Dr. Paul Jeong is the initiator of this conference.
Dr. Jeong is the director of the missionary society Vision for the Kingdom, based in California, USA, which he founded almost 30 years ago together with other fellow believers who are passionate about world evangelization.
Dr. Jeong was born in Korea and graduated from the Korean Military Academy.
He became a believer in 1976 and left his military career early in 1981 to become a pastor.
Dr. Paul Jeong about this conference: ” I believe that this Herrnhut Conference is the kind of event through which God will do great things.
And the Lord is inviting each one of you to participate in this historic event .” Translation: I believe that this Herrnhut Conference is a type of event through which God wants to do great things.
And the Lord is inviting each and every one of you to attend this historic conference.
If you get to know Dr. Paul Jeong, he can tell you about the greatest faith campaign that ever happened in his home country of Korea, EXPLO 74, where his mentor Reverend Dr. Joon Gon Kim with the help of Bill Bright from Fuller Theological Seminary, despite all the headwinds of the enemy, managed to bring together one million Koreans in one event and bring one million Koreans to faith.
Intensive prayers and a long preparation went beforehand.
There was a lot of headwind, one skeptic published a paper with 100 reasons not to do such an event.
They did it anyway and God performed the miracle.
Education of Dr. Paul Yonggap Jeong: After graduating with a Masters of Divinity from Korean Baptist Theological Seminary, Jeong became pastor of Hanter Baptist Church in Seoul, which he co-founded with others.
Jeong earned his Master of Theology degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in North Carolina, USA.
Jeong then completed his Doctor of Theology (Ph.D.) at Fuller TheologicalSeminary in Pasadena, California, USA.
Paul Jeong was the pastor of the Winston-Salem Korean Baptist Church and the head pastor of the Korean Baptist Church in Carrboro, North Carolina, USA.
Dr. Jeong then taught at the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Dr. Jeong has written a book entitled: Mission from a Position of Weakness (American University Studies Series), published by Peter Lang.
While others are already enjoying their well-deserved retirement at the age of 69, Paul Jeong is burning to evangelize the whole world like Zinzendorf.
Without him, this conference would not have come about.
His guiding principle is: In Essentials Unity, in Non-Essentials Diversity, in Everything Charity. We can hear Dr. Paul speak on Sunday afternoon, 27.10.2024.