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Hello! My name is Pastor Philemon Yoo (you can call me Phil).I am so thankful to be in Memphis and to be the pastor of Good News Memphis Church.I never wanted to become a pastor. Although I went to church ever since I was very young, I never aspired to do ministry, nor did I really care about serving others. I just wanted to live a comfortable life—collecting a stable salary and spending my time doing the things I liked (mainly doomscrolling social media and watching the NBA and NFL). By the time I graduated from grad school, I was so burned out with church that I decided to "resign" from attending and start doing whatever I wanted. I got a comfy office job crunching numbers into a computer, and I thought I was happy.One day, however, I reluctantly attended a community revival at my church. The guest preacher asked the audience, “Everyone, what do you think is a better life? Being a hotshot businessman, doctor, or lawyer—or being a missionary?”Everyone in the church laughed because, of course, there’s a “churchy” answer and there’s a realistic one. The pastor smiled and said, “Yes, many people think that being a hotshot businessman, lawyer, or doctor and making a lot of money is the best life to live. And many people think that being a missionary—maybe in a faraway land, maybe suffering under harsh conditions, maybe even facing persecution—is the worst kind of life.”Then the pastor said something that changed my life. He said, “However, the day is coming when everyone on earth will realize that being that missionary was the better life. But on that day, it will be too late.”I was deeply convicted. It truly felt like the sky fell on me. Through that conviction, I quit my job, went to seminary and missionary school in New York, and began my life as a full-time pastor and preacher.My first stint in ministry was in Memphis when I came here in September 2020. Ever since then, I have been privileged to get to know this amazing city, to minister to people with the Word, and—most of all—to fellowship with the most loving and wonderful people on planet Earth.I give God all the glory and thanks.

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