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Pastor Ha started the Onnuri Church in Seoul, South Korea 22 years ago. When he started it, he had a vision to start a church to produce the kind of disciple that would change the world. He wanted the entire church to be the missionary. The initial years of the church grew rather slow. It was difficult to even join. You either had to be a new Christian or related to someone who was already there. The whole point of the church was to start a church like the one in the book of ACTS. That vision has guided him the past few years.

I visited with him some about what it meant for the church in the East to lead. Today, some 60,000 attenders (at least), 1,000 full-time missionaries around the world, and over 20% of their budget goes towards missions. It’s just simply hard to find another church like it in the world. There are only a handful. Daniel Lee’s Church in Seoul, Global Mission Church, is the same, as well. I love these men--their humility, their heart for God, their intellect, they embody so much. Everything from churches in buildings, to churches in houses, to 3am and 5am prayer meetings simply blow me away, humble me, and make me wonder why we don’t implement here more of what they have done.

So, this Wednesday morning, 7:00a.m. Korea time--14 hours ahead of us, Pastor Ha will have a kidney and liver transplant.  It will be Tuesday at 5:00pm Texas time. It’s very serious. His entire church is praying for him. He’s 60 and sees no end in sight. For Asian culture, he’s young and in his prime. Let’s lift him up.