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DAVID J. CHO

Chronology

CHRONOLOGY OF DAVID J. CHO

Infancy and Juvenile Age
December 19, 1924	Born near the Yalu River at the border of Korea and China as the eldest son of Sang Hang Cho who was a prominent Korean resistance leader against the Japanese military regime, which had occupied Korea since its invasion in 1905. His father received Christ as his savior when he was 10 years old.
March 1925	Received infant baptism from Rev. Donald A. Swicord, a missionary from the Southern Presbyterian Church of USA, so he was raised as a Christian from childhood.
March 1930	Entered to Kimjae Public Elementary School, Kimjae, North Jeolla Province.
March 1934	Transferred to Soong-Il Christian Elementary School, Kwangju, South Jeolla Province.
March 1935	Transferred to Kwangju Second Public Elementary School because all the Christian mission schools were shut down by the Japanese military power.
February 1937	Finished Kwangju Second Public Elementary School
February 1941	Graduated from Kwangju Commercial High School

During the Last Ages of Japanese Occupation
March 1941	Teacher, Pihyon Holy Heart Catholic Elementary School, Euiju, North Pyongan Province
March 1941	Teacher, Joongwon Christian Elementary School, Pihyon, Euiju, North Pyongan Province
1943-1945	Teacher, Kogwon Public Elementary School, Euiju, North Pyongan Province
August 1945	Drafted to Japanese Army, but did not go because Japan surrendered and the Second World War is ended

Seminary Training
February 1946	Fled to South Korea from the Communist rule of North Korea to receive theological education.
September 1946	Entered to the Chosun Theological Seminary, Seoul
October 1947	Transferred to the Koryo Theological Seminary, Pusan
May 1948	Transferred to Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Seoul
June 1949	Graduated with Honor from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Seoul

Excellence in Theology But Failure in Evangelism
1949-1955	Began evangelization to plant the church but failed to reach heathens. He soon realized that seminary training did not teach me how to evangelize unreached, and so He failed to reach unreached people because He did not know how to begin evangelism to heathens. So he decided to study evangelism and mission.

Mission and Evangelism Studies
August 1956	Went to the United States to pursue the studies in Mission and Evangelism. His missionary training pilgrimage began, it started from Barrington College Providence, Rhode Island and WEC Missionary Training Center, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
1958	Studied at the Bethany Missionary College, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1959-1960	Continued advanced study of mission under Dr. J. T. Seamand and evangelism from Dr. Robert Coleman at the Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky and received Th.M in Mission in 1960,.
1980	Conferred honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity from Belhaven College, Mississippi
1981	Conferred honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky
1993	Ph.D. in International Development at the William Carey International University in Pasadena, California.

Experience in Teaching at Seminaries and Universities
1961-1963	Lecturer, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea
1964-1974	Lecturer, Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea
1967-1970	Lecturer, OMS Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea
1968-1972	President, International School of Mission, Seoul, Korea
1973-1999	President, East-West Center for Missions Research and Development, Seoul, Korea
1976	Distinguished Lectureship, Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL
1976	Guest Lectureship, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX
1977	Guest Lectureship, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS
1978	Guest Lectureship, Moody Bible Institute
1978	Guest Lectureship, Belhaven College, Jackson, MS
1979	Guest Lectureship, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY
1980	Guest Lectureship, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL
1980-1999	Professor and Director of Korean Studies, William Carey International University, Pasadena, CA
1984	Guest Lectureship, Biola University, Orange County, CA
1985-1988	President, Joongbu Christian College Daejun, Korea
1991-1995	Professor, Western Seminary, Portland, OR
1991-1999	Visiting Professor, Pyong Yang Theological Seminary, Pyong Yang, North Korea
1992-1999	Visiting Professor, Kim Il-Sung University, Pyong Yang, North Korea
2001-2003	President, Russian Christian Leadership Development, Moscow, Russia
2004-Present	Visiting Professor, School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA

Experience of Faith and Ministries
January 18, 1941	Confirmation by Rev. Yea-Jin Kim at Yong Sang Presbyterian Church, North Pyongan Province
1943-1945	Deacon, To-Gyo Presbyterian Church, North Pyongan Province
December 1945	Divine Calling at the Revival Meeting of To-gyo Presbyterian Church, Euiju, North Pyongan Province
1948	Planted and served as non-ordained preacher at the West Gate Presbyterian Church, Seoul
Junne 1950	Commissioned as the Pastor and Appointed as Associate Pastor of Yeo-Su Presbyterian Church, South Jeolla Province
July 1951	Senior Pastor, Ku-Rye Presbyterian Church, South Jeolla Province
1954	Senior Pastor, Ok-In Presbyterian Church, Seoul
1960-1978	Senior Pastor, Hoo-Am Presbyterian Church, Seoul

