United In Prayer at Noon

United In Prayer at Noon

by | Mar 7, 2025 | Prayer

Years ago, after hearing a Christian broadcast, Mr. Kim was stirred with curiosity. He listened more and soon obtained a rare copy of the North Korean Bible. For months, he studied it diligently, and as understanding dawned, so did overwhelming joy. Unable to keep the truth to himself, he quietly began sharing the gospel with family and friends.

One by one, lives were transformed. Over a hundred people in his town embraced Christ—fully aware of the grave risk they faced. In North Korea, being caught as a believer often means public execution. Yet, their faith grew.

Their underground fellowship, however, was eventually infiltrated by a special security agent. Arrested and confined in the town’s security compound, they faced relentless interrogation and brutal treatment. But when the noontime siren sounded each day, their voices rose in unison, boldly praying the Lord’s Prayer. No beatings could silence them. Even their guards stood in astonishment at their unwavering courage.

Then, the unthinkable happened. Around 40 of them were secretly executed. The rest were condemned to a notorious prison camp, vanishing into the darkness of North Korea’s brutal system.

We have no further updates on their fate, but we know this: God has not abandoned them. He is with them in their suffering, and He treasures each one.

Will you stand with them in prayer?

  • Pray for the continued spread of Gospel broadcasts across North Korea, overcoming every barrier.
  • Ask God to deliver printed and digital Bibles into the hands of those hungry for truth and hope.
  • Intercede for believers who pay the ultimate price for their faith—that they be strengthened and encouraged.
  • Pray for the very ones who persecute them—that their hearts would be softened and their eyes opened to the truth as they witness the unshakable faith of Christ’s followers.
  • Wherever you are in the world, commit to joining in prayer at noontime, standing in solidarity with our persecuted brothers and sisters.

The world may not know their names, but heaven does.

Two Fathers

Two Fathers

by | Feb 6, 2025 | Prayer

Grandma Sunhee has engaged in many conversations over the years that inevitably include this sentence: “I have two fathers, not just one!” 

She regularly gives things away without mentioning God or the Bible, and her NK neighbors wonder why.

“You don’t seem to be living comfortably, so why are you giving me this?”

“Me? I have a mansion in my hometown,”  Grandma Sunhee answers nonchalantly.

“Huh? Can I go to that mansion?”

 People whisper that she is secretly a rich person.

“No, I’m not!”

“Why then?”

“My father is different! I have two fathers, not one.”

She didn’t start out being generous. In fact, she lived in resentment for many years. At a loss, she asked God again and again, “God, why did I have to come here and live like this? Please say something!”

“I sent you to tell these NKs about Me” was the answer she heard after three years of tears. 

Most people are speechless or unable to understand her secret language; however, surprisingly, some do get it even though Grandma Sunhee never speaks directly about God while giving things away. But as a result of her loving actions and that provocative sentence, she has been able to evangelize neighbor families and other NK individuals.

  • Pray that the example of Grandma Sun-hee’s life will lead more and more people to see the earnest heart of the Father who loves generously. 
  • Pray that loving actions will shed the light of truth and life as God’s people go out to be generous neighbors to NKs.
  • Ask the Lord to bless those He has called to tell about Himself, to melt and prepare their hearts, even when things don’t go well.
  • Even today, pray that acts of generosity will convey God’s love and spread the gospel to NKs, who are highly suspicious of others. May love melt their hearts! 
Join Us in Giving Thanks

Join Us in Giving Thanks

by | Jan 8, 2025 | Prayer

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.  Philippians 1:3-11 

As KRIN reflects on 2024, there are so many things for which to give thanks. 

Please join us in expressing gratitude to God for:

  • Reports of multiple new disciples and new discipleship groups, as well as deep and wide growth of house churches, among NKs in so many regions inside and outside the country.
  • New projects and collaborations focused on serving and training NKs among groups based in diverse countries around the world, from Central Asia to South America, from Europe to East Asia. 
  • Record volume of God’s Word in audio, print and digital formats getting to NKs.
  • Discipleship training materials, new Book 2 and revised Book 1 prepared specially for NKs, to be released in the first quarter of 2025.
  • Continued expansion of networking, service ministries, camps, counseling, care pack distribution, outreach, … to NKs in various regions.
  • May the love of NK disciples of Christ abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that each one may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God. 
December: NK Man Learns About Jesus and Baptizes Himself

December: NK Man Learns About Jesus and Baptizes Himself

by | Dec 2, 2024 | Prayer

A story was recently shared from Asia about an NK man named K who came to know Christ is a most unique way. Not only did he come to know Jesus, he desired to be baptized. Through a connection only God could orchestrate, he was led to desire baptism and performed it for himself in an isolated spot well away from possible spying eyes. His heart was so touched that he shared the Good News of Christ with friends and family, despite the potential danger where he lives. Not only that, he was even able to get Bibles to those friends and family members, an action which could easily implicate him and all of them in crime against the state, punishable by death. Even now, he is trying to come up with ways to go to another nearby area to share Christ with people there.

