"Having Many Children and Raising Them Well Is a Blessing"… Yeouido Sunbogeum Church Resumes 'Heonashik' Ceremony

On the 3rd, Yoido Full Gospel Church announced that it resumed the dedication ceremony (獻兒式) to celebrate childbirth and pledge to raise children according to God's will for families with babies under 36 months old on the 25th of last month. This is the first time in three years since it was suspended due to COVID-19.

On the 25th of last month, 45 families, including parents and children, participated in the dedication ceremony.
[Photo by Yeouido Full Gospel Church]

On this day, due to the large number of participants, the ceremony was first held for parents of 45 families with children under 9 months old and 46 babies. The parents held their babies and raised their right hands, declaring that they would care for the children given by God with faith as stewards for God's glory. Pastor Lee Young-hoon, the senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church, laid his hands on the children's heads and prayed for them.

Pastor Lee urged the parents, "According to God's good will, do not neglect or be indifferent to your children, but do your best on this earth to raise them with prayer."

Senior Pastor Lee Young-hoon of Yoido Full Gospel Church is laying hands and praying over a child participating in the dedication ceremony.
[Photo by Yoido Full Gospel Church]

Yoido Full Gospel Church has been blessing and encouraging childbirth even before the low birthrate issue became a social concern. So far, the dedication ceremony has been held for about 1,100 babies from 1,000 families.

Since 2012, the church has also been providing childbirth incentives. They offer 1 million won for the first child, 2 million won for the second, 5 million won for the third, and 10 million won for the fourth. Over the past 10 years, they have supported 4,668 households with a total of 4.9 billion won.

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