Preface
In Dec. 2013 Paul Chang wrote this article and contributed two photos.Contents
Overview
In the early stage of pioneering ministry all missionaries worked at the factories as a sewing machine operator or presser or janitor. However, we went out fishing every day and met at 5:00 a.m. for daily bread and prayer. God used this kind of challenges to lay a foundation of faith in Canada and taught us to live by the absolute gospel faith. God blessed us to take care of many students.
When our missionaries began to attend school in order to lay a foundation for self-supporting ministry while raising children, we could not devote ourselves to the gospel ministry for a while. However, God helped us to be stable as self-supporting missionaries and enabled us to better understand Canadian people and society so that we can be better Bible teachers for campus students.
When ministry confronted division among us, we experienced pain and discouragement. But God enabled us to gather our strength in him so that we may faithfully serve campus mission with a never-giving-up spirit. God sent new co-workers and helped us to form a new vessel of prayer in and among us. Presently, five missionary families are working together to form a Christian community of faith, hope, love and mission and to advance the gospel of Jesus among young people on campus together with growing second gens and several Bible students. We pray to establish a fruitful student ministry and positively participate in world mission with a vision for Canada to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
Chronicles
- 1980-1982. M. Mary Song came to Hamilton to do her graduate school at Math department of McMaster University and moved to Chicago after graduation.
- 1987. On January M. Paul and Pauline Chang, M. Joshua and Hannah Yoon, M. Joseph and Deborah Lee, M. Grace Oh, and M. Christy Chung were sent to Hamilton from Winnipeg UBF. M. James Oh joined on August in 1987, M. Caleb Chung in 1988.
- 1991. Robert Prebble came to study the Bible, met Jesus at UBF international SBC, and began to attend SWS faithfully. Philip Styles came to study the Bible.
- 1993. M. David and Deborah Lee moved from Ottawa to join Hamilton ministry.
- 1997. Robert Prebble married Patricia Tomlinson from Toledo UBF, 35 students from Baebong UBF in Korea came to Hamilton for leadership training for the summer. Hannah Sohn from Korea came to study English and met the Risen Christ and decided to be a missionary to Canada.
- 1998. M. James and Jane were sent to Hamilton from Korea as student missionaries. Gordon Hnatiuk joined from Winnipeg.
- 1999. Four missionaries from Korea came to Hamilton ministry.
- 2000. M. Hannah Sohn was sent as a student missionary to Hamilton and enrolled at computer science department at McMaster Uni. M. Joshua and Esther Kim joined in Hamilton ministry
- 2001. Due to the division in Korean UBF, seven missionaries moved out of Hamilton UBF. Robert Prebble’s house church moved out of the ministry to a local church. New missionaries, Isaac and Rebekah Choi and Abraham and Rebekah Kim joined in the ministry from Korea.
- 2003. M. Ezra and Pauline Lee moved to Hamilton from Montreal for Ph.D. study at McMaster University and M. Ezra got his Ph.D. and went back to Korea in 2009.
- 2004. We purchased new Bible centre and moved to 785 King St. west, near 10 minutes from McMaster university.
- 2005. M. James and Grace Oh’s family was sent to Guelph to pioneer University of Guelph. M. Caleb Park from YunHee UBF joined his wife, Hannah Park
- 2013. Presently, five missionary families are serving McMaster University and Mohawk college. We have around 20-25 attendants on Sunday worship service and 10-15 weekly one to one Bible studies. Right now, several students are growing in the word of truth and our second generations are growing in faith to be new generation leaders for the future gospel ministry.