“Before I was born again, I failed at everything, but after receiving the forgiveness of sins and devoting my life to the Gospel, God’s only provided me with precious opportunities to preach the good news of His salvation.”  - Pastor Ock Soo Park

Pastor Ock Soo Park is the founder of the Good News Mission, an independent Baptist mission organization dedicated to spreading the Gospel to the ends of the world.

Pastor Park’s unsurpassed publication ministry includes life-changing sermon books such as The Forgiveness of Sins and Being Born Again, Out From Despair, and Repentance and Faith, an internationally distributed monthly magazine, and the Good News Weekly, which is one of the biggest Christian newspapers in Korea. His broadcast sermons cover the international airwaves in a series titled, “Lectures on Genesis” and his written works have been regularly featured in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

In 2001, Pastor Park founded International Youth Fellowship (IYF), an initiative that focuses on youth development and cultivation of leadership through spiritual life. IYF is now one of the largest and most innovative Christian youth organizations in the world.

Pastor Ock Soo Park currently serves as the senior pastor of the Good News Gangnam Church in the Republic of Korea.

Noteworthy Accomplishments

• Founder of the Good News Mission Church
• Representative of the Good News Mission
• Director of 700 pastors, ministers, and missionaries in an international network made up of nearly 400 domestic churches and overseas missions
• Author of 38 life-changing sermon books, including “The Secret of Forgiveness of Sin and Being Born Again” which has sold over 500,000 copies in 24 languages
• Author of a featured sermon series in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times
• Host of the weekly online telecast “Visual Fellowship with Pastor Ock Soo Park”
• “New Leader in the Korean Church Grand Prize” award in 2004 from Sports Daily
• “Figure of True Faith” award in 2004 from Herald Business
• “2005 Great Korean Grand Prize” award in 2005 from The Korea Times
• Dispatcher of over 700 university student volunteers through the Good News Corps to 70 countries around the world
• Official TI&E Speaker for the Army Headquarters of the Republic of Korea