An English Speaking Church

I went to Seoul last weekend to find an English Speaking Church.  The web says there is an Anabaptist group in South Korea but I couldn't find where they meet for church.  Also, it seems they moved their location and I couldn't find that either.  I ended up finding an English speaking Baptist church.

I found the location of the church and it turned out to be within spitting distance from Phillies where I went for the orientation the previous weekend!  How's that for great!

The church is made up of more than just Baptists.  They accept people from many denominations there.  Some became members and others associate members (so they didn't have to formally become Baptists).  They also have people from all over the world at the church.  The scripture was read to us in Chinese.  I met some Anglicans, a man from Brazil who is a missionary to East Timor, several Americans, a girl originally from Korea but who had lived in LA, Singapore, Hong Kong and (Thailand I think).  There were people from several other countries as well.

The pastor went over the values of the church and the first one is "It's all about Jesus".  As long as people believe in Jesus as the son of God and as God, they will find themselves at home in the church.  It was very interesting.  I intend return to this church.  I don't know if I can go every weekend until I find a bit of a cheaper way to get there as the cost of the taxis, subway, and then lunch adds up.

It was interesting though as several of the English teachers from my school went to Seoul for St. Patrick's day and to drink green beer.  I went to find a church!  I said something about the nice people I met there and one of the teachers from South Africa said, "I am sure they were nice, they were at church!"  I asked how often she had been to church and she said she had only been two or three times. I am glad she got a good impression of church going people!