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• Men's Mission SocietyOrganization & Polity

  The Men's Mission Society is an organization within local congregations of Korean Protestant churches through which adult male members pursue fellowship, service, and mission support. Depending on the denomination and congregation, it is also called the Men's Evangelistic Society.

• Pastoral HonorariumOrganization & Polity

  A pastoral honorarium is money that a church pays regularly to its ministers, such as the senior pastor, associate pastors, and evangelists, to support their living. It is often referred to simply as an "honorarium."

• ChoirWorship & Rites

  A choir is a body of singers that sings praise to God on behalf of the congregation during a church worship service. It is also called a sacred choir or praise choir, depending on the church.

• Laying On of HandsWorship & Rites

  The laying on of hands is the act of placing one's hands on a person's head or body while praying. In Protestant churches it is practiced when installing church officers such as pastors, elders, and deacons, and in prayers for blessing or healing.

• PulpitWorship & Rites

  A pulpit is a platform at the front of a church sanctuary, raised above the congregational seating, where the preacher stands to preach and lead worship. The term can also refer to the preaching stand placed on that platform or to the ministry of preaching itself.

• InterdenominationalDenominations

  Interdenominational means "going beyond denominations." The term describes Christian activities, organizations, and gatherings that are not bound to any particular denomination or church body, or in which several denominations participate together.

• Pastor's Wife (Samo)Church Offices

  A pastor's wife is the spouse of a pastor. In Korean Protestant churches she is addressed by the honorific title samo. The title does not denote an office established by church constitutions, but in many churches the pastor's wife assists in pastoral ministry.

• Children's SundayFeasts & Seasons

  Children's Sunday is a Sunday set apart for blessing children and reflecting on the responsibility of passing the faith on to the next generation. It is also known as Flower Sunday. Korean churches usually observe it on the first Sunday of May, just before Korea's Children's Day.

• Family SundayFeasts & Seasons

  Family Sunday is a commemorative Sunday observed in Korean Protestant churches for reflecting on the meaning of the family and praying for families. It is usually held in May, which is observed in South Korea as "Family Month," although its date and name vary by denomination and congregation.

• World Evangelization Mission AssociationHeresies & Cults

  The World Evangelization Mission Association is an evangelistic movement led by Ryu Kwang-su and is also known as the "Darakbang (Upper Room) Evangelism Movement." Beginning in the mid-1990s, a number of Korean Protestant denominations designated it as heretical or pseudo-Christian. Controversy arose in 2013 when the Christian Council of Korea lifted its heresy designation.

• MaccabeesBible

  The Books of Maccabees record the Jewish revolt against persecution under the Seleucid dynasty in the second century BC. The Catholic and Orthodox churches include them in the Old Testament canon, while Protestants classify them as Apocrypha.

• Funeral ServiceWorship & Rites

  A funeral service is a worship service held when a church member dies, in which the deceased is committed to God, the bereaved are comforted, and the hope of the resurrection is confessed. The term can also refer collectively to the several services held at each stage of the funeral process.

• ThanksgivingFeasts & Seasons

  Thanksgiving is a Protestant observance in which believers thank God for the year's harvest and for the grace they have received. Korean Protestant churches generally observe Thanksgiving Sunday on the third Sunday of November.

• Suh Nam-dongPeople

  Suh Nam-dong (1918–1984) was a Korean Protestant theologian and minister who, together with Ahn Byung-mu, is regarded as having laid the foundations of minjung theology amid the democratization movement of the 1970s.

• PastorChurch Offices

  In Protestantism, a pastor is an ordained minister responsible for preaching, administering the sacraments, and caring for church members. Qualifications and ordination procedures vary by denomination.

• 2 SamuelBible

  Second Samuel is a historical book of the Old Testament that records the period after Saul's death, when David became king over Judah and then over all Israel. It has twenty-four chapters.

• Park Hyung-ryongPeople

  Park Hyung-ryong (1897–1978) was a Korean Presbyterian theologian whose pen name was Juksan. Beginning as a professor at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pyongyang, he taught theology for nearly half a century and is regarded as the figure who laid the foundations of conservative Presbyterian theology in Korea.

• PhiletusPeople

  Philetus was a figure in the early church named alongside Hymenaeus in 2 Timothy 2:17. Scripture records that he taught "that the resurrection is past already" and thereby overthrew the faith of some.

• Intercessory PrayerChristian Life

  Intercessory prayer is prayer offered to God on behalf of other people, the church, the nation, and the world. It is associated with the "intercessions" named in 1 Timothy 2:1.

• Philippians 4:13Bible Verses

  Philippians 4:13 is Paul's confession, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." It is one of the most beloved verses in Korean churches, and it is also frequently criticized for being taken out of context and used as a promise of success.