Korean Baptist church takes gospel witness to public safety festival

"Jesus changed my life. Ask me how." That's what members of Sugarloaf Korean Baptist Church of Suwanee said to the hundreds of people they approached at the Gwinnett Public Safety Fall Festival in Lawrenceville on Sept. 27.
A young boy prepares to break a board reading ‘”sin” at the Gwinnett Public Safety Fall Festival in Lawrenceville on Sept. 27.
(Photo courtesy of the Christian Index)

Korean Baptist church takes gospel witness to public safety festival

“Jesus changed my life. Ask me how.”

That’s what members of Sugarloaf Korean Baptist Church of Suwanee, Georgia, said to the hundreds of people they approached at the Gwinnett Public Safety Fall Festival in Lawrenceville on Sept. 27. They received a very positive response and were greeted by lots of smiling faces.

For more stories at your doorstep, subscribe to The Baptist Paper.

SIGN UP for our weekly Highlights emails.

“It was an amazing experience for us,” said lead pastor David Chang Dae Che.

Che, who has been pastor of the 700-member congregation since October 2024, said kids and adults intentionally wore t-shirts inviting people to ask them how Jesus changed their lives. “We had so many members from the community come up to us to thank us for sharing the name of Jesus,” he said. “We value Jesus’s Great Commission of going out and making disciples. We want to be a presence in our community.”

Full story.

EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Jason Queen and originally published by the Christian Index. 

Share with others:

Facebook
X/Twitter
LinkedIn
Email
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Email

Related Posts

Moody Bible Institute settles lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has agreed to accept Moody Bible Institute students in its student-teacher internship program after the private Christian college filed suit against the district for unconstitutionally blocking the college’s religious hiring practices, a March 12 press release announced. 

Looking for a leader? What to look for in your ‘next.’

Looking for a new leader? Cory Bramlett, associate pastor at Mountain Ridge Church in Glendale, had some advice on that during the breakout session “What should I be looking for in my ‘next’?” at the Who’s Your Next? Conference, recently hosted by the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention.