Samuel A. Moffett was the first Protestant missionary to establish long-term residence in northern Korea. He served in Korea for 46 years before being forced out by the Japanese occupiers who knew he was a serious influence against their government policy of forcing all schools, including private Christian schools, to bow in worship of the Japanese emperor at the Shinto Shrines. His letters detail the strife in Korea and with Japan as well as the arrests, beatings and jailings of Christians in his area. Throughout the letters he steadfastly remained in Korea stating in an 1894 letter "The Lord placed me here knowing what was coming - our little band will become demoralized if I leave and my work is here. I have been urging the men here to trust God and not worry - surely I can do the same."
In November 1896 he was commissioned by The King of Korea to accompany the Prince to America where he would attend college in the East.
Samuel married Dr. M. Alice Fish in Seoul on June 1, 1899 with 70 guests from missionary communities in Pyengyang and Seoul in attendance. All of their letters indicate a great love between Samuel and Alice. They had two sons, James born in 1905 and Charles born in 1908. In 1912, a little daughter, Margaret, was stillborn and Alice died of dysentery a few days later.
Samuel married Alice's first cousin, Lucia Hester Fish in 1915 and had three more sons, Samuel born in 1916, Howard born in 1917 and Thomas born in 1924. Four of his five sons became ministers and a fifth became a medical missionary.
As a result of the faithful ministry of the missionaries and their Korean Christian colleagues there are now more Presbyterians in Korea than in any other nation, including the USA. An unpublished dissertation was written by Lee, Jong Hyeong in 1983 titled "Samuel Austin Moffett: His Life and Work in the Development of the Presbyterian Church of Korea 1890-1936."
Samuel A. Moffett was originally buried in Carpinteria, California but in 2006, in honor of his contribution and at the request of the Korean Presbyterian Church his remains were moved to the campus of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which he had founded in Pyengyang in 1901, now located in Seoul, Korea. It was a moving tribute of love on behalf of Korea's Christians.
He is memorialized on the Moffett Family Monument in his hometown of Madison, Indiana.
Samuel is my great uncle.
In November 1896 he was commissioned by The King of Korea to accompany the Prince to America where he would attend college in the East.
Samuel married Dr. M. Alice Fish in Seoul on June 1, 1899 with 70 guests from missionary communities in Pyengyang and Seoul in attendance. All of their letters indicate a great love between Samuel and Alice. They had two sons, James born in 1905 and Charles born in 1908. In 1912, a little daughter, Margaret, was stillborn and Alice died of dysentery a few days later.
Samuel married Alice's first cousin, Lucia Hester Fish in 1915 and had three more sons, Samuel born in 1916, Howard born in 1917 and Thomas born in 1924. Four of his five sons became ministers and a fifth became a medical missionary.
As a result of the faithful ministry of the missionaries and their Korean Christian colleagues there are now more Presbyterians in Korea than in any other nation, including the USA. An unpublished dissertation was written by Lee, Jong Hyeong in 1983 titled "Samuel Austin Moffett: His Life and Work in the Development of the Presbyterian Church of Korea 1890-1936."
Samuel A. Moffett was originally buried in Carpinteria, California but in 2006, in honor of his contribution and at the request of the Korean Presbyterian Church his remains were moved to the campus of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which he had founded in Pyengyang in 1901, now located in Seoul, Korea. It was a moving tribute of love on behalf of Korea's Christians.
He is memorialized on the Moffett Family Monument in his hometown of Madison, Indiana.
Samuel is my great uncle.
Samuel A. Moffett was the first Protestant missionary to establish long-term residence in northern Korea. He served in Korea for 46 years before being forced out by the Japanese occupiers who knew he was a serious influence against their government policy of forcing all schools, including private Christian schools, to bow in worship of the Japanese emperor at the Shinto Shrines. His letters detail the strife in Korea and with Japan as well as the arrests, beatings and jailings of Christians in his area. Throughout the letters he steadfastly remained in Korea stating in an 1894 letter "The Lord placed me here knowing what was coming - our little band will become demoralized if I leave and my work is here. I have been urging the men here to trust God and not worry - surely I can do the same."
In November 1896 he was commissioned by The King of Korea to accompany the Prince to America where he would attend college in the East.
Samuel married Dr. M. Alice Fish in Seoul on June 1, 1899 with 70 guests from missionary communities in Pyengyang and Seoul in attendance. All of their letters indicate a great love between Samuel and Alice. They had two sons, James born in 1905 and Charles born in 1908. In 1912, a little daughter, Margaret, was stillborn and Alice died of dysentery a few days later.
Samuel married Alice's first cousin, Lucia Hester Fish in 1915 and had three more sons, Samuel born in 1916, Howard born in 1917 and Thomas born in 1924. Four of his five sons became ministers and a fifth became a medical missionary.
As a result of the faithful ministry of the missionaries and their Korean Christian colleagues there are now more Presbyterians in Korea than in any other nation, including the USA. An unpublished dissertation was written by Lee, Jong Hyeong in 1983 titled "Samuel Austin Moffett: His Life and Work in the Development of the Presbyterian Church of Korea 1890-1936."
Samuel A. Moffett was originally buried in Carpinteria, California but in 2006, in honor of his contribution and at the request of the Korean Presbyterian Church his remains were moved to the campus of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which he had founded in Pyengyang in 1901, now located in Seoul, Korea. It was a moving tribute of love on behalf of Korea's Christians.
He is memorialized on the Moffett Family Monument in his hometown of Madison, Indiana.
Samuel is my great uncle.
In November 1896 he was commissioned by The King of Korea to accompany the Prince to America where he would attend college in the East.
Samuel married Dr. M. Alice Fish in Seoul on June 1, 1899 with 70 guests from missionary communities in Pyengyang and Seoul in attendance. All of their letters indicate a great love between Samuel and Alice. They had two sons, James born in 1905 and Charles born in 1908. In 1912, a little daughter, Margaret, was stillborn and Alice died of dysentery a few days later.
Samuel married Alice's first cousin, Lucia Hester Fish in 1915 and had three more sons, Samuel born in 1916, Howard born in 1917 and Thomas born in 1924. Four of his five sons became ministers and a fifth became a medical missionary.
As a result of the faithful ministry of the missionaries and their Korean Christian colleagues there are now more Presbyterians in Korea than in any other nation, including the USA. An unpublished dissertation was written by Lee, Jong Hyeong in 1983 titled "Samuel Austin Moffett: His Life and Work in the Development of the Presbyterian Church of Korea 1890-1936."
Samuel A. Moffett was originally buried in Carpinteria, California but in 2006, in honor of his contribution and at the request of the Korean Presbyterian Church his remains were moved to the campus of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which he had founded in Pyengyang in 1901, now located in Seoul, Korea. It was a moving tribute of love on behalf of Korea's Christians.
He is memorialized on the Moffett Family Monument in his hometown of Madison, Indiana.
Samuel is my great uncle.
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Carpinteria, CA: Samuel Austin Moffett 1864-1939 Pioneer Missionary to Korea 1889-1936; Lucia Fish Moffett 1877-1962.
Madison, Indiana: Rev. Samual Austin Moffett, D. D. Jan 25, 1864-Oct 24, 1939. For Fifty Years Missionary To Korea. Buried at Carpinteria, California.
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