J.Y. Park's unlikely journey from K-pop to pulpit
J.Y. Park was hardly a name associated with religion. For decades, he was better known as the boundary-pushing singer in transparent plastic pants who became one of the architects of modern K-pop, founding JYP Entertainment and producing generations of stars from Wonder Girls and GOT7 to Twice and Stray Kids. Today, however, Park can also be found standing at a lectern, teaching the Bible. On Saturday, First Fruits, the Christian community Park leads, uploaded a 72-minute YouTube video in which
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