Despite Rising Tensions in South Korea, Hundreds Of Christian Educators Gather To Hear Dr. Ted Baehr

Written by Dan Wooding (Wednesday, 01 December 2010 17:07)

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With tensions running high in South Korea over the North Korean shelling of an island near the North Korean border in which four people were killed, including two South Korean marines, Dr. Ted Baehr, publisher of MOVIEGUIDE® and author of “THE MEDIA-WISE FAMILY,” who had traveled from Southern California was still able to give the keynote speech this week at

the International Christian Educators Conference in Suwon, South Korea, near Seoul.

Over 880 Christian teachers from all over the world, were briefly able to put aside the tensions to hear Dr. Baehr’s message on how to train children and teenagers to be media-wise consumers and to make good decisions in their media choices.

Dr. Baehr also taught four classes on media wisdom at the conference.

“The mass media creates the culture that influences the hearts and minds of children and teenagers,” Dr. Baehr said. “That’s why it’s so important for parents and teachers to train their children and students to be media wise, to be careful, informed consumers.”

During his visit to South Korea, Dr. Baehr met throughout the week with several leaders in South Korea’s burgeoning film industry, to discuss with them the importance of making family movies and movies with faith.

“They were excited to hear that family films with faith and values do very well worldwide,” Dr. Baehr said.

Among the people he met were a couple film directors, a film financier and one of South Korea’s top actors, all of whom pledged to make family movies and movies filled with Christian faith and values.

Also attending the meeting was the Rev. Dr. Billy Kim, one of South Korea’s leading Christian evangelists, founder of Youth for Christ in South Korea and pastor of Suwon Central Baptist Church near Seoul.

In 2000, Dr. Kim became the first Asian to be elected President of the Baptist World Alliance.

Dr. Baehr is author of “THE CULTURE-WISE FAMILY” and “THE MEDIA-WISE FAMILY” and founder of MOVIEGUIDE®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment and the Christian Film & Television Commission® (CFTVC).

CFTVC and MOVIEGUIDE® are an international non-profit ministry dedicated to “redeeming the values of the entertainment industry by influencing industry executives and by informing and equipping the public about the influence of the entertainment media.”

As Dr. Baehr was visiting the country, South Korean protesters demanding a harder line against neighboring North Korea, on Saturday, November 27, 2010, scuffled with police outside the defense ministry in the capital, Seoul.