Jung Myung Seok

Jung Myung Seok

Jung Myung-Seok (born February 3, 1945) is the founder of an international organization called Providence. He is also known by the names of Joshua Jung, and JMS.

President of Christian Gospel Mission ( Bringing love and peace in the world through an open mind of religion and life)

The Christian Gospel Mission, led by President Jung Myung Seok, is gaining attention by walking in-line with the people throgh a much more active method of ministry involving cultral exchange activities, community service, and a variety of other activities.

Since founding his first church in Seoul, South Korea in 1980 Jung has developed his organization into a religious movement with churches in more than 50 different nations over the course of the past 30 years with many young membership, growing into a vibrant international organization.

He has also established organizations celebrating culture, peace, and the arts including the Global Association of Culture and Peace (GACP) and Peace Model. Contributing to world peace through various cultural exchange.

- President Jung 's idea about GACP -God is not just a god of religion, but a God of arts and culture as well. He believes that culture and arts are gifts God gave to those He loves.

GACP which is an international civilian exchange organization, works to provide a place for people to understand each other through sports, arts, and various types of cultural exchange, transcending the limits of nationality and making world peace come true.

- Proposing a new vision for the Christian gospel - "More than simply going to heaven after death, we must create a heaven on the earth while we are still alive" The goal of the Christian Gospel Mission is to create the ideal world on the earth. President Jung sees that the reason young people distanced themselves from the church is because of the literal minded ministry methods of today's Christianity. His goal is to bring to life the teachings of God that are written in the Bible through effort and hard work in order to break free from the religious view which has become a prisoner to mythological interpretations.

- Human beings are bundles of truth. - Make yourself into a work of art. - The bible is a book written with parables and symbols

In 1999 Jung was accused of sexual assault and was officially charged in 2001. In May 2007 Jung was taken into custody by Chinese police and imprisoned in China for 10 months. In January 2008, the Supreme Court of South Korea tried Jung based on the testimonies of two young women. Jung was convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment. In April 2009, the Supreme court of South Korea extended the sentence to 10 years imprisonment.

He is currently serving his sentence and still continues to publish proverbs, songs, books, as well as the Sunday and Wednesday message for Providence churches all over the world every week.