Kim Il-Sung was a Good Presbyterian Boy

 

Sep 26, 2025

In this episode, we trace the sacred origins of the Eternal President. Long before he became the Sun, little Kim Il-sung was just a Presbyterian boy in Pyongyang, singing hymns, attending Sunday school, and playing organ at American-built churches. Raised in the so-called “Jerusalem of the East,” Kim’s early life was soaked in scripture, salvation, and seminary-trained elders. But after a few decades, he replaced Jesus with Juche, hymns with the Song of General Kim Il-sung, and the Holy Trinity with himself. From the underground resistance to godless statecraft, from sermons to surveillance, this is the miraculous tale of how a church-going boy became the god of a communist state. Subscribe, unless you’re too busy rewriting the Bible in Pyongyang. Source: "With the Century." 1998, Kim Il-Sung. “Kim Il-sung on Christianity in Korea.” Francesco Alarico della Scala, 2020. “The Forgotten American Missionaries of Pyongyang.” Robert Kim, 2018. "A History of Korean Christianity." Sebastian C. H. Kim and Kirsteen Kim, 2014. "[Documentary] 1907 Pyongyang Great Revival In Korea"