Experience in International Leadership and World Mission
1953-1956	Founder and General Secretary, Korea Inter-Versity Fellowship
1953-1958	Founder and General Secretary, Korea Evangelical Fellowship (Korean NAE)
August 1956	Korean Delegate, The General Assembly of the World Evangelical Fellowship, Providence, Rod Island, USA
September 1956	Korean Delegate, International Congress, IFES, Toronto, Canada
December 1958	Korean Delegate, the Asian Conference, IFES, Hong Kong
March 1964	Founder and President, International School of Mission, Seoul, Korea (which was the first missionary training institute in the non-western world)
1965	Chairman of the Organizing Committee, The Nation-wide Evangelization Campaign of Korea
October 1965	Chief Delegate of Korea, East-Asia Conference of Evangelism, Tokyo, Japan
October 1966	Korean Delegate, World Congress on Evangelism, Berlin, Germany
1968-1999	Founder and President, Korea International Mission (later changed the name as the Inter-Mission International: IMI)
March 1968	Korean Delegate, Asia-Pacific Congress on Evangelism, Singapore
May 1969	Executive Director, Korea Congress on Evangelism, Seoul
June 1971	General Director, Korea-Japan Evangelical Leaders Conference, Tokyo and Seoul
May 1973	Planning General Secretary and Arrangement Chairman, Seoul Billy Graham Crusade, Seoul, Korea (which was the largest crusade in the world Christian history)
August 1973	Executive Director, All-Asia Mission Consultation (which was the first gathering of non-western mission leaders for the world mission)
September 1973	Started the first Summer Institute of World Mission, Seoul, Korea (which was the first missiological school in the non-western world. The instructors were invited from Fuller School of World Mission and the Dallas Theological Seminary)
August 1974	Arrangement Chairman, EXPLOR '74 Crusade (sponsored by the Campus Crusade for Christ)
October 1974	Speaker, International Congress on World Evangelization, Lausanne, Switzerland
October 1974	Elected as Ad Hoc Committee member representing the third world at the General Assembly of WEF, Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland
August 1975-1986	Founding General Secretary, Asia Missions Association
1978-1985	Founding Chairman, Korean Bible Translators, Inc.
1979-1999	Founder of the Pauline House, as Missionary Training, Research and Development, Palan, Kyonggi, Korea (donated to the Global Mission Society in 1999)
November 1980	Speaker, '80 World Consultation on Frontier Mission, Edinburgh, Scotland
September 1984	Distinguished Guest Speaker, The 25th Anniversary of Indonesia Evangelical Seminary, Batu, Indonesia
1989	Chairman, Asia Missions Association
1989-1995	Founding Chairman, Third World Missions Association
1989-2000	Visiting North Korea over 20 times for the Mission to North Korea
1991-1999	International Chancellor, World Link University of TWMA
2000-2003	Missionary to Russia. Established the Russian Institute of Christian Leadership Development, Moscow, Russia
February 2004	General Director, David Cho Missiological Institute
November 2006	Closing Address Speaker, the 9th Triennial Convention of the Asia Missions Association, Ephesus, Asia Minor
October 2007	Plenary Speaker for Asian Mission: Historical Perspectives, The First International Conference of Asian Society of Missiology, Bangkok, Thailand

Experience of Editor and Writer
1947-1949	Chief Editor, Bi-Monthly Magazine, The Pillar of Flames: The Bulletin of the Fellowship Christian Faith (Korean)
1948-1949	Chief Editor, The Just View of Theology: A Quarterly Theological Review of the Presbyterian Seminary (Korean)
1952	Executive Director, The Grace Literature Society, Korea
1953-1955	Chief Editor, The Christian Weekly News (Korean)
1956	Translated, Gresham Machen's Christianity and Liberalism
1955-1956	Chief Editor, Weekly International Christian Weekly (Korean)
1961-1963	Editorial Writer, The Christian News (Korean)
1968-1975	Founder and President, The Christian Herald Press, Seoul, Korea
1970	Translated, G. C. Berkouwer's The Triumph of Grace in the Theology of Karl Barth
1970
1977 - 1989	Editor, Asian Missions Advance: Bi-Monthly Official Bulletin of Asia Missions Association
1968	translated Robert E. Coleman's The Master Plan of Evangelism
1970	Author, Supreme Leadership: Man at the Top (Korean)
1973	Author, Modern Church Architecture (Korean)
1974	Author, Diagnostic Studies of Church Growth (Korean)
1976	Editor, New Forces in Mission: The Official Report of the All-Asia Mission Consultation, Seoul '73 and the Inaugural Convention of Asia Missions Association, 1975
1983	Editor, Third Force: The Official Report of the 3rd Triennial Convention of Asia Missions Association, 1982
1986	Editor, World Mission and World Peace: The Official Report of the 4th Triennial Convention of Asia Missions Association, 1986
1991	Author, Religion and Political powers (Korean)
1992	Author,
1993	Author, Modern Church Administration (Korean)
1994	Author, I was the Son of who condemned as Capital Punishment, The First Volume of Personal Biography: A Pastor who Went to the Mount Chi-ri (Korean)
1994	Author, 500 Sermons Set for the Yearly Calendar of the Church (12 Volumes, Korean)
1996	Author, I was the Son of who condemned as Capital Punishment, The Second Volume of Personal Biography: A Pastor who Went to Pyong Yang (Korean)
2000	Author, I was the Son of who condemned as Capital Punishment, The Third Volume of Personal Biography: A Pastor who Went Out to the World (Korean)
2007	Author, World Mission Trend 1900-2000: A Commentary of Declarations of Christian Mission (English and Korean)