We praise God who blessed the first Rhein-Main Joint Easter Conference which was held in the beautiful Easter time from April 3rd to April 4th and helped all co-workers and Bible students to meet the risen Jesus.

In a youth hostel in the city of Bad Homburg nearby Frankfurt we started the first day at 10am with group bible study in three groups. After the group bible study Msn. David Cho (Frankfurt) delivered the first main lecture about Jesus’ death (Matthew 27:31-66). After lunch we had time to reflect on the passage and to write and share our testimonies. In the evening Dr. Moses Lee (Darmstadt) delivered the second main lecture about “New life in Christ” (1.Cor 15:12-34) After the message Rebekka Ryu, David Kim, Liu Xia, Marda from Mainz, Hanna Cho and Msn. Maria Kim from Frankfurt shared their gracious testimonies. The third main lecture was given by Sh. Barbara Lee (Mainz). The message was from Matthew 28:1-15 and was entitled “He is risen”. Through this message we learned that Jesus’ resurrection is the fulfillment of God’s promises in the scriptures and a historical fact. Lastly, Msn. Hudson Kim (Mainz) gave the closing message from Matthew 28:16-20 about Jesus’ world mission command to his disciples “Go and make disciples of all nations”.

Saturday night we had an Easter celebration to share the joy and grace of resurrection with a heart moving mime from Mainz coworkers, recitation of 1. Corinthians 15 by Paul Kim, Sarah Kim and Samuel Kim, a resurrection skit by Frankfurt co-workers, and piano performances by Joseph and Timothy Lee from Darmstadt.

In total, 31 persons attended. Although it was the first time for us to co-work and have a joint conference, we co-worked wholeheartedly together by combining the strengths of each chapters, the mature shepherds and second generations from Mainz, the young missionaries from Frankfurt, and the musically talented second generations from Darmstadt. By this wonderful co-working we could share the abundant joy and grace of resurrection and give God the glory.

It was a very short 2-days conference. But we focused on the quintessence of the gospel, Jesus’ death and resurrection, and through the deep and gracious main lectures we were encouraged to be used as witnesses of the resurrection. During the conference we prayed for each chapter to raise one ancestor and mother of faith, and 12 disciples of Jesus, and we prayed for the pioneering of 12 campuses in the Rhein-Main area. After the conference we went for a walk in the Castle Garden which was just next to the youth hostel and shared the grace we received during the conference.

We pray that God may grant Msn. Samuel Peter Ryu, Msn. David Cho, and Dr. Mose Lee life giving Sunday messages, and we pray that God may raise 12 disciples in each chapter and pioneer 12 campuses in the Rhein-Main area.