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University Bible Fellowship
[Institutions]University Bible Fellowship (UBF) is an interdenominational campus mission organization founded in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1961 by Lee Chang-woo and Sarah Barry, a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (the Southern Presbyterian Church). It is known for one-to-one Bible study and overseas university missions.
Christian Medical Fellowship Korea
[Institutions]Christian Medical Fellowship Korea (CMF) is an interdenominational Protestant faith movement of medical professionals, including physicians, dentists, and practitioners of Korean medicine, together with university students in medical fields. It began at a national student retreat in 1980 and was formally established under its Korean name, Hanguk Nugahoe (Korean Luke Society), in 1982.
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.
Theology of Glory
[Doctrine & Theology]The theology of glory refers to an outlook holding that human beings can know God and attain to God through human reason, merit, and success. Martin Luther used the term critically, setting it against the theology of the cross.
Worship Band
[Doctrine & Theology]A worship band (also called a praise band) is an ensemble of singers and players of popular-music instruments, such as guitar, keyboard, bass, and drums, that leads congregational praise in worship. In Korean churches it is commonly called a praise team.
Jeremiah 6
[Bible]Jeremiah 6 is a prophecy warning that an enemy from the north will besiege Jerusalem. It rebukes a people who refuse to repent, along with the prophets and priests who offer false comfort by saying "Peace."
Ezekiel 16
[Bible]Ezekiel 16 portrays Jerusalem as an infant abandoned in an open field. The LORD takes her into covenant and raises her to the rank of queen, but she becomes an unfaithful wife. Through this image the chapter pronounces judgment on Jerusalem's idolatry. It closes with God's promise to establish an everlasting covenant and restore her.
1 Corinthians 9
[Bible]In this chapter Paul affirms that as an apostle he has the right to receive support from the church but explains that he has not used that right, for the sake of the gospel. He then urges self-discipline, drawing a comparison with the self-control of runners in a race.
Calvin Ellis Stowe
[People]Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802–1886) was an American biblical scholar and seminary professor. He worked to expand public education and was the husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Dawson Trotman
[People]Dawson Trotman (1906–1956) was an American evangelist. In 1933 he founded The Navigators, and he popularized an approach to discipleship centered on Scripture memorization and one-to-one follow-up.
Gertrude Hobbs Chambers
[People]Gertrude Hobbs Chambers (1883–1966) was an English Christian and the wife of Oswald Chambers. She took down her husband's lectures in shorthand and, after his death, compiled them into works including the devotional My Utmost for His Highest.
Roberta Winter
[People]Roberta Winter (1930–2001) was an American Presbyterian missionary. With her husband, Ralph Winter, she served as a missionary in Guatemala, and in 1976 she co-founded the U.S. Center for World Mission to advance mission among unreached people groups.
Mary Leyburn Junkin
[People]Mary Leyburn Junkin (1866–1952) was an American Southern Presbyterian missionary. With her husband, William Junkin (known in Korea as Jeon Wi-ryeom), she went to Korea in 1892 as a member of the "Seven Pioneers," the first missionary party the Southern Presbyterian Church sent to Korea, and served in Seoul, Gunsan, and Jeonju.
H. Richard Niebuhr
[People]Helmut Richard Niebuhr (1894–1962) was an American Protestant theologian and Christian ethicist. The younger brother of Reinhold Niebuhr, he taught at Yale University. In his best-known work, Christ and Culture, he classified the relationship between Christ and culture into five types.
Vonette Bright
[People]Vonette Bright (1926–2015) was an American Christian minister and author. With her husband, Bill Bright, she founded Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) in 1951, and she led the campaign to set the U.S. National Day of Prayer permanently on the first Thursday of May.
Ruth Bell Graham
[People]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.
Mattie Wilcox Noble
[People]Mattie Wilcox Noble (1872–1956) was an American missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. From 1892 to 1934 she worked alongside her husband, William Arthur Noble, in evangelism and education among women in Seoul, Pyongyang, Suwon, and elsewhere. She also kept a mission journal over forty-two years.
Bob Pierce
[People]Bob Pierce (1914–1978) was an American Baptist minister and evangelist. During the Korean War he founded World Vision (known in Korea as Sunmyunghoe) together with Korean church leaders such as Han Kyung-chik, and in 1970 he founded Samaritan's Purse.
Alice Rebecca Appenzeller
[People]Alice Rebecca Appenzeller (1885–1950) was an American Methodist missionary and educator. The daughter of Henry Appenzeller, she was born in Seoul and served as principal of Ewha Haktang and president of Ewha Womans College, laying the foundations of higher education for women in Korea.
Susanna Wesley
[People]Susanna Wesley (1669–1742) was an Englishwoman and the mother of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, the leaders of the Methodist movement. Known for the religious instruction of her children and for the prayer meetings she held in the rectory kitchen, she is called the "Mother of Methodism."