WAYS TO PRAY FOR K

  • Pray for K’s newly birthed faith, that he will continue to grow in God’s truth and godliness, as he feeds on God’s Word.
  • Pray for the avenues that get the Good News in recordings and print to K and others like him to be divinely protected and kept open so that more can hear and respond to Christ’s grace.
  • Ask the Lord of the harvest for favor as K passionately shares with others, that he may continue to seek opportunities and retain his freedom to move about and interact as long as possible.
  • Pray for discerning wisdom as K seeks those to share with, that he may have spiritual sight to see those whose hearts are prepared and hungry.
  • Give thanks for those who have done their best behind the scenes to prepare recordings and publications designed for NKs, and for those who have taken risks to see these delivered.
November: New Mission Workers

November: New Mission Workers

by | Nov 8, 2024 | Prayer

World events are creating very creative opportunities to reach the North Korean people. Wars and shifting political alliances are creating substantial opportunities for passport holders from outside the current mainstream mission force. KRIN is working fast to capitalize on those opportunities. The good news is that there are now 6 missionaries from Central and South America in the pipeline, who are going to places workers from N America and western European countries just cannot get to. There are many challenges to overcome for this to happen, but God is opening up doors and scenarios, as well as people who are passionate to go! One woman, named “A”, sensed the call to go to a NK border area several years back but didn’t know how or where. When she heard someone share about the need and opportunities at a conference focused on mission work among NK migrants, she quickly responded!

Pray for “A” as she moves early next year to a border nation to reach NK people living there! KRIN has been able to facilitate some connections there. Ask that those connections are solid and “A” is smoothly granted the visa she is applying for.

Pray for 6 other missionaries from these diverse countries who are preparing to go to work among NK migrants! Ask the Lord for provision for their needed support and training, etc. Praise God for connections we have in the region to receive them and assist them in their transitions!

Pray for the hearts of NKs in these places to be prepared to respond to these new mission workers in friendship and ensuing discipleship. Ask the Lord that the discipleship tools and processes can retain their simplicity so that they can be more easily reproduced by new disciples.

Ask the Lord of the Harvest to mobilize more prayer for NK. Join us in praying that KRIN can help to create programs to send and receive missionaries in some very sensitive areas through creative access. We continue to be amazed at the people God is raising up as we are faithful to keep moving forward!

October: A New Life, New Challenges

October: A New Life, New Challenges

by | Oct 8, 2024 | Prayer

For most defectors who arrive in South Korea after an arduous escape from the North, the initial joy is like a dream. But their joy at arriving in the prosperous South soon gives way to a difficult adjustment period. Every day brings new challenges, and most defectors know no one outside of any family members they may have arrived alongside. There are many cultural differences and they have to start life all over again in a high-tech, democratic society, which can be quite overwhelming. The South Korean government does provide a three-month resettlement school where they learn various things about South Korean society: how to use an ATM machine, modern transport infrastructure and get a job. Despite the effort of community centers to provide extended resources for resettled refugees, the supplies and programs often do not meet their social needs for the long-haul.

Who looks out for them? Many defectors have suffered extreme trauma but are unlikely to seek help or know where to find it. While some local churches work in tandem with government programs to get acquainted with their new neighbors, there is still a gaping need for more engagement by those who can be the hands and feet, especially the listening hearts, of Christ’s love to these North Koreans.

Join in Prayer For:

A move of the Holy Spirit to stir up mercy toward ‘aliens’ in the hearts of Christians throughout South Korea.

Increasing numbers of South Korean disciples of Jesus to have their hearts deeply touched with compassion for North Korean defectors in their communities.

More churches and individual Christians to take action to get involved in community-based programs that support the defectors in their neighborhood.

Those who are Christ followers to see the defectors as their brothers and sisters, seeking them out with friendship and welcome.

Zechariah 7:8-10 Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Execute true justice, show mercy and compassion everyone to his brother. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart against his brother.’