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Choi Heung-jong
Choi Heung-jong (崔興宗, 1880–1966) was a Presbyterian minister and independence activist from Gwangju, Korea. He devoted his life to caring for people with Hansen's disease (leprosy), beggars, and tuberculosis patients, and he became known as "the father of beggars and lepers." His pen name was Obang (五放).
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- Choi Young-wookPeople
Choi Young-wook (1891–1950) was a Christian physician active in Gwangju, Korea. He worked as a physician at the Gwangju Jejungwon and served as president of the Gwangju YMCA. Under the United States Army Military Government in Korea, he was governor of South Jeolla Province. He was killed by the Korean People's Army during the Korean War.
- Lee Hyun-pilPeople
Lee Hyun-pil (1913–1964) was a Korean Protestant lay ascetic active during the Japanese colonial period and after Korea's liberation. He founded Donggwangwon, a community devoted to poverty, chastity (celibacy), and labor, and he is known as the "Barefoot Saint."
- Choi Byung-hunPeople
Choi Byung-hun (1858–1927) was a Korean Methodist minister and theologian active during the Korean Empire and the Japanese colonial period. His pen name was Taksa. He is known for writings such as *Seongsan myeonggyeong*, which explained Christianity by comparing it with Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
- 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.
- Choi Ja-shilPeople
Choi Ja-shil (1915–1989) was a Korean Pentecostal woman minister. In 1958, together with David Yonggi Cho, who later became her son-in-law, she founded the Daejo-dong tent church, which became today's Yoido Full Gospel Church.
- InterCPHeresies & Cults
InterCP is a South Korean overseas mission organization led by its director, Paul Choi (Choi Ba-ul). Since 2011, several denominations have passed resolutions calling for close observation of the group, urging members to refrain from participation, or prohibiting interaction with it. In 2022 the Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapShin) declared it heretical.
- Indigenization TheologyHistory
Indigenization theology is a theological movement that seeks to interpret the gospel within the religious and cultural traditions of Korea. It was advanced in the 1960s by Yun Sung-bum, Yu Tong-shik, and others at Methodist Theological Seminary in Seoul, and the controversy surrounding it is known as the "indigenization debate."