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• Jesus PrayerChristian Life

  The Jesus Prayer is the short prayer "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner," recited repeatedly. It originated in the monastic tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

• Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationHistory

  The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification is a document signed on October 31, 1999, by the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church. It states that there is a "consensus in basic truths" on justification, the issue that had divided the two churches since the sixteenth-century Reformation.

• Korean Church Service CorpsInstitutions

  The Korean Church Service Corps (abbreviated Hangyobong) is an interdenominational Protestant service organization that grew out of the joint cleanup work churches carried out after the 2007 Taean oil spill in South Korea. Its work centers on disaster relief and assistance to neighbors in need.

• Psalm 133:1Bible Verses

  A verse celebrating how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. It is frequently read at joint worship services of churches and denominations and at family gatherings, and it is cited by various sides in debates over how far the scope of unity should extend.

• Korean Hymnal SocietyInstitutions

  The Korean Hymnal Society is an interdenominational body established in 1981 to publish and manage a hymnal shared by multiple Korean Protestant denominations. It published the Unified Hymnal in 1983 and the 21st Century Hymnal in 2006.

• Independent Presbytery (Dongnohoe)History

  The Independent Presbytery (Dongnohoe) was the first presbytery of the Korean Presbyterian Church, organized on September 17, 1907, at Jangdaehyeon Church in Pyongyang. At its first meeting the first seven Korean ministers were ordained. Until the General Assembly was established in 1912, it served as the highest governing body of the entire Korean Presbyterian Church.

• PenuelBible

  Penuel was a town east of the Jordan River near the Jabbok River. Jacob named the place Peniel ("face of God") after wrestling there through the night, and the town also appears in the accounts of Gideon and Jeroboam.

• Common Translation BibleBible

  The Common Translation Bible is a Korean Bible translated from the original languages by Catholic and Protestant scholars working together and published in 1977. It was issued by the Korean Bible Society.

• PenielBible

  Peniel, meaning "face of God," is the name Jacob gave to a place east of the Jordan River after wrestling through the night at the ford of the Jabbok, saying, "I have seen God face to face."

• Hananiah (Ruler of the Citadel)People

  Hananiah was the ruler of the citadel (fortress) of Jerusalem mentioned in Nehemiah 7:2. After the city wall was rebuilt, Nehemiah placed Jerusalem in his charge together with Nehemiah's brother Hanani. Scripture describes him as a faithful man who feared God above many.

• Romans 8:18Bible Verses

  A verse in which the apostle Paul declares that the sufferings believers now endure cannot be compared with the glory that is yet to be revealed. It is frequently cited across denominations as a source of comfort in suffering and of eschatological hope.

• Psalm 102Bible

  Psalm 102 is a prayer that joins the lament of a sufferer broken in body and spirit with a confession concerning Zion's restoration and the eternal, unchanging God.

• WCC ControversyControversies

  A controversy among Korean Protestant churches over whether to join and cooperate with the World Council of Churches (WCC). It was one of the causes of the 1959 division of the Presbyterian Church in Korea into the Tonghap and Hapdong branches, and it flared up again on a large scale when the WCC held its assembly in Busan in 2013.

• Total Mobilization SundayWorship & Rites

  Total Mobilization Sunday is a Sunday on which the entire congregation joins in inviting unchurched neighbors to worship. Also called Evangelism Sunday or the New Life Festival, it is one of the best-known evangelistic events in Korean Protestant churches.

• 2 Chronicles 18Bible

  This chapter recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, joins Ahab, king of Israel, in the battle for Ramoth-gilead. Unlike the four hundred prophets, the prophet Micaiah foretells defeat, and Ahab, who fights in disguise, is struck by an arrow and dies.

• Acts 16Bible

  Acts 16 recounts Paul's second missionary journey, during which Timothy joins him, a vision leads him across to Macedonia, and in Philippi the households of Lydia and the jailer are baptized.

• Hebrews 4:12Bible Verses

  Hebrews 4:12 declares that the word of God is living and powerful, sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow. It is a classic text on the power of God's word and is also cited in debates in theological anthropology over the distinction between "soul and spirit."

• Romans 4:25Bible Verses

  Romans 4:25 is the verse stating that Jesus was delivered over to death because of our sins and raised again for our justification. It is frequently cited as a summary that joins the cross and the resurrection with justification in a single sentence.

• Colossians 4:2Bible Verses

  Colossians 4:2 is a verse in which Paul urges the church at Colossae to continue steadfastly in prayer and to be watchful with thanksgiving. Because it joins perseverance, thanksgiving, and watchfulness, it is frequently cited as a representative verse on the life of prayer.