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Artist Statement: "In the background of the painting appears the 1938 edition of the Korean Bible--especially, Romans 1:17 ("the righteous will live by faith"). The cross of Jesus Christ stands in the middle between Martin Luther [(1483-1546)] on the left and Philipp Melanchton [sic][(1497-1560)] on the right. The cross and the three persons beneath it--John the Baptist, Chranach [sic], and Luther-- originally appeared in the alter painting entitled Law and Grace.

Artist Statement: "Seongsan Bridge appears over the River Han. Across the bridge stands Lotte World Tower, a 123-floor skyscraper that officially opened in 2017. A cross is floating on the river. Martin Luther, while reminding us of his speech at the Diet of Worms, stands just next to Jesus, pointing to him. Several people surrounding them are watching the event of Jesus' crucufixion. All of them are figures borrowed from Yun-Bok Shin's genre paintings. There are also other figures borrowed from Hong-Do Kim's paintings.

A large format calligraphy brush, likely made with goat hair with a bamboo handle. This brush is in the center of the first image.

An inkstone engraved on five sides with various scenes of a crowd gathered in the gardens of a large pavilion. The inverse of the stone is engraved with the text of the Lanting Xu (兰亭集序; 난정집서), a famous piece of Chinese calligraphy considered to have been written by the famous calligrapher, Wang Xizhi (王羲之; 왕희지), during the Jin dynasty (266-420 BCE). On the front of the stone, a lone scholar, possibly Wang Xizhi, sits at a desk overlooking a pond which makes up the ink well and plain.

A large format calligraphy brush, likely made with goat hair with either a bone or horn handle. The handle is engraved with the characters, [insert here], which roughly translate to "[insert translation]." This brush is on the left of the first image.

An interview with printmaking artist, Kyeong Ah Min, conducted in 2023 by Sangeon Kim regarding her work, MES, a copy of which hangs in Pitts Theology Library. Min discusses her art philosophy, artistic process, and her religious artworks.

An interview with Rev. Byoung-hyoun Choi, conducted in 2023 by Sangeon Kim, regarding his father, Rev. Eun-deok Choi's calligraphy, evangelistic work, and pastoral work. Specifically, the interview focuses on a piece of calligraphy of the Eight Beatitudes created by Rev. Eun-deok Choi and eventually gifted to Candler School of Theology by former Emory President, James T. Laney.

An interview with members of the leadership and history department of Chongkyo Methodist Church, conducted in 2023 by Sangeon Kim, regarding the history of the church and its building. Specifically, they discuss the founding of the church by missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the construction of their original building, depicted in the embroidered gift to Joseph Lumpkin Gerdine which is held by Pitts Theology Library.

A map of the locations of the three core pieces of art featured in the Spring 2024 digital exhibition, Hidden Legacies.

Artist Statement: "The title of this work, <MES>, means that all the people looking at Jesus are all my various aspect. So I named me as <MES> in plural. In the background of the painting appears the painting <SSireum: Korean wrestling> by Kim Hong-Do (artist of the late Joseon dynasty). All of them are figures borrowed from this painting. In the middle of this work, I borrowed the Crucifixion from <Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece 1515>, Matthias Grünewald is a 16th century German painter.

The label originally created to identify the piece of embroidery gifted to Joseph Lumpkin Gerdine by the churches of the Seoul Circuit in 1913, which is included as part of the Joseph Lumpkin Gerdine collection (MSS 280). The church depicted in the embroidery was incorrectly identified as Chungdong First Methodist Church's Bethel Chapel, the first Methodist Church founded in Korea by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A group photo of participants in the Revival Forum 2023: Changed Understanding of Revival held in Seoul in the summer of 2023. The forum featured notable attendees and speakers, including: Dr. Helen Jin Kim, Bishop Yun-soo Chung, Rev. Dr. Hong-ki Kim, and Rev. Dr. Young-seok Seo.

Passport application no. 44349 for Joseph L Gerdine and E D Gerdine, issued in 1911.

Passport application no. 63634 for Joseph Lumpkin Gerdine, issued in 1908.

Passport application no. 265091 for Joseph Lumpkin Gerdine, issued in 1923.

Passport application no. 44440 for Joseph Lumpkin Gerdine and Eleanor D, issued in 1921.

Passport application no. 16881 for Joseph Lumpkin Gerdine and Eleanor Daisy Dye Gerdine, issued in 1918.

A photo album with scenes from Gerdine’s mission work in Korea between 1902 and 1933.

Photocopy of a number of images from Gerdine's photoalbum with notes labeling known figures.

Drawing on scenes of gathering and shared meals in the Bible, specifically the wedding in Cana, Jesus feeding the five thousand, and the Last Supper, this linocut depicts a group of men, women, and children gathered and sharing food and drink. At the center of this gathering is a large ornamental ewer.

Evoking the scene of Jesus' baptism, this linocut work depicts a man holding a shell above a boy who kneels beside a river. Two men and a woman look on as a dove descends from the curling clouds gathered over the mountainous background.

A large format calligraphy brush, likely made with goat hair with a wooden handle. This brush is on the right in the first image.

An eight panel folding screen supporting calligraphy of an interpretation of the Eight Beatitudes (Matthew 5) in Chinese. The artist, Rev. Eun-deok Choi, has signed the work with his sobriquet, 義山 (의산; Righteous Mountain). The artist, Rev. Choi, was an acquaintance of the former President of Methodist Theological University in Seoul, Bong-bae Park, and may have originally gifted the work to him. Park, in turn, was a friend and colleague of former Emory University President and US Ambassador to Korea, James T. Laney, and possibly gifted the work to him.

This calligraphy plays on the sounds of Chinese to evoke the name of God (Yahweh) and describe him (Jesus Christ) as the most "precious stone," the cornerstone.

A portrait of Kyeong Ah Min taken during an interview with Sangeon Kim.

From Wikimedia: 정동교회 정문방향 사진

An embroidered depiction of the original building of the Chongkyo Methodist Church on silk. Chongkyo Methodist Church was built and founded by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Seoul, Korea, in the early 1900s and was part of the Seoul Circuit of the Korea Conference. The piece shows the original church building with a selection of Korean figures, men and women, approaching or walking by the church. A dedication is embroidered across the top of the work.