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• Tim KellerPeople

  Tim Keller (Timothy Keller, 1950–2023) was an American Presbyterian pastor and author of Christian apologetics. In 1989 he founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York. His books, including The Reason for God, also became widely known in Korean churches.

• Shinto Shrine WorshipHistory

  Shinto shrine worship was a policy under Japanese colonial rule by which the Government-General of Korea compelled Koreans to bow at Shinto shrines (jinja), the sanctuaries of Japanese Shinto. In 1938 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church adopted a resolution accepting the practice, and the resistance movement that opposed it produced both prisoners and martyrs.

• Oliver R. AvisonPeople

  Oliver R. Avison (1860–1956; Korean name Eo Bi-sin) was a Canadian-born medical missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian). He directed Jejungwon, founded Severance Hospital and its medical school, and served as president of Chosun Christian College (Yonhi College).

• OfferingChristian Life

  An offering is money that Christians give to God as an expression of gratitude and faith, or the act of giving it. It is usually presented during the offertory in worship. In the early Korean Protestant church it was commonly called yeonbo.

• Particular ChurchOrganization & Polity

  A particular church is an individual local church that belongs to the whole church throughout the world, the universal church. The term is used chiefly in Presbyterian church constitutions. In Korean Protestant usage, the corresponding term can also refer to a branch congregation that a megachurch establishes in another area.

• Korea Christian Cult Counseling Center AssociationInstitutions

  The Korea Christian Cult Counseling Center Association (abbreviated Hansanghyup) is an umbrella organization of Protestant cult counseling centers from regions across South Korea. Its work includes counseling related to groups regarded as heretical, holding seminars and issuing advisories about such groups, and supporting converts.

• History of the Baptists in KoreaHistory

  The history of the Baptists in Korea traces the Korean Baptist church from its beginnings in 1889 with the work of Malcolm Fenwick, an independent Canadian missionary, through the Korea Christian Church and the East Asia Christian Church to today's Korea Baptist Convention.

• CBMC of KoreaInstitutions

  CBMC of Korea (Korea Christian Business Men's Committee) is an interdenominational lay organization of Christian businesspeople and professionals who share the gospel with their workplace colleagues and help one another grow in faith. It is the Korean affiliate of CBMC International and is registered as an incorporated association.

• Sunday School MovementHistory

  The Sunday school movement was a church education movement that spread Sunday schools, which teach the Bible to children and adults on the Lord's Day. In Korea, the movement centered on the Korea Sunday School Association, organized in 1922.

• Hansei UniversityInstitutions

  Hansei University is a private Christian comprehensive university in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It began in 1953 as Full Gospel Theological Seminary, a Pentecostal theological school, and has close ties to the Korea Assemblies of God and Yoido Full Gospel Church.

• Kookmin IlboInstitutions

  The Kookmin Ilbo is a South Korean general-interest daily newspaper founded in 1988 by Pastor David Yonggi Cho. It professes a Christian ethos and, alongside general news, gives substantial coverage to the Korean Protestant community. It is owned by the Kookmin Cultural Foundation, an incorporated foundation.

• Choi Tae-yongPeople

  Choi Tae-yong (崔泰瑢, 1897–1950) was a Korean Protestant minister during the Japanese colonial period. Beginning in the Non-Church movement, he founded the Korean Evangelical Church of Joseon (now the Korea Evangelical Church) in 1935. It was a denomination established by Koreans themselves, and he served as its first bishop.

• The NavigatorsInstitutions

  The Navigators is an interdenominational mission organization founded by Dawson Trotman in the United States in 1933. It is known for discipleship training centered on one-to-one mentoring and Scripture memorization. Its ministry in Korea officially began in 1966.

• Christian Population of South KoreaHistory

  The Christian population of South Korea is the number of people in South Korea who identify as Protestant or Catholic. Statistics Korea's Population and Housing Census has asked about religion every ten years since 1985, and in the 2015 census Protestantism became the country's largest religion for the first time.

• Korea Inter-Varsity Christian FellowshipInstitutions

  Korea Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVF) is an interdenominational university student mission organization in South Korea that became a full member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in 1956. It is known for small-group Bible study on university campuses and for the books published by its publishing arm, IVP.

• YWCA of KoreaInstitutions

  The YWCA of Korea (Young Women's Christian Association of Korea) is a Protestant women's and youth movement founded in 1922 by Kim Hwal-lan, Kim Pil-rye, Yu Gak-gyeong, and others. It consists of member YWCAs throughout the country and the national federation that unites them.

• YMCA of KoreaInstitutions

  The YMCA of Korea is an interdenominational Christian youth and civic movement that began in Seoul in 1903 as the Hwangseong Christian Young Men's Association. Local YMCAs throughout the country make up the National Council of YMCAs of Korea.

• Ham Sok-honPeople

  Ham Sok-hon (1901–1989) was a Korean Christian thinker who belonged to the circle of contributors behind the journal *Seongseo Joseon* (Bible Korea) during the Japanese colonial period. After Korea's liberation, he worked as a journalist and democracy activist and published the monthly *Ssial-ui Sori* (Voice of the People). He was influenced by Uchimura Kanzō's Non-Church Christianity and later became a Quaker.

• Chang Kee-ryoPeople

  Chang Kee-ryo (1911–1995) was a Korean surgeon and Christian social worker. He served as the first director of Gospel Hospital in Busan, and in 1968 he founded the Blue Cross Medical Insurance Cooperative to serve the poor.

• PersecutionHistory

  Persecution refers to the oppression, punishment, and violence inflicted on Christians and the church by states or social groups because of their faith. It has been a significant experience throughout church history, from the early church to the church in Korea.