There is an almost universal

lack of faith in North Koreans’

ability to lead. I’ve found few

South Koreans who believe

otherwise and a number of

North Koreans who question it

themselves.

We believe they can – and must

– lead.

My conviction of this is rooted primarily in God’s word.

Time and again we see God deliberately choosing those

men and women are the most unlikely of candidates to ad-

vance His kingdom through. Joseph the slave, Moses the

murderer, David the adulterer, Peter the fisherman, Paul

the prosecutor – it is not so much that unlikely candidates

turn out to be more suited for God’s work; rather, it is that

unlikely candidates, when transformed, are able to reflect

God’s glory more brightly precisely because of their unlikeli-

ness to do so on their own.

I cannot think of anyone more unlikely to lead than a

man or woman who, from birth, has been deliberately

trained not to under the threat of death.

It is difficult for most of us to imagine just how all-

encompassing Juche really is. Even for those of us who

have been raised in Christian families and gone to church all

our lives; the very fact that we live in countries where we

could choose to worship otherwise – or not at all – keeps us

from grasping the full gravity of it.

Yet, this we do know: through faith in Christ every per-

son may been transformed. It doesn’t matter whether we

are North Korean, South Korean, American, Russian or any

other nationality. God is in the business of taking unlikely

candidates like you, me, and the tens of thousands of North

Korean defectors living in South Korea and China, and doing

in us what we could not do ourselves.

His work is to make truly great leaders out of the un-

likeliest of candidates.

In this issue, you’ll find out more about overcoming

Juche through leadership training; the challenges facing

North Korean defectors; and the programs Seoul USA has

developed to facilitate the transforming work God wants to

do in their lives. Consider this your invitation to join us: be

it as a student in one of our programs, a volunteer at our

ministry headquarters in Seoul, or a financial supporter of

this vital and unique work.

You may just find yourself being transformed in the

process.

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Underground Technology’s Dean, Hyun Sook Foley,

teaches on peacemaking.

“...ESCAPING

FROM NORTH

KOREA IS ONLY

THE FIRST

VICTORY IN A

SERIES OF

BATTLES YET

TO COME.”

THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE FACING NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS

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Underground University students receive leadership training as pastors, missionaries and ministry leaders.

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Juche’s Trinity: adherents worship

Kim Il-Sung, his son Kim Jong-Il,

and his wife Kim Jung-Sook

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TRANSFORMING DEFECTORS

“...be transformed by

the renewewing of

your mind.”

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GROUND UNDER

UNIVERSITY tECHNOLOGY

Dean: Rev. Eric Foley

Pastor Foley serves as CEO of Seoul USA and Pastor of .W Doers of the Word church, which meets simul-taneously in Colorado Springs, CO and Seoul, Korea. He has trained more than 1,300 NGOs how to build giving and volunteer programs around disci-pleship practices and is the author of two books, Coach Your Champions and The Whole Life Offering.

Dean: President Hyun Sook Foley Mrs. Foley serves as President of Seoul USA,

working to foster Korean-American relations while drawing attention to and serving the persecuted church around the world. She holds graduate degrees from universities in both South Korea and the United States and is cur-rently pursuing her doctorate at Regent University.

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