Our History & Vision Statement
Cornerstone
Ministries International’s vision is to mobilize the Korean church to restore
the Kingdom of God, from Pyongyang to Jerusalem. The meaning is twofold: physically, to
evangelize the nations between the two cities; spiritually, to restore the
Kingdom from the place of darkness to the City of God.
This ministry was
organized to support the persecuted church in any nation restricting the
propagation of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our core ministry activity has been the
delivery of Bibles to the persecuted church, particularly in North Korea and
China, to encourage the believers so that they in turn would be strengthened to
build churches and reach their own communities with the Gospel.
Cornerstone Ministries
International has been delivering Bibles into restricted nations since 1985,
comforting the suffering Church, building disciples, and walking alongside them
as they evangelize their nation. In
particular, CMI began by delivering Bibles to the Korean Chinese people of
Northeast China. Before its division in
1953, Korea was one of the most evangelized nations in Asia. Intense persecution after the institution of
Communism, however, virtually wiped out all traces of the Church in North
Korea. Yet, word began to leak of the
strong movement of the Holy Spirit in North Korea. As we looked for a way in to the country, God
led us to the Korean Chinese. Their
close relations, proximity and access to the people living in North Korea
yielded an open door into the country.
CMI grabbed hold of the opportunity to deliver the Word of God (“word
delivery”) to North Korea as has been doing so ever since.
As the Korean Chinese
people delivered bibles into North Korea, Chinese Christians asked CMI to
deliver Bibles to them as well; not only so, but as more and more Bibles have
been delivered, Chinese Christians began to ask CMI to go to China to teach
them how to study the word of God as well.
Thus, the ministry followed the Holy Spirit’s work and added “seminary
delivery” to the agenda, teaching leaders of the Church to teach themselves
and others. We send qualified
missionaries to them with the goal of raising missionaries among them who will
evangelize their own country and people, “missionary delivery.” God has connected CMI with the house church
network through the delivery of Bibles, enabling the ministry to provide
continual support and guidance to the leaders of the churches in terms of
church administration and biblical education.
We are currently teaching in four house church seminaries.
Cornerstone Ministries
International is based in Seoul, Korea, and has offices in Southern California
and Beijing, China. The Beijing office
serves as a field administrative office for our six families currently serving
in China. CMI currently supports a total
of 12 field missionaries and their families in restricted countries.
2012 | January, July 44th & 45th Mission School held at Acts 29 Mission Village February 20th~29th, North Korea Mission School held on the Field March 10th~May 28th, Spring Mission School held every week for 3 hours for 12 Weeks (North Korea Mission School, Missional Spirituality School, Missional Bible Research School) March 27th~29th, 1st Disaster Relief Training held at TEAM Retreat Center April 25th Stewardship Renewal meeting held at ChungPyung Chapel May 11th~12th, 2nd USA Mission School held in Orange County, USA May 17th~19th 2nd Canada Mission school held in Toronto, Canada September 11th~January 26th, Fall Mission School held every week for 3 hours within 12 weeks September 24th~28th, Spiritual Warfare & Inner Healing School held at Jumoon Do Training Center October 27th, All Staff Intercessory Prayer Retreat at TEAM Retreat Center December 13th, North Korea Mission After Unification Seminar held with KWMA December 17th, Second Christmas Service with participating members held at CTS Hall Regular Prayer Meeting held every last Monday. changed on September 17th to every Monday Prayer Meeting open to public Voice of the Wilderness Broadcasting Worship Service with North and South Korea members held every Friday at Methodist Women's Mission Hall Publications: <Red Jesus Followers> / Author: Isaac Lee Publisher: MoonKwangSuhWon Manga <Genesis> / Author: NEXT Publisher: MoonKwangSuhWon <Stump Christian Faith and Unstable North Korea> / Author: Yoo, SukRyeul, Publisher: MoonKwangSuhWon Manga <Kings> / Author: NEXT Publisher: MoonKwangSuhWon Manga <Acts> / Author: NEXT Publisher: MoonKwangSuhWon Manga <Messiah> / 2nd Vol. Author: NEXT Publisher: MoonKwangSuhWon Manga <Messenger> / Author: NEXT Publisher: MoonKwangSuhWon |
