NK Missions
1605 Elizabeth St.
Pasadena, CA 91104
wnetwork@nkmissions.com

The mission of NK Missions is to engage, involve and coordinate efforts for North Korea missions.

NK Missions is an evangelical Christian ministry dedicated to reaching the people of North Korea with God's love and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Through international, local, collaboration and project networks, NK Missions is active in spreading awareness, mobilizing and coordinating efforts for North Korea missions.

3 reasons for urgency:

1. North Korea can open at any moment. Though North Korea is perhaps the most closed country in the world today, it could open suddenly as demonstrated by the unexpected fall of the Berlin wall. Experts have noted that people are the most open in the first year of a post-communist society with interest rapidly declining each year.
2. Cults are active and mobilizing. Cults, such as the aberrant Unification Church, are investing hundreds of millions of dollars into North Korea and gaining inroads into the government. Cults might be more advanced in their strategy and preparation for reaching North Korean than the Church is.
3. The Church must mobilize and collaborate. In order to reach the people of North Korea first, churches and organizations need to share training, resources, and experiences to catalyze projects and workers for North Korea mission work.

4 focuses of NK Missions:

1. World Network for North Korea Missions
NK Missions established www.nkmissions.com and the World Network for North Korea Missions in 2001 with the vision of networking internationally people interested and involved in North Korea missions. The World Network focuses on news, discussion, networking, project catalyzation and mobilization. As of March 2004, the World Network has over 700 people from over 20 countries.
2. Local Networks
NK Missions is promoting the establishment and growth of local area network communities focused on North Korea mission involvement. Each local area network community provides support for prayer, networking, training and involvement. As of March 2004, NK Missions is supporting local area network communities in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Jose/Bay Area, Champaign (Il.), and New York.
3. Collaboration Networks
NK Missions is promoting the establishment of networks to facilitate collaboration among organizations and churches. NK Missions has held events and activities with other organizations for mobilization, prayer, and training purposes. Other collaboration network efforts include Strategic Collaboration Gatherings for North Korea and the International Prayer Coalition for North Korea.
4. Projects Networks
NK Missions is looking to promote and facilitate the catalyzing of projects for North Korea. Project networks will work in collaboration with the world, local, and collaboration networks to equip people to start new ventures or join existing ones that play strategic roles in reaching the people of North Korea. The Project Networks will include interest area networks where people from a variety of fields – such as education, health, legal, business, etc. – can interact to catalyze project development.

Vision 2008

NK Missions is aiming to see 50,000 people, 5,000 churches and groups, 500 projects, and 50 local network communities networked and engaged in North Korea missions by the year 2008.

Why 2008?
North Korea is showing signs of collapse or opening before 2008. First, public support inside North Korea for the regime is fading and its legitimacy is at stake. Second, China is taking lead in the current 6-nations talks trying to resolve the North Korea crisis before the Olympics in 2008 (they would like to avoid a flood of international activists protesting their treatment of North Korean refugees). Third, the U.S. is likely to take increasingly bold steps to resolve the North Korea nuclear issue by 2008 (this will be the last year of the Bush administration if Pres. Bush gets re-elected). The Church must be ready by 2008 to mobilize, send and involve people in reaching the people of North Korea.

What is Vision 2008?
Vision 2008 is a bold initiative to mobilize people with tangible goals in preparing and activating the Church to take part in North Korea missions.

50,000 people, 5,000 churches and groups, 500 projects, and 50 local network communities networked and engaged in North Korea missions by the year 2008.

What is STEP 2006?
STEP 2006 is a campaign to take a bold ¡°step¡± in reaching the goals of Vision 2008. STEP 2006 envisions 5,000 people, 500 churches, 50 projects and 5 local network communities networked and engaged in North Korea missions by the year 2006.

How can you be involved?
1. Pray. Please pray for the people of the North Korea, the activation and equipping of the Church worldwide, and also the leaders and servants involved in NK Missions and Vision 2008. We need your involvement.
2. Give. Consider becoming an individual or church sponsor of NK Missions and Vision 2008. Giving options include monthly or one-time gifts. Request more information or visit www.nkmissions.com
3. Volunteer. We have volunteer opportunities for each of our four focus teams – world, local, collaboration, and project networks. Opportunities can also include mobilizing your local area or church and becoming an advocate for Vision 2008.


contact NK Missions, 1605 Elizabeth St.., Pasadena, CA 91104, or email wnetwork@nkmissions.com



The Unification Church and the Evangelization of North Korea:
A Wake-up Call to the Christian Church

- by NK Dave (nkdave@nkmissions.com)


What would happen if North Korea collapsed tonight? Would the Christian Church be ready to take advantage of the opportunity? Or would cults jump at the opportunity while the Church lags behind. In this article I examine the plans and preparation of one cult, the Unification Church, in regards to North Korea. In many ways they seem more poised and ready to spread their cult into North Korea than the Christian Church is ready to spread the true gospel of Jesus Christ. May this be a wake-up call to all those with ears to hear.


What is the Unification Church?

