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• Church DisputesControversies

  Church disputes are conflicts among church members over matters such as pastoral calls, finances, church discipline, and denominational affiliation. The principal issues are whether members may bring suit in civil courts and to whom property belongs when a church divides.

• Board of Church Officers (Jejikhoe)Organization & Polity

  The board of church officers (jejikhoe) is a deliberative body in which a congregation's officers, such as pastors, elders, deacons, and kwonsas, meet to discuss and carry out the practical work of church finances and service. It is found chiefly in Korean Presbyterian churches, where it operates under the provisions of the church constitution.

• Building Fund OfferingChristian Life

  A building fund offering is an offering collected separately from general offerings to pay for constructing, purchasing, or renovating church buildings such as sanctuaries and education buildings.

• 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.

• Church Planting by DivisionOrganization & Polity

  The founding of a new, independent church by an existing church (the "mother church"), which sends out some of its members, ministers, and part of its finances. Also called "daughter-church planting," it is distinct from a "church split," in which a congregation divides through conflict.

• Church BylawsOrganization & Polity

  Church bylaws are a written body of self-governing rules that set out the basic principles of a church's operation, including its purpose, membership qualifications, decision-making bodies, election of officers, and management of finances and property.

• Non-Self-Supporting ChurchOrganization & Polity

  A non-self-supporting church is a church that cannot cover its pastor's living allowance and operating expenses from its members' offerings alone and therefore receives support from its denomination or from other churches. It is also called a "future self-supporting church."

• Hereditary Pastoral SuccessionControversies

  Hereditary pastoral succession is the practice of passing a senior pastor's position to the pastor's child or son-in-law. It is also called hereditary pastorate or passing down the pastorate. In Korea, denominations such as the Korean Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap) have prohibited it by church law, and debate over the practice continues.

• Erdmuthe Dorothea von ReussPeople

  Erdmuthe Dorothea von Reuss (1700–1756) was a German countess and hymnwriter of the Pietist era. The first wife of Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, she managed the household affairs and finances of the Herrnhut community, thereby supporting the Moravian Church.

• 1 Timothy 6:10Bible Verses

  A warning that "the love of money is the root of all evil." Interpreters frequently stress that the verse targets the love of money rather than money itself. It is among the passages most often cited in discussions of church financial ethics and in critiques of prosperity theology.

• Church ConstructionControversies

  The church construction debate concerns whether it is right for a church to build or expand its sanctuary, particularly with borrowed money. Views divide between those who emphasize the importance of space and devotion and those who prioritize people and financial soundness.

• Church PlantOrganization & Polity

  A church plant is a newly established church, founded in an area with no church or too few churches or directed toward a new group of people; the term also refers to the process of establishing such a church. In Korean Protestant usage, it commonly denotes a church in its early years with a small congregation and a limited financial base.

• Nevius Mission PolicyHistory

  The Nevius Mission Policy was a mission policy adopted by the Presbyterian missions in Korea in the early 1890s, based on methods proposed by John Nevius, a missionary to China. At its core are the three-self principles, under which the local church propagates itself (self-propagation), governs itself (self-government), and supports itself financially (self-support), together with systematic Bible study.

• News&JoyInstitutions

  News&Joy (Newsnjoy) is an internet newspaper covering Korean Protestantism, launched in August 2000. It presents itself as an "independent press" that monitors church power and is funded mainly by donations from individuals and churches.

• Bivocational MinistryOrganization & Polity

  Bivocational ministry refers to pastors and other ministers holding an outside occupation alongside their pastoral work. Denominations differ on whether and under what conditions it is permitted, as they weigh ministers' need for a livelihood against full-time devotion to ministry.

• Sarah Hall BoardmanPeople

  Sarah Hall Boardman (1803–1845) was an American Baptist missionary. In Burma (present-day Myanmar) she helped establish schools and churches among the Karen people, and after the death of her first husband, George Boardman, she married Adoniram Judson.

• 1 Timothy 6:6–9Bible Verses

  First Timothy 6:6–9 corrects the attitude that treats godliness as a means of financial gain and declares that godliness accompanied by contentment is great gain. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the Christian view of material possessions and of prosperity theology.

• ChurchDoctrine & Theology

  The church is the community of those who believe in Jesus Christ. The word translates the New Testament Greek term ekklesia (an assembly of those who have been called out), and it refers first to a gathering of people rather than to a building.

• Church MinisterChurch Offices

  A church minister is a person whose principal work is ministry in the church, such as preaching, teaching, and pastoral care. In Korean Protestant usage, the associate pastors, evangelists, and others who assist the senior pastor are collectively called associate ministers.