About 5 years ago, I left the church and became lukewarm. Meanwhile I developed acute arthritis on the left knee and had difficulty climbing a building without an elevator. Still less, the hearing on the left ear worsened due to the aftereffects of brain tumor surgery and I was diagnosed with hearing impairment at the end of 2023. Then, I began wearing a hearing aid. ...
The first Manmin branch church in Oceania has been founded. On Sunday, March 7, 2010, 16 believers including the family of Deacon Jiho Yoo offered to God the Founding Service of Sydney Manmin Church. Pastor Peter Bae ministering to the church proclaimed a message entitled "Though Your Beginning was Insignificant, Yet Your End Will Increase Greatly" (Job 8:7), in which he testified to his love for God and his neighbors and his earnest hope for heaven. He also revealed his aspirations for the education of church workers, organizing cells and districts, and evangelization of local Australians.
Rev. Peter Bae (front row, second from right) and members of Sydney Manmin Church during its Founding Service