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• Church Volunteer Service

  [Christian Life]

  Church volunteer service is the work that church members take on by giving their time and talents in worship, church administration, education, service to neighbors, and other areas. The term generally denotes voluntary, unpaid service.

• Season of Creation

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  The Season of Creation is a season of the church year in which Christians remember God's work of creation and renew their sense of responsibility to care for nature and the environment. It is usually observed from September 1 to October 4, though its length and manner of observance vary by denomination.

• Reformed Church

  [Denominations]

  The Reformed Church is a Protestant tradition descending from the sixteenth-century Reformation in Switzerland led by Zwingli and Calvin. In the broad sense, the term refers to all Calvinist churches, including Presbyterian churches. In the narrow sense, it refers to the churches that developed on the European continent under the name "Reformed Church."

• Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

  [Christian Life]

  A pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a journey made for religious purposes to places where biblical events occurred or to major sites in church history. In Korean Protestant churches, the term chiefly refers to group trips to biblical sites in Israel, Türkiye, Greece, and other countries.

• Men's Mission Society

  [Organization & Polity]

  The Men's Mission Society is an organization within local congregations of Korean Protestant churches through which adult male members pursue fellowship, service, and mission support. Depending on the denomination and congregation, it is also called the Men's Evangelistic Society.

• Trinity Sunday

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost, is a feast of the Western church year commemorating the doctrine of the Trinity, which confesses one God in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

• Church in North Korea

  [Denominations]

  The church in North Korea refers to the Protestant faith community within North Korea. In the narrow sense, the term denotes the Korean Christian Federation, the only Protestant organization recognized by the North Korean authorities, and the churches under its oversight.

• Alpha Course

  [Christian Life]

  The Alpha Course is an introductory course in the Christian faith that began at Holy Trinity Brompton, an Anglican church in England. Combining a meal, a talk, and small-group discussion, it introduces the basics of the faith to people outside the church.

• Charitable Relief

  [Christian Life]

  Charitable relief is the work of helping neighbors who are poor, sick, or affected by disaster through material aid and personal care. In Korean Protestant churches it is commonly carried out through dedicated relief budgets, relief offerings, and charitable sharing events.

• Chinese House Churches

  [Denominations]

  Chinese house churches are Protestant congregations in China that remain outside the government-registered Three-Self churches (those affiliated with the Three-Self Patriotic Movement) and instead meet separately in private homes and similar settings.

• Liberation Day Commemoration Sunday

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  Liberation Day Commemoration Sunday is an observance of Korean churches, held on the Sunday near August 15, Korea's National Liberation Day, to remember the nation's 1945 liberation from Japanese colonial rule and to give thanks and pray for the nation and its people.

• Moravian Church

  [Denominations]

  The Moravian Church, or Moravian Brethren, is a Protestant denomination that originated among the followers of Jan Hus, the fifteenth-century Bohemian reformer. It was renewed in 1722 at Herrnhut, Germany, and is known for pioneering Protestant foreign missions.

• Interdenominational

  [Denominations]

  Interdenominational means "going beyond denominations." The term describes Christian activities, organizations, and gatherings that are not bound to any particular denomination or church body, or in which several denominations participate together.

• Fruit of the Spirit

  [Bible]

  The fruit of the Spirit refers to the nine virtues—love, joy, peace, and others—that Paul lists in Galatians 5:22–23 as the character displayed by those who live by the Spirit.

• Tower of Babel

  [Bible]

  The Tower of Babel is an event recorded in Genesis 11:1-9. After Noah's Flood, people who spoke a single language began building a city and a tower on the plain of Shinar, but God confounded their language and scattered them over all the earth.

• Ten Plagues

  [Bible]

  The Ten Plagues are the ten judgments that God brought upon Egypt through Moses and Aaron, as recorded in Exodus 7–12. After the final plague, the death of the firstborn, and the institution of the Passover, Israel departs from Egypt.

• Jacob's Ladder

  [Bible]

  Jacob's Ladder is the dream Jacob had in Genesis 28 while traveling to Haran to escape his brother Esau. In the dream, angels ascended and descended on a ladder that reached to heaven, and God gave Jacob a promise.

• Raising of Lazarus

  [Bible]

  The raising of Lazarus is an event recorded in John 11, in which Jesus, at Bethany, raised Lazarus from the tomb after he had been dead four days. It is commonly regarded as the last and greatest of the signs in the Gospel of John.

• Road to Emmaus

  [Bible]

  The Road to Emmaus is the event in which Jesus, on the day of his resurrection, appeared to two disciples traveling to Emmaus, expounded the Scriptures to them, and was recognized when he broke bread with them. It is recorded in Luke 24.

• Parable of the Mustard Seed

  [Bible]

  The Parable of the Mustard Seed is a parable of Jesus that likens the kingdom of God to a tiny mustard seed that grows large enough for birds to lodge in its branches. It appears in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.