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• Number of the Beast

  The number 666, which appears in Revelation 13:18. It is mentioned in connection with the mark that the beast rising out of the earth causes people to receive, and interpretations of what it signifies vary widely.

• The Great Century of Missions

  The Great Century of Missions is a name coined by the American church historian Kenneth Scott Latourette. It refers to the nineteenth century, specifically the period from 1800 to 1914, during which Protestant foreign missions expanded dramatically.

• History of the Russian Orthodox Church

  The history of the Russian Orthodox Church is the history of a branch of Eastern Orthodoxy that began around 988, when Vladimir I of Kievan Rus' accepted the Orthodox faith of Byzantium, and that has continued to the present day centered on the Patriarchate of Moscow.

• History of the Korean Holiness Church

  The history of the Korean Holiness Church began in 1907, when Kim Sang-jun and Jeong Bin opened the "Oriental Missionary Society Gospel Mission Hall" in Seoul. The church was forcibly dissolved under Japanese colonial rule, rebuilt after liberation, and divided in 1961, and its history continues to the present day.

• History of the Baptists in Korea

  The history of the Baptists in Korea traces the Korean Baptist church from its beginnings in 1889 with the work of Malcolm Fenwick, an independent Canadian missionary, through the Korea Christian Church and the East Asia Christian Church to today's Korea Baptist Convention.

• History of the Anglican Church in Korea

  The history of the Anglican Church in Korea began in 1890, when Bishop Charles John Corfe (Korean name Go Yo-han) of the Church of England arrived at Chemulpo. Beginning as a diocese under the Church of England, it consecrated its first Korean bishop in 1965 and became an independent province, the Anglican Church of Korea, in 1993.

• History of the Pentecostal Movement in Korea

  The history of the Pentecostal movement in Korea traces how Pentecostal faith, with its emphasis on speaking in tongues and divine healing, took root in Korea after the arrival of the missionary Mary Rumsey in 1928, and how denominations centered on the Korea Assemblies of God were founded, grew, and divided.

• History of the Catholic Church in Korea

  The history of the Catholic Church in Korea traces the Korean Catholic Church from 1784, when Yi Seung-hun returned from Beijing after being baptized and founded a community of believers, through the era of persecution and the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Korea.

• History of The Salvation Army in Korea

  The history of The Salvation Army in Korea dates from 1908, when the British officer Robert Hoggard (Korean name Heo Ga-du) arrived in Seoul. Alongside evangelism, The Salvation Army in Korea has carried out poor relief and the Red Kettle fundraising campaign.

• The Navigators

  The Navigators is an interdenominational mission organization founded by Dawson Trotman in the United States in 1933. It is known for discipleship training centered on one-to-one mentoring and Scripture memorization, and it officially began its ministry in Korea in 1966.

• The Korean Church and Confucianism

  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.

• The Korean Church and Shamanism

  This article examines the relationship between Korean Protestantism and shamanism (musok). In the early missionary period Protestants confronted shamanism, indigenization theology later studied it, and critics have continued to attribute the church's prosperity-oriented faith to shamanistic influence.

• The Korea Christian Press

  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.

• The Justice of God

  The justice of God is the attribute by which God is righteous in himself and judges and governs all things according to a right standard. It provides a theological basis for discussions of judgment on sin, the doctrine of salvation, and social justice.

• The Two Natures of Christ

  The two natures of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ possesses, in one person, both a truly divine nature (divinity) and a truly human nature (humanity). It was formally defined at the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

• Personhood of the Holy Spirit

  The personhood of the Holy Spirit is the Christian doctrine that the Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force but a personal being possessing intellect, emotion, and will, and that He is one of the persons of the triune God.

• Work of the Holy Spirit

  The work of the Holy Spirit is a comprehensive term for what the Holy Spirit, one person of the triune God, does in creation and revelation, in the application of salvation, in the sanctification of believers, and in the building up of the church.

• Witness of the Holy Spirit

  The witness of the Holy Spirit is the doctrine that the Holy Spirit confirms truth in the hearts of believers. It refers chiefly to the Spirit's testimony that believers are children of God and to the Spirit's work of assuring them that Scripture is the Word of God.

• Guidance of the Holy Spirit

  The guidance of the Holy Spirit is the Christian teaching that the Holy Spirit directs believers' thoughts, judgments, and the course of their lives. In Korean churches it is commonly expressed as "the Holy Spirit's leading."

• Indwelling of the Holy Spirit

  The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the teaching that the Holy Spirit dwells within those who believe in Christ. It is treated as a basis of the believer's identity and sanctification, and denominations differ in how they understand its relationship to the baptism with the Holy Spirit and the filling of the Spirit.