Germany UBF decided to live as Jesus’ disciples. We also thank God for his mighty work among the “New Gens” in Germany and Europe through the European New Generation Global Leadership Forum. They could learn spiritual leadership and they are now building a vessel of the Holy Spirit through the Hope Explorer Bible Study every month.

On the afternoon there were some special reports. Shep. Stefan Elsholz reported about the European Directors Conference in Vienna, Msn. Petrus Chang about the European New Generation Global Leadership Forum, Msn. Hanna Ryu about the PR ministry, and Msn. Peter Lee about the discipleship ministry in Europe. Especially Peter Lee’s report encouraged all attendants greatly by showing that it is possible to pioneer all 1,700 campuses in Europe within 10 years.

After the special reports we studied 1 Samuel 7 in six groups. On the evening, Shep. Joachim Dietzel from Bonn UBF gave the 1st main lecture, “Spiritual Revival in Mizpa.” He stated that repentance is a prerequisite for a spiritual revival. He said that we have to cast out the idols of humanism, materialism, and hedonism from our hearts through daily repentance and serve the Lord only. This message clearly taught us that Germany needs Bible teachers like Samuel.

On the Friday morning after the group bible study on Philippians 2 Shep. Eberhard Groß from Cologne UBF delivered the 2nd main lecture „the humble attitude of Christ Jesus.” Jesus, being in very nature God, made himself nothing, and took the very nature of a servant, and became obedient to death on a cross. The message moved and encouraged our mission co-workers to learn Jesus’ humbleness and to build a holy vessel of co-working for German campus mission with one heart and mind.

In the afternoon, we had time to write testimonies deeply and share them in groups. Many co-workers shared their testimonies with tears of repentance. In the evening Msn. Hudson Kim from Mainz spoke about Revelations 2:4,5 with the title „Restore your first love“. He challenged us to restore the pure and genuine first love with a burning heart. Shep. Elke Dietzel from Bonn UBF, Msn. Wynelle Nett from Cologne UBF and Msn. Deborah You from Freiburg UBF shared their graceful testimonies. Their testimonies of tears moved and challenged many co-workers to decide by faith to serve the Lord only. There were some presentations on “self-supporting ministry“ and “co-working.“ Msn. Daniel Park from Dusseldorf UBF gave us a presentation on his brief life testimony and the lessons he learned through his professional life. Shep. Xenofon Grigoriadis of Bonn UBF also testified how he learned faith through the self supporting mission. Msn. Stephanus Park from Bonn UBF gave a special lecture about co-working and we learned the importance of co-working for winning the spiritual blessing.

On the Saturday morning, Msn. Markus Kum from Cologne UBF II gave a special lecture with the title „Spiritual Revival in Europe.“ He summarized the lecture of Dr. John Park from Kwang-Ju UBF II, which he gave on the European Directors’ Conference in Vienna this January. We were very encouraged to sacrifice ourselves for European mission learning that we are like the cows of Beth Shemesh who bring the word of God to Europe. After breakfast, Sh. Markus Abel from Heidelberg gave a message based on Philippians 1:9-14 “For the advancement of the gospel.” He encouraged us to live a life preaching the word of God in abundant love although we may be chained through our career and family, because God’s word is not chained.

Msn. Peter Oh, Hamburg and Kiel UBF-director delivered the closing message on John 21:15. In his final announcements Dr. Peter Chang emphasized that a repentance movement should come before a spiritual revival. He stressed that for a spiritual revival in Germany UBF-bible teachers are urgently needed. After the conference we had the chance to visit the Rhein-Main University at Wiesbaden together. On the campus we earnestly prayed for the raising up 1 Abraham and 1 Sarah of faith through the house church of Msn. Augustine Kim and Msn. Gideon Kim.

This 2011 German Leaders’ Conference in Wiesbaden can be summarized with one word: “Revival through repentance.” During the conference, we could see God’s great hope and vision for the spiritual revival of Germany and Europe, because the leaders humbly repented their sins before God and earnestly prayed for their personal restoration to imitate the attitude of Christ. The leaders repented their sins of idol-worship, lack of love, pride and unbelief and renewed their decision to live as an excellent Bible teacher, who can defend the Gospel against relativism, godless humanism and secularism. As the leaders repented with tears, the conference atmosphere became much brighter with lots of laughter and joyful faces. Also, it was very encouraging to see that Next Generation co-workers are actively participating in the ministry. Special reports given by some Next Generation co-workers clearly showed that they are growing as Bible teachers, who will serve the disciple making ministry as leaders in the near future.

As conclusion, we could see that God has already begun to revive Germany and Europe. May God ignite the fire of repentance among us and raise up 10,000 Bible teachers in Europe for pioneering 1700 Campuses. May God make Germany a Shepherd Nation and Europe a Missionary sending continent!

by Dr. Peter Chang

Austria Prayer Topics
I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God

Key Verse:
Lk 4:43 “But he said, ‘I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.’”

I thank God that he blessed the 2011 European Directors’ Conference in Vienna and gave us God´s word from 1 Samuel 7 and Philippians 2. A spiritual revival could begin through our personal repentance. May God bless our spiritual decisions.

First of all, I am thankful for our European co-workers’ support for this conference through both their prayers and practical help in building a good spiritual atmosphere. I thank God that he covered my weaknesses and sins by his grace and mercy in order to serve this conference.

After the conference, God blessed our campus ministry in Austria UBF. God allowed me to get a job at a research company (AIT, Vienna) that will start from the middle of March. God is helping me to buy a new pension. God provided me prayer supporters for this pension through this conference. May God help and guide me through this pension purchase process.

Prayer Topics:

1. Raise one ancestor of faith in Austria like Abraham and 120 disciples of Jesus by 2017
2. Sunday messages on the book of Joshua and M. James to grow to be a spiritual man
3. Hope carriers: Epaphroditus and 7 second generation missionaries
4. The Yang family to be self-supporting and get a visa and the Han family’s business to grow

In the grace and love of Jesus, Austria UBF co-workers

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