2011 | January, July 42nd & 43rd Mission School held at Jumoon Do Training Center January 22nd~24th, Missionary Meeting held February 21st~March 2nd North Korea Mission School & Missional Bible Research School held on the Field March 5th~May 30th Spring Mission School held every week for three hours within 12 Weeks (North Korea Mission School, Missional Spirituality School, Missional Bible Research School, Westward Mission School & Missional Leadership School) April 26th~29th Stewardship Renewal meeting held at ChungPyung Chapel May 12th~14th Canada Mission school held in Toronto, Canada May 19th~21st, USA Mission School held in Orange County, USA June 13th~19th, CBN coverage of 6.25 Intercessory Prayer Meeting August 19th, Spirituality School, Westward Mission School Field Trip August 27th~November 28th, Fall Mission School held every week for 3 hours within 12 weeks October 21st~22nd, USA Prayer meeting for North Korea Mission held in Orange County, USA October 29th, All Staff Intercessory Prayer Retreat at TEAM Retreat Center October 31st~November 4th, Spiritual Warfare & Inner Healing School held at Jumoon Do Training Center December 8th~14th, Missionary & Staff Meeting held at Jumoon Do Training Center December 15th, Board Meeting held December 19th, First Christmas Service with participating members held at Dream Church / Methodist Women's Mission Hall Regular Prayer Meeting held every last Monday. Voice of the Wilderness Broadcasting Worship Service with North and South Korea members held every Friday at Methodist Women's Mission Hall Publications: <Metamorphisis> / Author: NEXT, Publisher: TokiJangYi <Collapse of Kim Jung-Il Regime and North Korea Mission> Author: Yoo, Sukryeul, Publisher: MoonKwangSuhWon <I have never given up North Korea> Reprinted Author: Isaac Lee, Publisher: MoonKwangSuhWon
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2010 |
January, July 40th & 41st Mission School held at Jumoon Do Training Center June 19th Prayer Meeting for Pyongyang Restoration held at Chung Pyung Chapel Spring, Fall Short-Term Mission school held twice for 12 Weeks (North Korea Mission School, Missional Spirituality School, Missional Bible Research School) August 9th~18th IT Short-Term Missional School held at Jumoon Do Training Center October 29th~30th, Cornerstone Ministries International 25th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service held at Centennial Hall) Voice of the Wilderness Broadcasting continues every Thursday Publications: <Are these the signs of the end of North Korea> / Author: Yoo, Sukryeul Publisher: YeYoung <Changes of North Korean Regime and the Effects of Grassroot Movement> / Author: Yoo, Sukryeul Publisher: YeYoung <Fate of Kim Jung-Il and the Fate of North Korea> / Author: Shim, Jooil Publisher: YeYoung |
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2009 | January, July 38th & 39th Mission School held at Jumoon Do Training Center March 30th~31st Urgent National Prayer Meeting held at Jung Dong First Church Spring, Fall Short-Term Mission school held twice for 12 Weeks (North Korea Mission School, Missional Spirituality School, Missional Bible Research School) Voice of the Wilderness Broadcasting begins every Thursday Publication: <Manga Messiah> / Publisher: YeYoung
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2008 | January, July 36th & 37th Mission School held at Jumoon Do Training Center Spring, Fall Short-Term Mission school held twice for 12 Weeks (North Korea Mission School, Missional Spirituality School, Missional Bible Research School, Westward Missional School) August 4th~15th IT Short-Term Missional School held at Jumoon Do Training Center Publications: <New Jeumeun the Word of God> Author: Choi, Euiwon, Publisher: Yeyoung <Post Kim Jung-Il North Korea Mission>/ Author: Yoo, Sukryeul, Publisher: Yeyoung |
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2007 | January, July 34th & 35th Mission School held March 17th Post Kim Jung-Il North Korea Mission Strategy Seminar March~June, September~December 9th & 10th North Korea Miss ion School held every Tuesday for 12 weeks March~June, September~December 6th & 7th Missional Spiritualit y School held every Thursday for 12 weeks) September 14th~October 27th First Missional Bible Research School held every Friday & Saturday for four weeks |
