Holy Spirit Presbyterian Church, located in Atlanta, held a youth revival conference from October 3 to 5 focusing on identity in Christ.
The conference, themed "The Born Identity,' took place in five different locations over the three days of the conference, and Pastor Jun Sik Hwang from New Life Covenant Church in Chicago was featured as the main speaker of the conference.
Pastor Hwang has been actively leading a ministry called J-Gen (Joshua Generation) in hopes to build up Korean American pastors and the Korean American church. In every conference, Pastor Hwang preached messages that were entertaining for the young people, but also was structured in a way that they are forced to struggle with important issues regarding their relationships with the Lord.
At 7 PM on Saturday, the sanctuary of Holy Spirit Presbyterian Church was filled with young people, who listened carefully to the Pastor Hwang's sermon, and gave praise to the Lord during the time of worship which was also led by youth.
Pastor Jun Sik Hwang from New Life Covenant Church spoke at the recent 'Born Identity' conference in Atlanta, reminding youth about their new identity and new life after receiving Christ.
"When we are born again in Christ, we receive a new identity and a new life," said Pastor Hwang in his sermon. "What is my identity? Before we received Christ, we were sinners who had no other choice but to receive an eternal punishment, but now that we have received Christ and decided to follow him, we now have freedom in the truth. This is because Christ died for us and shed his blood on the cross, and he covers us with that blood. By our own power we can never be pure nor holy. But Christ's blood has covered our sins, and we have to accept that not only with our minds, but with our hearts."
Pastor Hwang has been passionately preaching to Korean American audiences, especially to the younger generation, who often deals with conflicting identities - am I Korean, American, both, or neither? He strives to help them find their new identity in Christ.
