A Pastor Comforts His Korean-American Congregation

Published: May 17, 2007, 5:59 p.m.

b"Pastor Jim Shirlen of the Global Mission Church in Silver Spring, Md., knew it would be an emotional service. And though Shirlen isn't Korean, he believed he had to try to communicate to his mostly Korean-American congregation that the church would help them deal with the tragedy that left 33 students and faculty dead last week at Virginia Tech."