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• Ok Han-heumPeople

  Ok Han-heum (玉漢欽, 1938–2010) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong). He founded SaRang Community Church, and through his book *Called to Awaken the Laity* he spread lay discipleship training in the local church throughout Korean Christianity.

• 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.

• Word of Life Press (Korea)Institutions

  Word of Life Press is a Christian publishing house founded in Korea in 1953 by the American mission agency TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission). It publishes Christian books, operates Christian bookstores, and carries out literature ministry.

• 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.

• Father SchoolChristian Life

  Father School is an interdenominational family-restoration program that began at Duranno Press in South Korea. Over several weeks, fathers meet together to reflect on their roles as fathers and husbands in light of Scripture. It is also known as the Duranno Father School.

• Korean National Christian CouncilHistory

  The Korean National Christian Council (Joseon Yesugyo Yeonhap Gonguihoe) was a Protestant cooperative body organized in September 1924 at Saemoonan Church in Seoul. Korean Presbyterian and Methodist churches, foreign mission boards, and Christian organizations took part in it, and it is regarded as the parent body of today's National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK).

• Paek Hong-junPeople

  Paek Hong-jun (1848–1893) was an early Korean Protestant from Uiju, North Pyongan Province. Baptized in Manchuria by a Scottish Presbyterian missionary, he was among the first Koreans to receive Protestant baptism, and he spread the gospel throughout the Uiju region as a colporteur and evangelist.

• Kosin UniversityInstitutions

  Kosin University is a private Christian university operated by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Kosin). It traces its origins to Koryo Theological Seminary, founded in Busan in 1946. Its graduate school of theology, which trains ministers, is located in Cheonan under the name Korea Theological Seminary.

• The Church and the Democratization MovementHistory

  The church and the democratization movement refers to the activities of South Korean Protestants who, on the basis of their faith, called for the restoration of human rights and democracy under the military governments of the 1970s and 1980s. Pastors and young people from denominations affiliated with the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) were at its center.

• History of The Salvation Army in KoreaHistory

  The history of The Salvation Army in Korea begins in 1908, when the British officer Robert Hoggard arrived in Seoul. Alongside evangelism, The Salvation Army in Korea has carried out poor relief and the Red Kettle fundraising campaign.

• Soongsil SchoolHistory

  Soongsil School was a Christian school founded in Pyongyang in 1897 by William Baird, a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian). In 1938 it closed voluntarily rather than submit to Shinto shrine worship. After Korea's liberation and division, it was reestablished in Seoul, and its legacy continues in Soongsil Middle and High Schools and Soongsil University.

• Moon Dong-hwanPeople

  Moon Dong-hwan (1921–2019) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea and a theologian of Christian education. He taught at Hankuk Theological Seminary, was imprisoned for his role in the democracy movement, and served as a member of the 13th National Assembly.

• Kang Won-yongPeople

  Kang Won-yong (1917–2006) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea. He co-founded Kyungdong Church and founded the Christian Academy, through which he led the dialogue movement and interreligious dialogue. His pen name was Yeohae.

• 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.

• Moon Ik-hwanPeople

  Moon Ik-hwan (1918–1994) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, an Old Testament scholar, and a poet. His pen name was Neutbom ("Late Spring"). He oversaw the Old Testament translation of the Common Translation Bible. He was imprisoned several times for his role in the democratization movement of the 1970s and 1980s and in the reunification movement, including his 1989 visit to North Korea.

• 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 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.

• Kidok ShinmunInstitutions

  The Kidok Shinmun (Christian Newspaper) is the denominational newspaper published by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong). First published on January 4, 1965, it now appears under the title The Weekly Kidok Shinmun.

• Centennial of Protestant Missions in KoreaHistory

  The centennial of Protestant missions in Korea was a series of commemorative projects and events held in 1984 to mark one hundred years of Protestant mission work in Korea. It took Horace Allen's arrival in 1884 as its starting point. Numerous denominations and organizations took part. The central event was the Korean Christian Centennial Mission Convention, held that August at Yeouido Plaza in Seoul.