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• Choi Tae-yong

  Choi Tae-yong (崔泰瑢, 1897–1950) was a Korean Protestant minister during the Japanese colonial period. Starting out in the Non-Church movement, he founded the Korean Evangelical Church of Joseon (now the Korea Evangelical Church), a denomination established by Koreans themselves, in 1935 and served as its first bishop.

• William Junkin

  William Junkin (1865–1908; Korean name Jeon Wi-ryeom) was an American Southern Presbyterian missionary who, beginning in the 1890s, founded churches and schools in Gunsan and Jeonju and laid the foundation for Protestant missions in the Honam region of Korea.

• Hebrides Revival

  The Hebrides Revival was a religious revival that took place from 1949 to about 1952 on the islands of Lewis and Harris in the Hebrides, off the northwest coast of Scotland. It is said to have begun in prayer meetings, and it became widely known through the meetings of the evangelist Duncan Campbell.

• Psalm 91:1–2

  The opening of Psalm 91 describes the security of one who dwells under the protection of the Most High and contains a confession of trust that calls God a refuge and fortress. It is often cited by those seeking protection in times of crisis, and there is ongoing discussion over whether its promises of protection should be taken literally.

• William Scranton

  William Scranton (1856–1922) was a medical missionary and minister sent to Korea by the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. He founded Sibyeongwon hospital and took part in founding the Sangdong, Ahyeon, and Dongdaemun churches. His mother, Mary Scranton, founded Ewha Haktang.

• Ok Han-heum

  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 popularized lay discipleship training in the local church throughout Korean Christianity.

• Christian Gospel Mission

  The Christian Gospel Mission is a religious organization founded by Jung Myung-seok and widely known as JMS. Several Protestant denominations in South Korea have declared it heretical, and its founder has twice received final prison sentences for sex crimes against female members.

• Shincheonji

  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.

• Church of Almighty God

  The Church of Almighty God (全能神教會) is a religious group that originated in China in the early 1990s and is also known as "Eastern Lightning" or Quannengshen ("Almighty God sect"). It believes a Chinese woman to be the returned Christ, and its status as a heretical group has been confirmed by formal resolutions of several Korean denominations.

• 1 Chronicles

  1 Chronicles is the thirteenth book of the Old Testament. Comprising 29 chapters, it records genealogies beginning with Adam and the reign of King David, with a focus on temple worship.

• Joachim Jeremias

  Joachim Jeremias (1900–1979) was a German Lutheran New Testament scholar. He studied the parables of Jesus, the words of institution of the Lord's Supper, and Jesus' use of the address "Abba," and he exerted a lasting influence on the interpretation of the parables.

• Julius Wellhausen

  Julius Wellhausen (1844–1918) was a German Old Testament scholar and Orientalist. He is widely known for systematizing the Documentary Hypothesis, which holds that the Pentateuch was composed from four sources (J, E, D, and P).

• William Booth

  William Booth (1829–1912) was an English former Methodist minister who, together with his wife Catherine Booth, founded The Salvation Army and served as its first General.

• David Bosch

  David Jacobus Bosch (1929–1992) was a South African missiologist. He is known for Transforming Mission (1991), which traces how missionary thought has changed over the course of history.

• John Lennox

  John Carson Lennox (born 1943) is a Northern Irish mathematician and Christian apologist. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and is known for his public debates with atheists and for his books on the relationship between science and faith.

• Choi Byung-hun

  Choi Byung-hun (崔炳憲, 1858–1927) was a Methodist minister and theologian active during the Korean Empire and the Japanese colonial period. His pen name was Taksa. He is known for writings such as Seongsan myeonggyeong, which explained Christianity by comparing it with Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

• Song Chang-geun

  Song Chang-geun (宋昌根, 1898–?), whose pen name was Manu (晩雨), was a Presbyterian minister and theologian. He led the founding of Chosun Theological Seminary (now Hanshin University) and was abducted to North Korea during the Korean War.

• Lillias Horton Underwood

  Lillias Horton Underwood (1851–1921) was a medical missionary sent by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian Church). She arrived in Korea in 1888, headed the women's department of Jejungwon, and served as physician to Empress Myeongseong. The wife of Horace Underwood, she was also active in women's ministry and writing.

• 1977 National Evangelization Crusade

  The 1977 National Evangelization Crusade was an interdenominational Protestant mass evangelistic rally held in the summer of 1977 at Yeouido Plaza in Seoul. It is known as a large united gathering that the Korean church prepared and led on its own, without foreign speakers.

• Ruth Bell Graham

  Ruth Bell Graham (1920–2007) was an American Christian author and poet. The daughter of Presbyterian medical missionaries in China, she was the wife of evangelist Billy Graham and shared in his ministry for nearly 64 years.