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| Dr. George O. Wood and Sol Arledge with the delegation from South Korea |
A delegation of four Korean
Assemblies of God leaders traveled to the United States last week with
just one
purpose in mind: to meet with the U.S. Assemblies of God Executive
Leadership
Team and visit the USA AG national offices.
AG General Superintendent George
O. Wood explains that he was recently a guest of Korea Assemblies of
God,
speaking at their general council in South Korea. “My experience in
Korea was
nothing short of incredible,” Wood states. “Leaders and laypeople alike
were so
welcoming and friendly and on fire for God — I was deeply impressed.”
The Korean delegates included, Dr. Yong Mok Cho, general superintendent of the Korea AG and senior pastor of Grace and Truth Church (300,000 members) in Kyanggi-do, Korea; Jongdal Lim, former general superintendent of the Korea Assemblies of God; Inchan Kim, a newly appointed general superintendent; and Dr. Peter Kim, dean of the Korea Assemblies of God Seminary. In addition, Wan Ki Choi, district superintendent of the U.S. Second Korean District Council was present, serving as host and interpreter.
The AG World Missions Executive Committee hosted the
Korean delegation for dinner on Wednesday night and again for lunch on
Thursday. They gave each member of the delegation a leather bound copy
of the Fire
Bible.
Dr. Wood and U.S. Assemblies of
God CEO Sol Arledge led the delegation on a personal tour of the
national
office buildings, including stops through U.S.
Missions, World Missions, the
executive offices, the pressroom, the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center Museum
and other areas of interest.
“It was our great honor to host
our esteemed colleagues from Korea,” Wood says. “What they are
accomplishing
for Christ in Korea is phenomenal.”
In an earlier letter to Dr.
Wood, Dr. Cho expressed his respect and gratitude for Wood, sharing that
he had
Wood’s general council sermon, in its entirety, reprinted in the
newspaper the
denomination publishes. “The readers of this newspaper are not only
members of
the general council of our denomination,” Cho stated, “but also include a
wide
spectrum of readers.”
“We can learn a lot from our
brothers and sisters in Korea,” Wood says. “I have the deepest respect
and
admiration for them.”
AG News, Dan Van Veen
Copyright ©2012 The
General Council of the Assemblies of God.
