Hope Remains Resilient in Korean Congregation
A Baptist church in Seminole Heights has a special connection to events unfolding half a world away.
The prayers for peace that mark the holiday season were particularly poignant for a Seminole Heights congregation this year. The Korean First Baptist Church, located at Highland and Hanna avenues, has been watching with the world as tensions undulate on the Korean peninsula, a place most members call a second home. After a decade that largely offered hope for reconciliation, 2010 brought both an uptick in North Korean aggression and a renewed debate over how South Korea should respond to the north's enigmatic leader, Kim Jung-Il. E-mail and phone calls help members stay in touch with family and friends in South Korea, and they say such contact soothes nerves often left frayed by U.S. and Korean news coverage. "It's funny. The people …
