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• Solidarity for Church ReformInstitutions

  Solidarity for Church Reform (Gaehyeok Yeondae) is a South Korean Protestant Christian civic organization founded in November 2002 to pursue the reform of the Korean church. It is known for its campaign against hereditary church succession and for its counseling work on church disputes.

• Manmin Central ChurchHeresies & Cults

  Manmin Central Church is a church founded by Lee Jae-rock in 1982 in Guro District, Seoul, South Korea. It has been declared heretical by the Jesus Korea Sungkyul Church, the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapshin), the Christian Council of Korea, and other bodies.

• Ethiopian Orthodox ChurchDenominations

  The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, officially the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, is an ancient Christian church centered in Ethiopia. It belongs to the Oriental Orthodox churches, which did not accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon.

• Oriental Orthodox ChurchesDenominations

  The Oriental Orthodox Churches are a communion of ancient Eastern churches that did not accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon (451) and recognize only the first three ecumenical councils. Members include the Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, and Ethiopian churches.

• Doctor of the ChurchChurch Offices

  Doctor of the Church is a title the Catholic Church formally confers on saints who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching the faith and doctrine. Protestantism has no corresponding official office or title.

• Lifting of Church DisciplineOrganization & Polity

  The lifting of church discipline is the act of releasing a person from a penalty imposed through church discipline. When the disciplined person is judged to have repented, the church court that pronounced the penalty resolves to restore that member's rights.

• Collection for the Church in JerusalemBible

  The collection for the church in Jerusalem was a relief effort in which the apostle Paul gathered offerings from Gentile churches in Macedonia, Achaia, and elsewhere to deliver to the poor saints of the Jerusalem church.

• History of the Russian Orthodox ChurchHistory

  The history of the Russian Orthodox Church is the history of a branch of Eastern Orthodoxy that began around 988, when Vladimir I of Kievan Rus' accepted the Orthodox faith of Byzantium, and that has continued to the present day centered on the Patriarchate of Moscow.

• History of the Korean Holiness ChurchHistory

  The history of the Korean Holiness Church began in 1907, when Kim Sang-jun and Jeong Bin opened the "Oriental Missionary Society Gospel Mission Hall" in Seoul. The church was forcibly dissolved under Japanese colonial rule, rebuilt after liberation, and divided in 1961, and its history continues to the present day.

• History of the Catholic Church in KoreaHistory

  The history of the Catholic Church in Korea traces the Korean Catholic Church from 1784, when Yi Seung-hun returned from Beijing after being baptized and founded a community of believers, through the era of persecution and the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Korea.

• The Korean Church and ConfucianismHistory

  The Korean church and Confucianism refers to the history of how Christianity, after entering the Neo-Confucian society of Joseon, clashed with and adapted to Confucian ancestral rites and the ethic of filial piety. Central to this history are the Catholic prohibition of ancestral rites and the persecutions that followed, as well as the Protestant prohibition of ancestral rites and the emergence of the memorial service.

• The Korean Church and ShamanismHistory

  This article examines the relationship between Korean Protestantism and shamanism (musok). Protestants confronted shamanism in the early missionary period, indigenization theology later studied it, and critics have continued to attribute prosperity-oriented faith in Korean churches to shamanistic influence.

• Schisms in the Korean Presbyterian ChurchHistory

  The schisms in the Korean Presbyterian Church were the divisions of the once-unified Presbyterian Church in Korea during the 1950s into the Kosin, Kijang, Tonghap, and Hapdong bodies. The disputes concerned the handling of Shinto shrine worship, views of Scripture, and membership in the World Council of Churches (WCC). Further divisions into numerous denominations followed.

• The Korean War and the ChurchHistory

  This article covers the losses suffered by Korean Protestantism during the Korean War (1950–1953) and its responses to them. It addresses the changes the war brought to the Korean church, including the deaths of believers and the destruction of churches, refugee flight and relief work, the establishment of the military chaplaincy, and the division of the Presbyterian Church.

• The Death Penalty and the ChurchControversies

  The death penalty and the church is the debate over how the church should evaluate, in light of Scripture and the Christian faith, the state's practice of putting criminals to death. Both those who favor retaining capital punishment and those who favor abolishing it draw support from Scripture and church tradition.

• Missionary Sending by the Korean ChurchHistory

  Missionary sending by the Korean church refers to the history of Korean Protestant churches and mission organizations sending missionaries to other regions and countries. Its beginning is commonly dated to the 1907 mission to Jeju Island. As of the end of 2024, there were 21,621 Korean long-term missionaries serving in 171 countries.

• 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.

• 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.

• Sunday SchoolChristian Life

  Sunday school is an educational program in which a church teaches the Bible and the Christian faith to children and youth on Sunday. Today it is also known as church school.

• Ecumenical MovementHistory

  The ecumenical movement, also called the church unity movement, is an effort by Christian churches divided into many denominations to cooperate and seek unity while acknowledging their differences. Its leading international body is the World Council of Churches (WCC); in South Korea, its leading body is the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK).