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- New Apostolic ReformationControversies
A charismatic movement holding that the offices of apostle and prophet have been restored today and should lead the church. Several Presbyterian denominations in Korea have adopted resolutions cautioning against it or prohibiting participation in it.
- Paichai HaktangHistory
Paichai Haktang was a private secondary school founded in 1885 in Jeong-dong, Seoul, by Henry Appenzeller, a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. It is regarded as Korea's first modern private school, and its successors are today's Paichai Middle School and Paichai High School.
- Ewha HaktangHistory
Ewha Haktang was the first modern educational institution for women in Korea. Mary F. Scranton, a missionary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, founded it in 1886 in Jeongdong, Seoul. It is the predecessor of present-day Ewha Womans University and Ewha Girls' High School.
- University Bible FellowshipInstitutions
University Bible Fellowship (UBF) is an interdenominational campus mission organization founded in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1961 by Lee Chang-woo and Sarah Barry, a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (the Southern Presbyterian Church). It is known for one-to-one Bible study and overseas university missions.
- William BairdPeople
William Martyn Baird (1862–1931) was an American missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian), known in Korea as Bae Wi-ryang. He took part in early mission work in the Busan and Daegu regions, and in 1897 he founded Soongsil Academy in Pyongyang. He is therefore known as the founder of Soongsil University and Soongsil Middle and High Schools.
- William Arthur NoblePeople
William Arthur Noble (1866–1945) was a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the northern branch of American Methodism. He served in Korea from 1892 to 1934 and, after the death of William James Hall, took over and expanded the Methodist mission in Pyongyang.
- Horace AllenPeople
Horace Newton Allen (1858–1932) was an American medical missionary sent by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian) who later became a diplomat. He is regarded as the first Protestant missionary to reside and work in Korea, and he proposed the founding of Gwanghyewon (later renamed Jejungwon), Korea's first Western-style hospital.
- Lillias Horton UnderwoodPeople
Lillias Horton Underwood (1851–1921) was an American medical missionary sent by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (the Northern Presbyterian Church). Arriving in Korea in 1888, she headed the women's department of Jejungwon and served as physician to Empress Myeongseong. The wife of Horace Underwood, she was also active in women's ministry and writing.
- Disciple-making Ministries InternationalInstitutions
Disciple-making Ministries International (DMI) is a discipleship training ministry affiliated with SaRang Community Church in South Korea. Founded in 1986 by Pastor Oak Han-hum, it has conducted the CAL Seminar, a discipleship leadership seminar for pastors.
- John HeronPeople
John W. Heron (1856–1890) was the first medical missionary formally appointed by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian Church) for service in Joseon Korea. He served as the second director of Jejungwon and was the first person buried in the Yanghwajin Foreign Cemetery.
- Elisabeth Johanna SheppingPeople
Elisabeth Johanna Shepping (1880–1934), known in Korea as Seo Seo-pyeong (徐舒平), was a German-born American nurse missionary of the Southern Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the United States). She arrived in Korea in 1912 and carried out medical work, women's education, and relief for the poor, primarily in Gwangju.
- Mary Leyburn JunkinPeople
Mary Leyburn Junkin (1866–1952) was an American Southern Presbyterian missionary. With her husband, William Junkin (known in Korea as Jeon Wi-ryeom), she went to Korea in 1892 as a member of the "Seven Pioneers," the first missionary party the Southern Presbyterian Church sent to Korea, and served in Seoul, Gunsan, and Jeonju.
- Taxation of ClergyControversies
Taxation of clergy is the question of levying income tax on the honoraria received by pastors and other religious workers. In South Korea, taxation of clergy income took effect in January 2018 after a long controversy.
- Suneung Prayer MeetingChristian Life
A Suneung prayer meeting is a prayer gathering held by churches in South Korea for students preparing to take the College Scholastic Ability Test (Suneung) and for their families. It is also called a senior-year prayer meeting.
- ChristmasFeasts & Seasons
Christmas is a Christian feast commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed by most churches on December 25. In South Korea it is a statutory public holiday officially called Gidok Tansinil ("the Day of Christ's Birth").
- Joint Easter ServiceWorship & Rites
A joint Easter service is a worship service held on Easter at which multiple denominations and churches gather together, often at dawn. In Korea, the first such service is reported to have been held in 1947 on Namsan in Seoul.
- Mattie Wilcox NoblePeople
Mattie Wilcox Noble (1872–1956) was an American missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. From 1892 to 1934 she worked alongside her husband, William Arthur Noble, in evangelism and education among women in Seoul, Pyongyang, Suwon, and elsewhere. She also kept a mission journal over forty-two years.
- Marian Bottomley HallPeople
Marian Bottomley Hall was a British-born physician and Methodist medical missionary. During the period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, she worked alongside her husband, Sherwood Hall, in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, providing medical care and taking part in efforts to combat tuberculosis.
- Ju Nam-seonPeople
Ju Nam-seon (朱南善, 1888–1951) was a Presbyterian minister who served in Geochang, South Gyeongsang Province, Korea. He took part in the March First Movement and was imprisoned for refusing to participate in Shinto shrine worship. After Korea's liberation from Japanese rule, he helped found Korea Theological Seminary (Koryo Seminary) and served as the first chairman of its board of trustees.
- Sherwood HallPeople
Sherwood Hall (1893–1991) was a Canadian Methodist medical missionary born in Seoul. He founded a tuberculosis sanatorium in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, and in 1932 issued Korea's first Christmas seals.