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• PseudepigraphaBible

  "Pseudepigrapha" is the term Protestants use for Jewish and early Christian writings, composed for the most part around the intertestamental period, that were attributed to ancient figures such as Enoch and Moses. Most churches do not accept these books as canonical.

• Yang Jeon-baekPeople

  Yang Jeon-baek (梁甸伯, 1869–1933) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and one of the seven men who in 1907 became the first Koreans ordained to the Presbyterian ministry. He was tried in the 105-Man Incident and was one of the 33 national representatives of the March 1st Movement.

• Anna AdlischwylerPeople

  Anna Adlischwyler (d. 1564) was a sixteenth-century woman of Zurich, Switzerland. A former nun of the Oetenbach convent, she married the reformer Heinrich Bullinger in 1529 and was afterward remembered as a model for the household of a Reformed pastor.

• Huldrych ZwingliPeople

  Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) was a reformer who led the Reformation in Zurich, Switzerland. He is regarded as the starting point of the Reformed tradition, including Presbyterianism, and is known for the "memorial view" of the Lord's Supper, which understands the sacrament as a rite commemorating the death of Christ.

• 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.

• Kenneth HaginPeople

  Kenneth Hagin (1917–2003) was an American charismatic preacher. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Word of Faith movement, which emphasizes faith and spoken confession, and he founded Rhema Bible Training Center.

• Jun Taek-buPeople

  Jun Taek-bu (1915–2008) was a Korean YMCA leader and a writer on Christian history. He served as general secretary and later as honorary general secretary of the Seoul YMCA. His works include *A History of the Korean YMCA Movement* and *A History of the Development of the Korean Church*, and he was also active in the movement to promote Hangul, the Korean alphabet.

• Nevius Mission PolicyHistory

  The Nevius Mission Policy was a mission policy adopted by the Presbyterian missions in Korea in the early 1890s, based on methods proposed by John Nevius, a missionary to China. At its core are the three-self principles, under which the local church propagates itself (self-propagation), governs itself (self-government), and supports itself financially (self-support), together with systematic Bible study.

• 1 Chronicles 12Bible

  1 Chronicles 12 records the warriors and troops from each tribe who gathered to David, from the time he was hiding at Ziklag until he was made king over all Israel at Hebron.

• ProzbulHistory

  The prozbul is a Jewish legal institution devised by Hillel. Because the sabbatical-year law canceling debts every seven years had made people reluctant to lend, Hillel allowed creditors to transfer their claims to a court so that the debts could still be collected after the sabbatical year.

• Revival MeetingWorship & Rites

  A revival meeting is a special series of gatherings held over several consecutive days to rekindle faith that has grown stagnant. It is also called a spiritual revival meeting. In Korea, revival meetings developed as an offshoot of Bible study gatherings known as Bible conferences (sagyeonghoe).

• Quiet TimeChristian Life

  Quiet Time (QT) is a personal devotional practice of reading a passage of Scripture, meditating on it, and praying at a set time each day.

• Church RetreatChristian Life

  A church retreat is a gathering in which church members leave their daily routines and stay together for several days to focus on worship, prayer, Bible study, and fellowship. In Korean Protestant churches, retreats are usually held by individual church departments during school vacations.

• HellenismHistory

  Hellenism refers both to the spread of Greek language and culture throughout the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia following the eastern campaigns of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC, where they blended with local cultures, and to the era in which this took place.

• TabernacleBible

  The Tabernacle was the portable tent of worship that the people of Israel built in the wilderness after the Exodus, following God's instructions. It was regarded as the place where God dwelt among His people, and it served as the center of Israel's worship until the Temple in Jerusalem was built.

• Matthew 3Bible

  Matthew 3 is the chapter in which John the Baptist preaches repentance and baptizes in the wilderness of Judea, and Jesus is baptized by John in the Jordan River.

• Babylonian CaptivityBible

  The Babylonian Captivity was the period in the early sixth century BC when the Kingdom of Judah fell to the Neo-Babylonian Empire and its king and people were carried off to Babylon in a series of deportations and settled there. It is also called the Babylonian Exile.

• Isaiah 43:1–2Bible Verses

  A passage in which God, as Creator and Redeemer, tells Israel in Babylonian exile to "fear not" and promises to be with them even through water and fire. It is frequently cited as a word of comfort for those undergoing trials.

• 1 Chronicles 4:10Bible Verses

  1 Chronicles 4:10 records that Jabez called on the God of Israel, asking Him to bless him, enlarge his territory, and keep him from evil and grief, and that God granted his request. Known as the "Prayer of Jabez," the verse is frequently cited in New Year sermons and at special prayer gatherings, though applications of it in the manner of prosperity theology have drawn criticism.

• Nahum 1:7Bible Verses

  Nahum 1:7 is a verse in which the prophet Nahum, while foretelling the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, confesses that the LORD is good and a stronghold in the day of trouble. It is often quoted as a word of comfort set within a prophecy of judgment.