The Korean Adventist community came together this fall for Korean Adventist Family Evangelism of Los Angeles (KAFE LA), a month-long evangelism series under the theme “On That Glorious Day.” The first three weekends in October held an evangelism emphasis—family and children, youth, and young adult—and the final weekend was a day of united worship.
“I dreamed for a day like this, when all nine Korean congregations came together for worship,” Vinh Nguyen, Southern California Conference (SCC) Asian/Pacific Region director, said during the program. “I encourage you to continue to do this annually, and God bless you as you carry this message to the Korean people in Southern California.”
Throughout the month, the evangelistic meetings saw an average of 200-250 attendees. Of those attendees, three identified as atheist and 23 were first-time visitors to an Adventist church. Additionally, 50 people who had stopped attending church came back for the meetings.
Part of SCC’s Asian/Pacific Region, all nine Korean churches and groups collaborated to plan this work. Ahead of the culminating event, throughout the year for Pentecost 2025, many evangelistic efforts took place among these churches, such as music evangelism (Cerritos Korean church), outreach to people experiencing homelessness (Good Neighbor group), family camp evangelism (Southbay Korean group), seniors evangelism (Valley United Korean church), family evangelism (Glendale Korean church), and many more.
Collaboration among the churches was evident on this united worship day. Both the English Ministry and Korean Ministry choirs—each formed with members from all nine participating churches—offered special music. Tim Kwon, senior pastor at Lombard Fellowship Church in Illinois, shared a message focused on working together to prepare for Christ’s return. The day concluded with an afternoon concert featuring vocal ensembles, quartets, and soloists from various churches.
Two people were baptized on that day, adding to the 16 people who have been baptized from Pentecost 2025 initiatives this year.
“While KAFE LA might be over, our work is not finished,” said Enoch Lee, Olympic Korean church associate pastor. “We hope and pray that everyone will continue to do the work of evangelism—the work of inviting people into a relationship with Jesus—so that one day, we will all be united together in the name of Jesus on that glorious day of His soon return.”
