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Following the word of God to preach the gospel in Samaria and to the ends of the earth, various events are held to reveal the glory of God all over Korea and overseas. On February 27, 񟭅 Bible Preaching Event for Men' was held graciously in Okcheon Training Institute Gymnasium to activate the gospel work of the men members. The men members who attended this event qualified at the preliminary contest, held in each Church in February 20.

The men members got ready for the event from early in the morning although it was a holiday. They were smiling brightly, but they seemed to be very nervous, and their hearts seemed to be fluttering as well. The members who arrived early looked around the inside of the training institute and also made up their minds again to do their best in this event, remembering the mission of God's chosen ones.

Before the event started, Mother prayed to Father, "At this time when the word of God is spreading to all over the world quickly according to the prophecies, please let the men members be the excellent gospel workers, who fulfill the mission of saving souls, being armed with the word of God, keeping pace with this age as well," and also taught them to walk the way of gospel with endurance and delight and happiness, saying, "We experience sufferings while preaching the gospel, but we are to overcome them delightfully, having the hope for heaven."

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"It is the world's principle that merchants can sell more goods when they serve their guests with a whole heart and kindness. How much more, then, should we be humble and kind to people when we carry out our mission of preaching the word of God that has the blessing of eternal life," "Be the children who lead a lot of souls to the righteous way by studying the word of God diligently and by also preaching the word with humble mind, kindness and love in the low position." The men members shouted, 'Amen,' saying, "We will become the gospel workers worthy of God's chosen and fulfill the mission of the couriers who preach the news of salvation to the whole world."

The event was held in two places, gymnasium and auditorium. 145 teams with 7 or less members in each team attended the event in the gymnasium, and 97 teams in the auditorium. It was impressive to see them showing their capacity that they practiced in front of the markers and encouraging each other with clapping whenever a preaching finished. They were full of passion, faith and earnestness. A member gave thanks to God who allowed him a precious enlightenment through this event, saying, "I studied between works, but I am still lack of many things, so I had no choice but to depend on God only. I felt the hot enthusiasm of other participants and I came to decide to do the gospel work harder."

After the preaching test finished, the participants realized once again that all the truths were made by the sacrifice of God, through a video about the sacrificial love of Christ who came in the flesh for the salvation of mankind. They also decided to preach the gospel, following the path of sacrifice Christ walked.

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Then an awards ceremony was held. The abilities of the participants were all excellent, so it was decided to award all the awardees 'Excellent Prize' rather than to give them different awards. The awardees were 7 in total including Ahn Jin-pil from Seongnam area. The awardees said, "This award is God's special gift to encourage me to do the gospel work harder," "I give thanks to God for allowing me this precious award even though I am still lack." They also showed their will for the gospel work, saying, "As a fellow worker of God, having the mission of saving souls, I will lead a lot of souls to God, being armed with the word."

The General Pastor Joo Cheol Kim commented on the abilities of the participants favorably, saying, "I feel sorry for awarding only 7 members for the scarcity value even though I'd like to award all of them for their abilities were all great," and added, "Men members have been bearing a part of the gospel, giving thanks to God, by various voluntary services in their Churches. I was very impressed when I found out that they had as much passion and abilities as that of the young adult members or women members in preaching God's word." He also said, "The saying goes, 'If we concentrate, we can do everything.' I hope our men members will concentrate on the overseas mission with all their hearts and with all their will and with all their mind, so that they may take a great part in the last gospel work."

The reliable ambition and fervor of the men members, who have sacrificed themselves to make a happy family in the name of 'father,' was another one different from that of the young adult members. We expect the men members' awakening all the souls in the world, who have fallen in a deep sleep, with the loud voice of 'Amen' resounding in the event place just like the shouting of Joshua that collapsed the tower of Jericho.