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2006 |
February, July 32th & 33rd Mission School held March~June, September~December 7th & 8th North Korea Missi on School held every Tuesday for 12 weeks March~June, September~December 5th & 6th Missional Spiritualit y School held every Thursday for 12 weeks) April 27th~28th Pyongyang International Bible School Professor M eeting held July 17th~27th Perimeter Intercessory Prayer Meeting Held Publications: <Ways of North Korea Survival on the edge> Daeyoungjung Publishers Situation Analysis years 2004, 2003 edition copies Situation Analysis years 2005 edition copies Situation Analysis years 2006 edition copies |
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2005 |
February, July 30th & 31st Mission School held March~June, September~December 5th & 6th North Korea Missi on School held every Tuesday March~June, September~December 3rd & 4th Missional Spiritualit y School held every Thursday) April, June, July, August, October 9th to 13th Perimeter Intercesor ry Prayer Meeting Held June 28th Refugee Seminar held October 28th~29th 20th Year Anniversary of Peace Offerings held at the Centennial Hall Short-Term Mission was adopted as Mission Ministry Publication: <North Korean Nuclear Era and Its Relations to South Korea> Daeyoungjung Publishers |
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2004 |
January 26th~28th Preparation meeting for 2008 Beijing Olympics was held at Jeju Island February, July 28th & 29th Mission School held April~June, September~November 3rd & 4th North Korea Mission School was held (Every Tuesday) April~June, September~November 1st Mission Spirituality School May 1st~8th Conducted Medical Mission in Manchuria July 12th Seminar was held (Post Kim Il-Sung 10 years Outlook, North Korea Mission in Kim Jung-Il Era) July 16th~18th Mission Conference was held at Full Gospel Church in Jeju Island Publications: <Analysic of the situation in Korean Peninsula Endoscopy 2003> Dae Youngjung Publishers <Kim Jung-Il Era North Korea Mission Research> Cornerstone Ministries Publishers |
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2003 |
February, July 26th & 27th Mission School held July 14th~16th Beijing Forum held |
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2002 |
January, July 24th & 25th Mission School held |
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2001 |
January, July 22nd & 23rd Mission School held |
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2000 |
January 18th~21st, 20th Mission School held |
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1999 |
January, July (1 week) of 2nd Mission School held |
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1998 |
March 26th~28th "Meeting of the Unprofitable Servants" |
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1997 |
May 27th~28th "Meeting of the Unprofitable Servants" |
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1996 |
May 11th, Intercessory Prayer Meeting for Unification |
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1995 |
October 28th, Prayer Meeting was held at the Unification Observatory for Unification by the Gospel |
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1994 |
April 4th~9th "Mission Strategy by Community Health" Second Seminar |
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1993 |
Joined World Mission Council and Professionals Missionary Council of Societies April 26th~31st "Mission Strategy by Community Health" First Seminar August 17th "Post Kim Il-Sung 100 days Outlook and North Korea Mission Strategy" symposium held. November 8th~12th "Meeting of the Unprofitable Servants" Missionary Conference (Held Annually) |
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1991 |
August 27th~September 3rd, "Mini Love Israel" |
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1990 |
November 6th, "Unification in the role and mission of the Church"A Symposium in preparing for unification |
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1989 |
September 23rd, "After the death of Kim Il-Sung: Changes and Mission Outlook of North Korea" Symposium in preparing for the unification |
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1988 |
September 14th~17th "Love North Korea 88" International Symposium |
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1985 |
Cornerstone Ministries International Established |
