Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church , “Mission Photograph Album - Korea #5 page 0234,” UMC Digital Galleries, accessed February 28, 2023, https://catalog.gcah.org/omeka/items/show/11075.
Henry Gerhard Appenzeller
Rev.헨리게어하트아펜젤러HenryGerhartAppenzeller선교사님(1858-1902)
Born February 6, 1858
Souderton, Pennsylvania, US
Died June 11, 1902 (aged 44)
South Korea
Occupation Methodist missionary who introduced…
Board of Bible Translators, circa 1896. Horace Underwood, first row, second from left; William Reynolds, far left. (Courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society)
The sculpture of baptism on the shipboard represents how early Korean Christianity in Ganghwado was formed. At that time, many Koreans and royal families had an extremely exclusive policy and antagonistic attitudes towards Christianity associated…