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Jan Hus
[People]Jan Hus (c. 1369–1415) was a theologian and preacher from Bohemia (the present-day Czech Republic). After advocating church reform, he was condemned as a heretic at the Council of Constance in 1415 and burned at the stake. Protestants regard him as a forerunner of the Reformation.
Charles Finney
[People]Charles Finney (1792–1875) was an American Presbyterian and Congregationalist minister and revivalist. He is regarded as a leading figure of the Second Great Awakening, and he introduced and popularized the "New Measures" in revival meetings. He also served as president of Oberlin College.
Kenneth Hagin
[People]Kenneth Hagin (1917–2003) was an American charismatic preacher. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Word of Faith movement, which emphasizes faith and spoken confession, and he founded Rhema Bible Training Center.
Charles Parham
[People]Charles Fox Parham (1873–1929) was an American preacher and itinerant evangelist. As the first to systematize speaking in tongues as the evidence of baptism in the Holy Spirit, he is regarded as an early leader of the Pentecostal movement.
Louis Berkhof
[People]Louis Berkhof (1873–1957) was a Dutch-born American Reformed theologian. He served as professor and president of Calvin Theological Seminary, and his major work, *Systematic Theology*, has also been widely read in Presbyterian theological education in Korea.
Karl Rahner
[People]Karl Rahner (1904–1984) was a German Catholic theologian and Jesuit priest. He served as a theological expert at the Second Vatican Council and is widely known for his concept of the "anonymous Christian."
John Wimber
[People]John Wimber (1934–1997) was an American pastor and musician. He is regarded as the founder of the Vineyard Movement and became widely known for "power evangelism," which emphasized signs and wonders, divine healing, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Bonaventure
[People]Bonaventure (1217 or c. 1221–1274) was a medieval Italian Scholastic theologian who served as Minister General of the Franciscan Order and as a cardinal. The Catholic Church venerates him as a saint and Doctor of the Church under the title "Seraphic Doctor."
Lee Strobel
[People]Lee Strobel (born 1952) is an American Christian author and pastor. An atheist while working as the legal affairs reporter for the Chicago Tribune, he converted to Christianity and became known as an apologist and the author of The Case for Christ.
Ham Tae-young
[People]Ham Tae-young (咸台永, 1873–1964) was a Presbyterian minister who had earlier served as a judicial officer of the Korean Empire. He was one of the forty-eight national representatives of the March First Movement and served as the third Vice President of the Republic of Korea.
James Scarth Gale
[People]James Scarth Gale (1863–1937) was a Canadian Presbyterian missionary to Korea, known in Korea as Gi Il (奇一). He served as the first senior pastor of Yeondong Church in Seoul, produced the first Korean translation of The Pilgrim's Progress, and took part in compiling A Korean-English Dictionary and in translating the Bible into Korean.
Robert Hardie
[People]Robert Alexander Hardie (1865–1949) was a Canadian medical missionary and Methodist minister. Known in Korea as Ha Ri-yeong (河鯉泳), he is remembered for leading the 1903 Wonsan Revival.
Christian School
[History]A Christian school is a private school founded by a Christian body, such as a Protestant or Catholic organization, for the purposes of mission and education; such schools are often called mission schools. In Korea, Christian schools began with the schools opened by missionaries in the late nineteenth century.
YMCA of Korea
[Institutions]The YMCA of Korea is an interdenominational Christian youth and civic movement that began in Seoul in 1903 as the Hwangseong Christian Young Men's Association. Local YMCAs throughout the country make up the National Council of YMCAs of Korea.
Day-Age Theory
[Doctrine & Theology]The day-age theory is an interpretation of creation that reads each "day" (Hebrew yom) of Genesis 1 not as a twenty-four-hour period but as a long age of indeterminate length. It is one of the principal forms of old-earth creationism.
Framework Hypothesis
[Doctrine & Theology]The framework hypothesis is an interpretation that reads the six days of creation in Genesis 1 not as an actual chronological sequence but as a literary structure, or framework, that arranges the content of creation thematically.
Process Theology
[Doctrine & Theology]Process theology is a twentieth-century theological movement that seeks to reinterpret the relationship between God and the world on the basis of Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy, which views reality not as fixed substances but as a process of continual becoming and change.
Black Theology
[Doctrine & Theology]Black theology is a theological movement that begins from the experience of Black people who endured slavery and racism and understands God as the one who liberates the oppressed. It took shape in the United States in the late 1960s.
Election of Elders
[Christian 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.
Nehemiah 8:10
[Bible Verses]Nehemiah 8:10 is an exhortation to the people who had returned from exile and were weeping as they heard the Law read. They are told not to grieve on the holy day but to eat together and share with others. The verse is widely quoted for the phrase "the joy of the LORD is your strength."