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| Title If you remain in me and my words remain in you... (John 15:7) |
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In May, 1962, after 40 days of prayer, he returned to Kwangsi, Yesan, where his wife had moved, in order to work in her brethrens dentistry business. About this time the Kwangsi Baptist Church held an outdoor service on Salmok Mt.
While he was following a group of church members, a bright ray of light descended from the sky. The ray of light came nearer and nearer lasting 15 seconds, that very moment, the agonies, desperations and upheavels, which had been so much a part of him, simply disappeared. At the same time the Bible was revealed to him like looking into a clock and was unfolded as a picture. At that moment a verse came across his mind. "If you hold my teaching, you are really my disciples....¡ (John 8:31), "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you." (John 15:7)
By this time he had already read the complete Bible 75 times. He looked up to the word as he did to God, but he did not remain in the word. At once he ran to the outdoor service, volunteered in singing a hymn and witnessed the vision he had experienced on the road.
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| Title "I'm healed of my disease!" |
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That evening after he had seen, "rays of light", he visited a pulmonary tuberculosis patient's house at the invitation of Kwangsi Baptist church's senior pastor. The moment he entered into the room, the patient, who was not able to stand up, suddenly stood up and shouted, "I'm healed of my disease", he was healed perfectly.
From the next day, early in the morning, invitations from other patients' was overflowing. House by house he visited with the church minister, and there occurred signs and wonders. Whatever disease they had, patients stood up suddenly and witnessed that they were healed. A boy, about 15 years old, was in serious condition because of acute appendicitis so his parents carried him on their backs to see him. At the very moment he touched the boy on his stomach, the boy stood up and started to play.
Like the early church, the Kwangsi Baptist church prospered as many were healed of their diseases. The members, including youths and children saw visions and spoke in other tongues.
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| Title "Donkey, donkey." |
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In June, 1962, Ki Dong Kim attended a meeting led by a female minister. She requested that on the last day he would pray and place his hands on people who attended the early morning prayer meetings. He prayed all night long before he prayed and placed his hands on anyone. After the meeting, when he was kneeling on the floor in prayer, he saw a vision in which he caught many fishes. That day, on the road he heard a strange voice saying, "Donkey, donkey!" From then, he determined to become like a humble donkey. 'I'll be a donkey carrying my Lord, a donkey carrying only my Lord on my back and give him the glory!' He immediately went to a brook, picked up a pebble as large as a chestnut and put it in his mouth. For 7 months he put that pebble in his mouth. Because he was determined to live like a donkey, to live without talking about others and to live only praying for the sick. It was then that he began to go by the name, "ShiMuAwn"(Semone), "I see but I don't tell." He was 24 years old. This was the year he got married. It was one month after he saw the light on the mountain road.
After this all the sick he prayed for were healed, and there occurred a wonder, a crippled man stood up for himself.
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| Title Demons were cast out and a dead woman was revived. |
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That summer a woman named Mo Seop Yoon died of long-term heart disease. "SheeMuAwn" visited the family to offer condolence. God's word about Jairus' daughter and Lazarus came into his mind. So he cast out demons with the word and the dead woman was revived. Mo Seop Yoon gave to this event witness it on March 22nd, 1990, in Berea Academy 20th session lecture at Sungrak church.
In the same year, in November, Jae Sook Nho, a deaconess who was devoted to Kwangsi Baptist church, died. Just as he revived the woman Mo Seop Yoon, he revived deaconess Nho.
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| Title He was sent to Bibong church |
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In March, 1963, 5 members of Bibong Methodist church, which is located in Bibong-myeon, Cheongyang-goon, Choongnam, came to him and requested that he should lead a revival meeting. By the recommendation of Rev. Kang San Lee, who was overseer of yesan province, he was sent to Bibong church as a deputy minister. There he started his first pastoral duties, and the next day, on March 18th, he had a son, Sung Hyun Kim. There they held 100th day baby contribution service.
The church grew rapidly, and wonders occurred every day. About 3 months after his assignment, he finally was able to held a mountain meeting at Mt. Chungbang in Daesool-myeon, Yesan. He borrowed a military tent which could accomodate about 150 people and held the meeting.
That year there was much more rain than any other summer, so they prayed that it would stop raining, but until the first day of meeting it hadn't stopped. All people requested him to delay the mountain meeting, but he decided to hold the meeting as scheduled and urged everyone to come to the mountain. Then marvelously it stopped raining. By the time he arrived at the meeting place, the sky was blue with beautiful clouds. The meeting continued for a week in a clear weather, but in that period it poured rain in the village below.
