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Love Feast
[Worship & Rites]The love feast is a communal meal that believers in the early church shared as an expression of love and fellowship. It is distinct from the Lord's Supper. In Korean Protestant churches, the term usually refers to a meal that church members share after worship.
Athanasian Creed
[Doctrine & Theology]The Athanasian Creed is a confession of faith of the Western church that sets out the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation of Christ. Together with the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed, it is known as one of the "three ecumenical creeds."
Communion of Saints
[Doctrine & Theology]An article of faith confessed in the Apostles' Creed, referring to the fellowship and sharing among all believers who have been made one body in Christ.
Cross
[Doctrine & Theology]The cross was an instrument of execution in ancient Rome. In Christianity it refers to the death of Jesus Christ, who was nailed to a cross, and to the confession that his death was an atonement in which he bore sin in the place of others. It is the foremost symbol of the Christian faith.
Cooperating Pastor
[Church Offices]A cooperating pastor is an ordained pastor who is affiliated with a church or institution and assists the senior pastor in ministry. The title is used mainly in Presbyterian churches, and its conditions of service and standing within the presbytery vary according to each denomination's constitution.
Father School
[Christian 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.
Divine Healing
[Doctrine & Theology]Divine healing is the healing of illness by the power of God, or the belief in and pursuit of such healing. It is counted as a core element of both the Fourfold Gospel of the Holiness churches and the Fivefold Gospel of the Full Gospel churches.
Evangelist Pastor
[Church Offices]An evangelist pastor is a pastoral title used chiefly in the constitutions of Presbyterian denominations. It refers to a pastor sent by a presbytery to preach the gospel in an area without a church and to establish new churches there.
Order of Worship
[Worship & Rites]The order of worship is the sequence in which the elements of public worship, such as hymns, prayer, Scripture reading, the sermon, the offering, and the benediction, are conducted. In Korean Protestant churches, it is usually printed in the weekly bulletin for the congregation.
Sabbatical
[Organization & Polity]A sabbatical is a period during which a pastor or missionary, after serving for a set length of time, steps away from ministry to rest, study, pursue further training, and recharge. The term is taken from the Old Testament ordinances concerning the sabbatical year.
Steward
[Doctrine & Theology]A steward is a person entrusted with managing a master's household and property. In Protestantism, the term refers to the teaching that life, time, talents, and material possessions are entrusted to people by God and are to be used responsibly.
Joint Easter Service
[Worship & Rites]A joint Easter service is a worship service held on Easter at which multiple denominations and churches gather together, often at dawn. In Korea, the first such service is reported to have been held in 1947 on Namsan in Seoul.
Pastoral Honorarium
[Organization & Polity]A pastoral honorarium is money that a church pays regularly to its ministers, such as the senior pastor, associate pastors, and evangelists, to support their living. It is often referred to simply as an "honorarium."
Vow
[Christian Life]A vow is a voluntary promise by which a believer pledges to God to do something or to offer something. In Korean Protestant churches, vows commonly take forms such as vow prayers, vow offerings, and vows by parents to dedicate their children to the pastoral ministry.
Calling
[Doctrine & Theology]Calling is God's summoning of people, whether drawing them to salvation or entrusting them with a particular life and work. It is also commonly referred to as "the call," and the term is used especially often of being called to pastoral ministry.
Hospital Chaplain
[Church Offices]A hospital chaplain is a minister attached to a hospital who carries out pastoral ministry, such as worship services, counseling, and visitation, for patients, their families, and hospital staff.
Bible Transcription
[Christian Life]Bible transcription is the devotional practice of copying the text of Scripture by hand as a spiritual discipline for meditating deeply on the Word and taking it to heart. In Korea it is widely practiced across denominational lines.
Commitment Prayer
[Christian Life]Commitment prayer is prayer for which the period, time, and subjects are determined in advance and then continued without interruption for the entire period. In Korean Protestant churches it is often undertaken by individuals or whole congregations for a fixed number of days, as in a "40-day commitment prayer" or a "21-day commitment prayer."
Moderator of Presbytery
[Church Offices]The moderator of presbytery is the officer who represents a presbytery and presides over its meetings. In Presbyterian churches, a presbytery is the governing body made up of the churches of a given region and their representative ministers and elders. The moderator is elected at a stated meeting and usually serves a one-year term.
General Assembly Moderator
[Church Offices]A general assembly moderator is the person who represents and presides over the general assembly, the highest deliberative body of a denomination. The office exists in many denominations, including Presbyterian, Holiness, and Baptist churches, and its term and authority vary from one denomination to another.