Samuel C Lee

Preface

He is the founder of University Bible Fellowship with Sarah Barry. He preferred to be called Shepherd and called other leaders Shepherd. In fact, his tombstone was engraved: Shepherd Samuel Lee. His Korean biography was published in 2022, which will be translated into English. The Chronicle is a portion of the book to be published.

Contents

Family: Samuel C, Grace A, Grace, Samuel A, and Little-Sarah Lee
Family: Samuel C, Grace A, Grace, Samuel A, and Little-Sarah Lee

Chronicle

Date follows the format yyyy-mm-dd. If month or date is unknown, the corresponding information is left blank.

  • 1931-10-09: Born in Osaka, Japan as the second son of Young Jun Lee and Eun Soon Chang
  • 1957: Staff evangelist for Chungwoong Church in Imsil, Korea
  • 1959: Graduated from the Chongshin Presbyterian Seminary in Seoul, Korea
  • 1959-03-26: Married Grace A. Lee, the eldest daughter of Elder Chun
  • 1959: Senior pastor for Dukjin Church in Jeonju, Korea
  • 1960: Graduated with BA degree in Philosophy at Chonbuk National University
  • 1961-09-01: Started UBF at 176-1 Daein-dong, Gwangju in Korea with Sarah Barry
  • 1966: Moved to Seoul and continued campus ministry at 25 Hyojae-dong Street, Jongro in Korea
  • 1967: Attended the International Conference by International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1968-1977: Published 32 books of devotional Daily Bread
  • 1969: Sent out the first three lay missionaries to West Germany (Ingyung Suh, Hwaja Lee, Dongran Sul)
  • 1971-08-03: Summer Bible Conference at Soongshil University in Seoul (1,000 students attended) and gave the prayer topic for Summer Bible Conference at Niagara Falls with 200 attendees within 10 years
  • 1974-09-16: Led Summer Bible Conference in Switzerland with 170 attendees (Highlight of the program: My Life Symposium)
  • 1975-07: Led Summer Bible Conference at Niagara Falls (an answer to prayer)
  • 1975-07: Led Summer Bible Conference in Frankfurt with 220 attendees including 40 natives
  • 1977-07-14: Moved to USA and established the headquarters of world mission in Chicago
  • 1978-07-19: Gave the 1st World Mission Report in Seoul, Korea
  • 1981-07: Held Summer Bible Conference with 420 attendees at Niagara Falls, including 220 American students
  • 1985-07: Held the 1st International Summer Bible Conference at the Michigan State University (MSU)
  • 1985: Gave the prayer topic for pioneering Russia at the Seoul World Mission Report
  • 1990-08-28: Three lay missionaries went to pioneer Moscow State University (an answer to prayer)
  • 1991: Received honorary Ph.D. in Literature from Chonbuk National University
  • 1994-09-12: Gave World Mission Report to celebrate the sending of 1,000 lay missionaries at the 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall of Korea Christianity
  • 1995: Gave the prayer topic for North America to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation
  • 1998-05-24: Gave the 14th World Mission Report at Seoul Fencing Gymnasium with 10,000 attendees
  • 2001-07-26: Held the International Summer Bible Conference with 2,350 attendees at the Illinois State University (ISU)
  • 2002-01-08: Call to heaven (Homecoming ceremony with 1,000 guests worldwide)

Eulogy

After Samuel C. Lee passed away on January 8, 2002 his home church, Chicago Church, held a memorial service for him. Many people remembered his life on earth and wrote a eulogy about him. The eulogies were published in the newsletter.

Reference

  • UBF Biography Committee for Founder Samuel Lee. Shepherd for College Students. Vol. 1 (Person). UBF Press. To be published
  • UBF Biography Committee for Founder Samuel Lee. Man Possessed by God’s Word. Vol. 2 (Ministry). UBF Press. To be published