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• John BunyanPeople

  John Bunyan (1628–1688) was an English Puritan preacher and author. He is best known for *The Pilgrim's Progress*, written during his imprisonment. The book has also been among the most widely read devotional works in Korean Protestantism since its earliest years.

• Korea Campus Crusade for ChristInstitutions

  Korea Campus Crusade for Christ (KCCC) is an interdenominational campus mission organization founded in 1958 by the Rev. Kim Joon-gon. It is known as the first overseas branch of Campus Crusade for Christ, which began in the United States.

• Korea Baptist Theological UniversityInstitutions

  Korea Baptist Theological University is a private theological university in Yuseong District, Daejeon, South Korea. It opened in 1953 and serves as the denominational seminary of the Korea Baptist Convention. In Korean it is commonly called by the abbreviation Chimsindae.

• Korea Food for the Hungry InternationalInstitutions

  Korea Food for the Hungry International, publicly known as Hope Friends KFHI, is an international relief and development nongovernmental organization (NGO) founded in 1989 on Christian principles. Under the motto "Bread and the Gospel," it carries out overseas relief, domestic welfare programs, and the sending of professional missionaries.

• Korea World Missions AssociationInstitutions

  The Korea World Missions Association (KWMA) is a Korean Protestant cooperative body for overseas missions that brings together the mission boards of various denominations and mission organizations. Established in 1990 as an incorporated association, it publishes annual statistics on Korean missionaries and has led the "Target 2030" movement.

• Korea Christian Cult Counseling Center AssociationInstitutions

  The Korea Christian Cult Counseling Center Association (abbreviated Hansanghyup) is an umbrella organization of Protestant cult counseling centers from regions across South Korea. Its work includes counseling related to groups regarded as heretical, holding seminars and issuing advisories about such groups, and supporting converts.

• Youth With A Mission Korea (Yesu Jeondodan)Institutions

  Youth With A Mission Korea (YWAM Korea), known in Korean as Yesu Jeondodan, is an interdenominational mission organization founded in 1973 by David E. Ross, an American Southern Presbyterian missionary, from a university student fellowship. Since 1980 it has operated as the Korean branch of the international mission organization Youth With A Mission (YWAM).

• Compassion KoreaInstitutions

  Compassion Korea is the Korean branch of Compassion International, an international child development organization. Compassion first worked in Korea to help orphans of the Korean War, and its assistance there ended in 1993. Compassion Korea was established in 2003, when Korea became a sponsor country. It connects children in poor countries one-to-one with Korean sponsors.

• Habitat for Humanity KoreaInstitutions

  Habitat for Humanity Korea is the Korean affiliate of the international nonprofit Habitat for Humanity. It is an incorporated housing-welfare association that works with volunteers to build and repair homes for people in inadequate housing.

• Child Evangelism Fellowship of KoreaInstitutions

  Child Evangelism Fellowship of Korea is the Korean national organization of the international Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). An interdenominational mission organization devoted to ministry among children, it began its work in Korea in 1957 and is known for its Good News Clubs and teacher training seminars.

• The Korea Christian PressInstitutions

  The Korea Christian Press (Hanguk Gidok Gongbo) is a weekly newspaper published by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap). Founded on January 17, 1946, it is regarded as the oldest weekly newspaper still in publication.

• History of Protestantism in KoreaHistory

  The history of Protestantism in Korea extends from the arrival of American missionaries in 1884–1885 to the present day. It encompasses the arrival of missionaries, revival movements and church organization, persecution and the Shinto shrine worship controversy under Japanese rule, and denominational divisions and growth after liberation.

• Communion of Churches in KoreaInstitutions

  The Communion of Churches in Korea (CCIK; Korean abbreviation Hangyoyeon) is a Protestant interdenominational body founded in 2012 amid internal conflict within the Christian Council of Korea (CCK). Its founding members included the Tonghap, Gaehyeok, Daeshin, and Baekseok branches of the Presbyterian Church in Korea.

• Church Growth in KoreaHistory

  The rapid increase in the number of Protestant church members and churches in South Korea during the industrialization and urbanization of the 1960s through the 1980s. The term also covers the slowdown and stagnation of that growth from the 1990s onward.

• Christian Council of KoreaInstitutions

  The Christian Council of Korea (CCK; Korean abbreviation Hangichong) is an interdenominational body of Korean Protestant denominations founded in 1989 under the leadership of Rev. Han Kyung-chik and other senior conservative church leaders. It was long regarded as the representative organization of conservative Korean Protestantism, but after a series of schisms in the 2010s its major member denominations withdrew.

• United Christian Churches of KoreaInstitutions

  The United Christian Churches of Korea (UCCK; Korean abbreviation Hangyochong) is an ecumenical body of Protestant denominations in South Korea, launched in 2017 on the foundation of the Council of Korean Church Denominational Heads. Its members are denominations rather than individual congregations, and they include major Presbyterian, Methodist, and Pentecostal denominations, among others.

• Christian Ethics Movement of KoreaInstitutions

  The Christian Ethics Movement of Korea (Giyunsil) is an interdenominational Christian civic organization founded in 1987 by Protestant scholars and intellectuals, including Son Bong-ho. It advocates ethical living among Christians and the restoration of the church's public trust.

• Church in North KoreaDenominations

  The church in North Korea refers to the Protestant faith community within North Korea. In the narrow sense, the term denotes the Korean Christian Federation, the only Protestant organization recognized by the North Korean authorities, and the churches under its oversight.

• Far East Broadcasting Company (Korea)Institutions

  The Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) is an interdenominational Protestant missionary radio broadcaster in South Korea that went on the air in Incheon in 1956. It is known for domestic gospel broadcasting and for its "northern mission" broadcasts aimed at communist countries such as North Korea, China, and Russia.