The church in North Korea was not closed. It went underground, and it is still there — four generations of it in some families. Rebuilding is what reaches it: Bibles, radio, training, and support for the people leading congregations that cannot meet.
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Bible and literature distribution
A New Testament in North Korean costs 5,000원; a complete Old and New Testament, 15,000원. There is also a North–South parallel Bible, printed with both Koreas’ wording side by side. Munkwang is the publishing house behind them.
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Radio
For many people it is the only way to hear anything from outside. A shortwave radio costs 30,000원. OKCN broadcasts and keeps an audio archive.
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Church planting
Supporting a worker in an underground church costs 100,000원 a month. Cornerstone also publishes a figure for planting one: 5,000,000원.
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Theological training
CIEI — the Cornerstone International Education Institute — runs 모퉁이돌 신학원 from the Ganghwa centre, where the disaster-response training is also held. Its CiTS course leads on to B.Th, M.A. and M.Div. degrees.
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Children and youth
And scholarships for seminary students abroad, and training for rural church leaders. Where the church is watched, graduations happen in small groups, in several places at once.