It was during that meeting, a lady who suffered from leprosy was healed. Many others were healed of their diseases during the sermon, an elderly lady, who were carried there on her daughter-in-law's back, was lying with a quilt by herself, but suddenly she stood up, danced and gave thanks to God. A lady, who was bitten by a pine caterpillar, was healed at the moment he prayed for her, and the second day of that meeting, two leprous men were healed. From that day, hundreds of sick people were healed with just one touch of his handkerchief. During a Sunday sermon, a maid, who suffered mental disease and was physically crippled, was healed as soon as his handkerchief, which was on the altar, was put on her head. In December a woman who suffered from uterine cancer was healed.
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| Title 40 day's fasting prayer |
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When he was sent to Bibong Methodist church, there were 10 members, but after 4 months, in July, 1963, 180 members regularly attended the service. Then, to receive God's special guidance, Ki Dong Kim felt the necessity for intensive prayer. So he left the pulpit to his wife and he went to Yongmoon Mountain prayer house in Kimchun, Kyoungbook to fast and pray for 40 days. While he was fasting, all the members of his church prayed all night long every day. Th first Sunday service after his fast a 7-year-old boy, who never had stood for himself from birth, could stand up and walk, and wonders of healing continued. Blind men opened their eyes, cripples stood up and walked, paralytics stood up for themself.
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| Title Resignation from Bibong Methodist church |
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Minister Ki Dong Kim was baptized by aspersion on December 25th, 1957, by Rev. Kyoung Rin Oh, but he realized that immersion is Jesus¡¯ order and had a firm belief that he had to obey the order, so he was baptized by immersion on April 24th, 1961, in Kwhangsi Baptist church, by Rev. Kwan Seok Oh.
In September, 1963, he invited the then senior pastor of Hamyeol Baptist church and held a revival meeting. At that revival meeting, a Minister of that church baptized 120 members by immersion. For that, minister Ki Dong Kim was reprimanded and criticized for violating Methodist church's aspersion doctrine, and he was summoned to Methodist church's court 8 times. At last, he resigned from Bibong Methodist church, standing in faith and accepting responsibility for his actions.
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| Title Establishment of Healing Gospel Mission |
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After the issue of immersion in Bibong Methodist church, he came up to Seoul in March, 1964. He was then working as an honorary Minister, entering Daehan theological seminary. But his wish was to be an evangelist. So after a month he resigned from seminary and established the 'Healing Gospel Mission' leading country-wide tent revival meetings. On first day of tent revival meeting, about 700 people gathered. 95% of them were sick, some serious and some not. After his sermon prayer for their recovering the witnesses of healed people continued for over an hour.
His passionate revival ministry was notified by foreign missionaries, and was reported on 'Faith Digest' (1965). Throughout all of this tent revival meetings, about 72,000 people were saved, and about 300,000 people were healed. 59 cripples stood up. Dead men were revived and leprous men, paralytics, cancer patients were healed by Christ's wondrous healing power through Rev. Ki Dong Kim.
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| Title Leading church reform |
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As he ministered throughout the entire country as an evangelist, Rev. Kim contributed to the reform of Korean church. From the time he led tent revival meetings as layman evangelist all over the country in 1960's, he led church reform without a hesitation. For example,
1. He removed black curtains from behind the pulpit.
2. He let men and women sit together.
3. He constructed a chapel without a bell tower.
4. He removed the big altar and put only a bible stand.
5. He rejected authoritarianism and started the layman faith movement.
6. He removed notification of service order from presider's duty.
7. He replaced the long-handled offertory net/basket with simpler offertory bag.
Through these, he positively urged reform of church customs. Remaining conservative to the truth and gospel of the Bible, but he was open-minded about changes in church customs and practices.
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| Title Entering into Theological Seminary |
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In the spring of 1964, he enrolled at the Daehan Theological Seminary at the recommendation after Presbyterian church leader Dr. Chi Sun Kim. In March, 1966, he entered the Seoul liberal arts college of education (Myoungji University) Korean language and literature department. During the day he attended Seoul Liberal arts college and at night Daehan Seminary. Due to his rigorous revival crusade schedule, it took 8 years to complete the Seminary.
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| Title Establishment of Seodaemoon Sungrak church and joining Baptist Federation |
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| On March 28th, 1965, at a house in Pyoung Dong, Seodaemoon Gu, he held opening service of Seodaemoon Sungrak church with 75 members, and they decided to join the Baptist church convention with member representatives, and sent in their application. After a week, the approval was announced and was renamed the church Korea Baptist church federation Sungrak church. Then, Rev. Kwan Seok Oh (present senior pastor of Seoul Central Baptist Church) and an elder, visited as representatives of maternal church and held a branch independence service and plaque ceremony.
The church which was established again in November, 1969, in present Shingil Dong, is today's Sungrak church.
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