The Unification Church is an aberrant cult that was founded in 1954 by Rev. Sun-Myung Moon. Moon claims to be the messiah of the Second Coming and his wife is the Holy Spirit. He and his wife, called The True Parents where he is the True Father and his wife the True Mother, are the first couple to be able to bring forth children with no original sin. (for more info on their beliefs see http://www.carm.org/list/moonies.htm and http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/u05.html) Moon is also head of a huge empire of countless front organizations and thousands of businesses (most notably the Washington Times) worth billions of dollars (see list at http://www.rickross.com/reference/unif/Unif12.html#us_businesses)


The Unification Church’s Involvement in North Korea

The cult leader, Rev. Moon, was born in North Korea and thus has great interest in seeing his homeland “evangelized?under the Unification Church. Rev. Moon has been actively pursuing inroads into North Korea since 1991 as described by the L.A. Times, “The unlikely relationship between the Unification Church and North Korea dates back to 1991, when Moon visited North Korea's founder and chief ideologue, Kim Il Sung. That paved the way for Moon, an archconservative who nonetheless supports dialogue with the North, to buy two hotels in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, including the 161-room Potonggang, which boasts of being the only hotel in the isolated country with satellite television. The North Koreans also allowed Moon's followers to develop Jongju, the northwestern town where Moon was born, into a pilgrimage site #-- another coup for the Unification Church because the communist nation bans all practice of religion.? (http://detnews.com/2002/autosinsider/0204/02/autos-451998.htm)

In recent years, the Unification Church has been negotiating a historical joint venture auto assembly plant to be built in Nampo, North Korea. Few people thought that such a huge undertaking could be possible, but in April 2002, Pyonghwa Motors, an automaker owned by the Unification Church, completed the $55 million auto assembly plant. They are aiming to produce 10,000 Fiat cars annually with plans of expanding production to 100,000 cars annually. (http://www.korea-np.co.jp/pk/179th_issue/2002041302.htm) The Unification Church plans to invest up to $300 million into the project.

Rev. Moon is also very active in the United Nations and may have close involvement with the U.N.’s activities in North Korea. (http://www.tparents.org/UNews/unws9605/scwp.htm)


A Scary Thought: The Unification Church’s Plans in North Korea

In addition to the car assembly plant, Pyonghwa wants to open a department store, gas stations, automobile showrooms and what the company described as a "World Peace Center" in Pyongyang to promote cultural and educational exchanges.

Rev. Moon is getting old. He turned 80 a couple years ago (Kim Jong Il sent him some rare ginseng as a birthday gift). What wouldn’t Rev. Moon want more before he dies than to see North Korea “evangelized?under his cult? Rev. Moon has access to billions of dollars and also millions of followers who are dedicated to him. The Unification Church claims to have 4.5 million “full-time?followers. I tend to believe them. In February 2000, 450,000 couples were married on Sunday in a mass ceremony connected by the Internet and satellite and officiated by Unification Church leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon (http://www.rickross.com/reference/unif/Unif61.html). The Unification Church seems to be strategic and active in their approach to North Korea. It is obvious that they are well-prepared in the event that North Korea suddenly opens up. Here is a possible scenario that scares me just thinking about it:

North Korea suddenly collapses tonight. Kim Jong Il announces that Juche (North Korea’s state religious/political/everything system) is a failure and asks South Korea and the international community for help. It’s doors open but the harsh conditions in North Korea, such as poor water, infrastructure, heating, etc., prevent many from even thinking of visiting. The Christian Church is taken aback and takes months to organize and to agree on what needs to be done. In the meantime, Rev. Moon gathers a billion dollars by liquidating some investments and calls 100,000 of his most dedicated followers to join him in a holy pilgrimage to North Korea for a few months. Rev. Moon and his 100,000 most dedicated followers enter North Korea within the first month that it opens up and their strategy is simple: hand out literature and set up a Unification Church in every village in North Korea. Within a few months every single person in North Korea has received a Bible (Unification cult version) and cult tracts from the Unification Church members. Thousands, if not millions, of North Koreans are led astray. Rev. Moon sets up a main temple in Pyongyang by spending $400 million. It’s a huge facility and it’s completed in 6 months. North Koreans first exposure to the Bible, God and Jesus is from the cult group, the Unification Church. Evangelical Christian missionaries begin to trickle in within the first few months that North Korea has opened up. However, they are disorganized and lack the resources to compete with the Unification Church. It takes 12 to 18 months for the Christian Church at large to get organized and agree on a strategy to reach North Korea. By then, it’s too late?


Wake-Up Call to the Christian Church

While reading this some of you might be thinking that it is hardly likely that the Unification Church can organize and deploy so efficiently. Maybe some are even questioning the resources available to the Unification Church. First, we should not underestimate the dictator-style leadership methods of cults like the Unification Church. Oftentimes, their followers are brainwashed and will do anything their leader asks. Imagine, 450,000 couples were married at a single ceremony and many of them never met each other before. They do it because their cult leader tells them to. If they can get married like that, who says they can’t go to North Korea like that? Also, we aren’t just dealing with the Unification Church. There are countless of others cults that are interested and active in trying to reach North Korea. When you combine all their efforts, resources and personnel?it can be daunting.

However, the real wake-up call comes when we ask how prepared is the Christian Church at large for a sudden collapse or opening of North Korea. Do we have 100,000 people dedicated to enter North Korea within the first few months that it opens up? Do we even have 1,000 willing? How about 100? How many do we have that are trained in sharing the gospel with North Koreans or equipped to plant a church in North Korea? Do we have financial resources set aside for North Korea missions? If Rev. Moon can release a billion dollars in a few months (hypothetically) how long will it take the Christian Church to do the same? Years?decades?

If North Korea collapses tonight, who’s to say that the majority of North Koreans?first exposure to God will not be through the Unification Church?

If the Christian Church is serious, it must act now.