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| Hangul | 김준곤 |
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| Hanja | 金俊坤 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Jun-gon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chun'gon |
Joon Gon Kim, also known as Dr. Joon Gon Kim, is the founder of Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, established in 1958 with collaboration and support from Dr. Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International. During the Korean War, he lost both his father and his wife. In 1957, he came to United States attending at Fuller Theological Seminary where he had a chance to meet Dr. Bill Bright who had become instrumental in establishing Korea Campus Crusade for Christ. In 2004, with much fanfare, Dr. Joon Gon Kim retired and appointed Sung Min Park as his successor.
Dr. Joon Gon Kim, was also a famous Korean Christian Evangelist. The story goes that during the springtime, as Dr. Kim's family was enjoying the day, an angry band of communist guerrillas invaded the village where Dr. Kim lived, killing everyone, including the family of Dr. Kim. The guerrillas killed Dr. Kim's wife and Dr. Kim's father. Dr. Kim was beaten and left for dead. Late, he awoke and fled to the safety of the mountains with his young daughter, Unhi Kim.
Dr. Kim is known as a "man of God" and learned from Scriptures to love his enemies and pray for those who persecuted him. The Spirit of God impressed upon him that he was to return to the village, seek out the communist leader who had led the attack and tell the communist leader, who killed Dr. Kim's wife and father, that he loved and forgave the communist leader, and to speak to the communist leader of God's love through Christ. This eventually happened, and the communist leader ended up kneeling in prayer with Dr. Kim and gave his life to Christ. Within a short time, a number of other communists were converted to Christ and Dr. Kim helped build a church for these and other new Christians. Dr. Kim later became the pastor of one of the largest churches in South Korea, and founder of Korea Campus Crusade for Christ.
Death and Legacy
On September 29, 2009 he died at the age of 85.
See also
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