Deacon Joonhwan Chung
(General Manager of Exportation and Importation / Hasseop Team Leader for the Chung P&C Laboratory for Breeding Pigs)

Joonhwan Chung is a professional consultant in the livestock business. Nicknamed Deacon 'Pig' at church, he works at the Chung P&C Laboratory, one of the nation's top hog breeding general consulting agencies. He is a frontline pioneer in the livestock consulting field with his benchmarking skill in livestock breeding. With his special expertise, he is now making a huge contribution to the development of Korea's livestock business.
In December 1997, he was led to this church through his wife's dream. He had worked at an artificial insemination center for pigs for 8 years, and was in charge of breeding and general sales. When foot-and-mouth disease prevailed in 2002, he had the experience of having 60 of his pigs (each worth 5 million won, or $5,000 in US currency) protected under the prayer of Dr. Jaerock Lee. But due to the foot-and-mouth disease, his company went through restructuring, so he decided to start his own business, which seemed more promising. He opened a pet store which was considered profitable, but the business was a failure.
While praying for a job, he was hired in August of 2007 at the Chung P&C Laboratory. He started out as a worker for the Breeding Pig Importation Part of the company for 6 months. He worked diligently to import only the best quality pigs and so increased the company's revenue. From February 2008, he learned the work of HACCP, a new division of the company, and became a professional consultant. HACCP operates quality control of all meats such as pork, chicken, duck, beef, etc., to make sure no harmful substances from the farm go into the meats. With proper education of all the workers, HACCP provides quality control to help companies to become nationally certified companies. And with Chung's skill, his company's passing rate streamed to the top, so more and more contracts came pouring in.
Every Sunday morning at 5 a.m., Chung wakes up and prepares to meet the Senior Pastor. Why does he do this every week? Because whenever he talked to the Senior Pastor about his business and received his prayer, Chung experienced his problems being resolved and turning into blessings. There were also changes in his life of faith. He used to compromise with the world with a burning motive. But as his heart became more peaceful, his attitude changed, and he gained confidence as he tried to think through everything with goodness and tried to treat everyone with kindness. God helped him come up with good ideas for his lectures, and He also helped him make HACCP contracts with many farms.
Also, as a group leader, he visits church members' houses every Saturday with other workers in the Men's Mission. While visiting many church members' houses, the members received solutions to their problems, and Chung himself experienced his own problems being solved! He felt overwhelming joy when long-term absentees began attending the church again, and when families came to Christ through his visits.
"After experiencing the change in my thoughts and deeds, I received more answers by meeting the Senior Pastor. I have many weaknesses. But whenever I met the Senior Pastor and told him about my business, and he prayed for me, all the problems were resolved. The way God works is totally different from our own thoughts. Usually we tend to think impossible things are just impossible. But in faith, even impossible things turn into possible things, and possible things become even greater possible things. My life is filled with blessings after since I obeyed the words of the Senior Pastor who clearly presents the will of God and earnestly prays for me."
Chung is now a HACCP instructor for the Education Center for Livestock Health at the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, and he has received material blessings; as his salary has increased threefold, and he receives unprecedented incentives at the laboratory where he works. And the company he works for has matured into a leading company with huge revenues in the livestock industry.