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• ThanksgivingFeasts & Seasons

  Thanksgiving is a Protestant observance in which believers thank God for the year's harvest and for the grace they have received. Korean Protestant churches generally observe Thanksgiving Sunday on the third Sunday of November.

• 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.

• Pastor EmeritusChurch Offices

  Pastor emeritus is an honorary title that a church confers on a retired pastor who served that congregation for many years, in recognition of that service. The title carries no authority to govern the church; it expresses honor and respect.

• 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.

• 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.

• Charitable ReliefChristian Life

  Charitable relief is the work of helping neighbors who are poor, sick, or affected by disaster through material aid and personal care. In Korean Protestant churches it is commonly carried out through dedicated relief budgets, relief offerings, and charitable sharing events.

• Installation of Church OfficersWorship & Rites

  The installation of church officers is a rite in which a church formally sets apart the officers it has elected, such as elders, deacons, and, in Korean churches, kwonsa (exhorters). In Korean Protestant usage, the rite is called an ordination service when it involves the laying on of hands, an inauguration service when duties are entrusted without the laying on of hands, and a pastoral installation service when a pastor is installed in a local church.

• Church DedicationWorship & Rites

  A church dedication is a service in which a newly built church building is offered to God as a place of worship. In Korean Protestant churches, it is usually held after all construction debt has been paid off.

• Memorial Service (Chudo Yebae)Worship & Rites

  A memorial service is a worship service in which bereaved family members and fellow church members gather, usually on the anniversary of a death or on a major holiday, to remember a person who has died. In Korean Protestantism it became established as a rite that takes the place of Confucian ancestral rites; it is also known as a remembrance service (chumo yebae).

• Songguyeongsin ServiceFeasts & Seasons

  The Songguyeongsin service is a worship service held from the night of December 31 until about midnight as January 1 begins, in which worshipers look back on the past year with thanksgiving and entrust the new year to God. It is widely observed across denominational lines in Korean Protestantism.

• Korean Association of Christian PastorsInstitutions

  The Korean Association of Christian Pastors (Hanmokhyeop, KACP) is an interdenominational council of pastors founded in 1998 by pastors' associations from multiple Korean denominations committed to church renewal. Its stated principles are unity, renewal, and service.

• Love FeastWorship & Rites

  The love feast is a communal meal that believers in the early church shared as an expression of love and fellowship. It is distinct from the Lord's Supper. In Korean Protestant churches, the term usually refers to a meal that church members share after worship.

• Funeral ServiceWorship & Rites

  A funeral service is a worship service held when a church member dies, in which the deceased is committed to God, the bereaved are comforted, and the hope of the resurrection is confessed. The term can also refer collectively to the several services held at each stage of the funeral process.

• Deathbed ServiceChristian Life

  A deathbed service is a brief service of worship held by family members and ministers at the side of a believer who is about to die or has just died. In Korean Protestant churches, it is regarded as the first rite of the funeral process.

• Dawn Prayer MeetingWorship & Rites

  The dawn prayer meeting is a gathering held at church in the early hours before sunrise for hymn singing, Scripture, and prayer. It is regarded as one of the most characteristic devotional practices of Korean Protestantism and is also called dawn prayer or the dawn service.

• Special Dawn Prayer MeetingFeasts & Seasons

  A special dawn prayer meeting (teuksae) is a dawn prayer gathering that a church holds for a set period and around a chosen theme, with greater intensity than its regular dawn prayer meetings. The practice grew out of the dawn prayer tradition of Korean Protestantism.

• Christian FuneralChristian Life

  A Christian funeral is the set of rites by which a church, together with the bereaved family, commits a deceased member to God and confesses the hope of the resurrection. In Korean Protestant churches it typically proceeds through deathbed, encoffining, departure, and committal services.

• Term of Office for EldersChristian Life

  The term of office for elders is the period during which an elder holds and exercises office in the church. Korean Presbyterian churches often regard the eldership as a lifelong office, with elders serving until a mandatory retirement age. Some churches also hold periodic votes of confidence in which the congregation decides whether an elder should continue in active service.