Results for “The Korean Church and Confucianism”
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- Small GroupChristian Life
A small group is a gathering within a church in which anywhere from a few to a dozen or so members meet regularly to share Scripture, pray, and care for one another. Depending on the church and denomination, such groups go by various names, including cells and classes; Korean churches also use terms such as guyeok (district), sokhoe (class), mokjang (pasture), darakbang (upper room), and sun.
- Chŏn Tŏk-kiPeople
Chŏn Tŏk-ki (1875–1914) was a Methodist minister who led Sangdong Church in Seoul during the Korean Empire period. He was also a nationalist activist who, through the Sangdong Youth Society and the Sangdong Youth Academy, took part in the movement against the Eulsa Treaty, the dispatch of secret envoys to The Hague, and the founding of the New People's Association (Sinminhoe).
- Moon Joon-kyungPeople
Moon Joon-kyung (1891–1950) was a woman evangelist of the Holiness Church who ministered in the island region of Sinan, South Jeolla Province, Korea. Killed on the island of Jeungdo during the Korean War, she is honored as a martyr and is known as "the mother of island missions."
- CGNTVInstitutions
CGN (Christian Global Network) is a Protestant mission broadcaster operated by the Onnuri Mission Foundation, an incorporated foundation established chiefly by Onnuri Church in Seoul, South Korea. It began broadcasting in 2005 as CGNTV. Its primary audiences are overseas missionaries and members of the Korean diaspora around the world.
- Paik Nak-chunPeople
Paik Nak-chun (白樂濬, 1895–1985), also known as George Paik, was a Korean church historian, educator, and politician. His English-language doctoral dissertation on the history of Protestant missions in Korea was later published in Korean as *Hanguk Gaesingyosa* (History of Korean Protestantism). He served as president of Yonhi University, as South Korea's second Minister of Education, and as Speaker of the House of Councillors.
- 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.
- Kim Ik-duPeople
Kim Ik-du (1874–1950) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and revivalist of the Japanese colonial period. He became widely known for revival meetings that emphasized divine healing, and during the Korean War he was shot and killed by soldiers of the Korean People's Army at Sinchon, in what is now North Korea.
- Bible SundayFeasts & Seasons
Bible Sunday is a Sunday set aside to reflect on the value of Scripture and to pray and give offerings for the translation and distribution of the Bible. In Korea, churches observe it each year on the second Sunday of December, with the Korean Bible Society leading the observance.
- Canaan BelieversChristian Life
"Canaan believers" (gana-an seongdo) is a term used in Korean Protestantism for Christians who maintain their faith but do not attend any particular church. It is a wordplay: reversing the syllables of the Korean phrase for "not going" (to church) produces the Korean name for Canaan, the Promised Land.
- DeaconChurch Offices
A deacon is a member of the clergy ranking below the priest in churches, such as the Catholic and Anglican churches, that divide holy orders into the three ranks of bishop, priest, and deacon. The term comes from the same Greek word that Korean Protestant churches use for the distinct office known as jipsa.
- Ahn Byung-muPeople
Ahn Byung-mu (1922–1996) was a Korean New Testament scholar and a leading founder of Minjung theology. He is known for interpreting the "crowd" (ochlos) in the Gospel of Mark as the minjung.
- BishopChurch Offices
A bishop is an officeholder who oversees and leads multiple churches and ministers. The term derives from the New Testament Greek episkopos ("one who watches over"). In Korea, the Protestant term for bishop refers mainly to leaders of Methodist denominations, while the Anglican and Catholic churches use a different Korean term for the same office.
- Holy OilWorship & Rites
Holy oil is oil set apart as sacred for use in rites. It originates in the anointing oil of the Old Testament. The Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican churches use it in sacraments and rites, while Protestant churches, depending on the denomination, use it in limited ways, such as in prayer for the sick.
- Sarah BarryPeople
Sarah Barry (born 1930) is a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS, the Southern Presbyterian Church). In 1961 she co-founded University Bible Fellowship (UBF) in Gwangju, South Korea, with Samuel Lee (Lee Chang-woo), and in 2002 she became the second general director of UBF worldwide.
- Wiley ForsythePeople
Wiley Hamilton Forsythe (1873–1918) was an American medical missionary sent to Korea by the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern Presbyterian Church); his Korean name was Bo Wi-ryeom. In 1909 he brought a woman with leprosy whom he had found collapsed by the roadside to Gwangju, an act widely regarded as the beginning of ministry to people with Hansen's disease in the Gwangju region.
- Samuel Austin MoffettPeople
Samuel Austin Moffett (1864–1939) was an American Northern Presbyterian missionary to Korea, where he was known by the Korean name Ma Po-sam-yeol. He planted churches centered in Pyongyang and founded the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pyongyang, serving as its first president.
- TitheChristian Life
The tithe is an offering of one-tenth of one's income given to God. In Korean Protestantism it is the most prominent regular offering.
- TobiasPeople
Tobias is the protagonist of the Book of Tobit, one of the deuterocanonical books (the Apocrypha) of the Old Testament, and the son of Tobit. Guided on a journey by the angel Raphael, he married Sarah and cured his blind father.
- MaranathaBible
Maranatha is an Aramaic expression found in 1 Corinthians 16:22, meaning "Our Lord, come" or "Our Lord is coming." It is known as a phrase the early church used while awaiting the Lord's return.
- NymphaPeople
Nympha was an early Christian mentioned only once, in Colossians 4:15, who opened her home in the Laodicea region as a meeting place for the church. Depending on the manuscript, the name can be read as either masculine or feminine.