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• Chosen Christian CollegeHistory

  Chosen Christian College (Yonhi College; 延禧專門學校) was a private Christian college founded in Seoul in 1915 jointly by Presbyterian and Methodist missions from the United States and Canada. Together with Severance Medical College, it is a predecessor of present-day Yonsei University.

• Election of EldersChristian Life

  The election of elders is the process by which a church chooses candidates to be set apart as elders. In Presbyterian churches, after the session passes a resolution and the presbytery grants permission, the congregational meeting holds a vote; those elected then pass a presbytery examination and are installed as elders at an ordination service.

• Horace UnderwoodPeople

  Horace Grant Underwood (1859–1916) was an American Northern Presbyterian missionary who arrived in Korea, then the Joseon kingdom, in 1885. He founded Saemunan Church and led the establishment of Kyungshin School and Chosen Christian College (Yonhi College). In Korea he was known as Won Du-u (元杜尤).

• Oliver R. AvisonPeople

  Oliver R. Avison (1860–1956; Korean name Eo Bi-sin) was a Canadian-born medical missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian). He directed Jejungwon, founded Severance Hospital and its medical school, and served as president of Chosun Christian College (Yonhi College).

• Hanshin UniversityInstitutions

  Hanshin University is a private comprehensive university in South Korea that traces its origins to the Chosun Theological Seminary, which opened in 1940 at Seungdong Church in Seoul. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK) and has campuses in Osan, Gyeonggi Province, and in Suyu-dong, Seoul.

• Chongshin UniversityInstitutions

  Chongshin University is a private theological university founded by the Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong). It traces its roots to the Chosun Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which opened in Pyongyang in 1901.

• Kim Jae-junPeople

  Kim Jae-jun (金在俊, 1901–1987) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and progressive theologian whose pen name was Changgong (長空). He played a central role in founding Chosun Theological Seminary (now Hanshin University) and in forming the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, and he also took part in the democratization movement.

• Kim Dae-hyunPeople

  Kim Dae-hyun (金大鉉, 1873 or 1876–1940) was a Korean Presbyterian elder during the period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea. As an elder of Seungdong Church in Seoul, he donated a large sum that laid the foundation for Chosun Theological Seminary, the predecessor of Hanshin University, and he served as its first president.

• Ju Gi-cheolPeople

  Ju Gi-cheol (1897–1944) was a Korean Presbyterian minister during the Japanese colonial period. While serving as senior pastor of Sanjeonghyeon Church in Pyongyang, he steadfastly refused to take part in Shinto shrine worship. He was imprisoned for his refusal and died a martyr in Pyongyang Prison.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsHeresies & Cults

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a religious organization founded by Joseph Smith in the United States in 1830 and commonly known as the Mormon Church. It accepts the Book of Mormon as scripture alongside the Bible. In South Korea, the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), the Korean Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapshin), and other denominations have declared it heretical.

• 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.

• Unification ChurchHeresies & Cults

  The Unification Church is a religious organization founded by Sun Myung Moon in 1954 under the name Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. It is now called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. Korean Protestant denominations, including the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), have formally declared it a heresy and a pseudo-religion.

• ShincheonjiHeresies & Cults

  Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji), is a new religious movement founded by Lee Man-hee in 1984 in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Major Korean Protestant denominations, including the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong), and the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church, have declared it heretical.

• Presbyterian University and Theological SeminaryInstitutions

  Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary (PUTS), commonly abbreviated in Korean as Jangsindae, is the theological university of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap). It is located in Gwangjin District, Seoul. The school is regarded as having originated in a theology class begun in Pyongyang in 1901 by the missionary Samuel A. Moffett.

• Ordination of WomenControversies

  The ordination of women is a debate over whether women may be ordained as pastors and elders. Among Korean churches, the Methodists, the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK), the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), the Full Gospel churches, and the Anglican Church, among others, permit it, while the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong), the Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea, and the Hapshin Presbyterian Church in Korea, among others, do not.

• Manmin Central ChurchHeresies & Cults

  Manmin Central Church is a church founded by Lee Jae-rock in 1982 in Guro District, Seoul, South Korea. It has been declared heretical by the Jesus Korea Sungkyul Church, the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapshin), the Christian Council of Korea, and other bodies.

• 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.

• CheonbugyoHeresies & Cults

  Cheonbugyo is a religious organization founded in 1955 by Park Tae-seon, a former elder in the Presbyterian Church in Korea. Formerly called the Korean Jesus Church Evangelical Hall Revival Association, it was widely known as Jeondogwan ("Evangelical Hall"). In 1956 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Korea declared it heretical.

• Ha Yong-joPeople

  Ha Yong-jo (1946–2011) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap). He founded Onnuri Church and the Christian publisher Duranno, and he was known for cultural evangelism and for his pastoral vision of an "Acts-style church."