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Robert Jermain Thomas
[People]Robert Jermain Thomas was a Welsh missionary of the London Missionary Society. In 1866 he sailed up the Taedong River as an interpreter aboard the American merchant ship General Sherman and was killed at Pyongyang. Korean Protestants commonly regard him as their first martyr.
Church
[Doctrine & Theology]The church is the community of those who believe in Jesus Christ. The word translates the New Testament Greek term ekklesia (an assembly of those who have been called out), and it refers first to a gathering of people rather than to a building.
Silent Prayer (Mukdo)
[Worship & Rites]Silent prayer is prayer offered inwardly in the heart rather than aloud. In Korean Protestant churches, the term *mukdo* is also widely used for an element of worship in which the congregation prays quietly together at the beginning of the service.
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."
Kim Kyo-shin
[People]Kim Kyo-shin (金敎臣, 1901–1945) was a Korean Christian thinker and educator during the Japanese colonial period. An adherent of the Non-Church (Mukyokai) movement, he published the Bible-study magazine Seongseo Joseon (The Bible and Korea) and taught many students, including Sohn Kee-chung, at Yangjeong Higher Common School.
C. S. Lewis
[People]C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) was a British scholar of English literature, an author, and a lay member of the Church of England. Widely known for Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and The Chronicles of Narnia, he is regarded as one of the leading Christian apologists of the twentieth century.
Korea Food for the Hungry International
[Institutions]Korea Food for the Hungry International, publicly known as Hope Friends KFHI, is an international relief and development nongovernmental organization (NGO) founded in 1989 on Christian principles. Under the motto "Bread and the Gospel," it carries out overseas relief, domestic welfare programs, and the sending of professional missionaries.
Korea World Missions Association
[Institutions]The Korea World Missions Association (KWMA) is a Korean Protestant cooperative body for overseas missions that brings together the mission boards of various denominations and mission organizations. Established in 1990 as an incorporated association, it publishes annual statistics on Korean missionaries and has led the "Target 2030" movement.
Ha Yong-jo
[People]Ha Yong-jo (1946–2011) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap). He founded Onnuri Church and the Christian publisher Duranno, and he was known for cultural evangelism and for his pastoral vision of an "Acts-style church."
1 Peter 2:9
[Bible Verses]A verse that calls believers "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people." It is the principal text for the Reformation doctrine of the priesthood of all believers and the passage most often cited in discussions of the mission and identity of the laity.
Jonah 4:11
[Bible Verses]Jonah 4:11 is God's question to Jonah, who was angry that Nineveh had been spared, and the Book of Jonah ends with this question. The verse is frequently cited as an expression of God's compassion, which extends even to Gentile nations.
Genesis 2:18
[Bible Verses]Genesis 2:18 records God's declaration, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him" (KJV). It is one of the passages most frequently read at weddings, and interpretations of "help meet" diverge on the roles of men and women.
Genesis 3:16
[Bible Verses]Genesis 3:16 records God's words to the woman after the Fall, in which He increases her pain in childbirth and declares that her husband "shall rule over thee." In discussions of the relationship between men and women, interpreters disagree over whether the verse establishes an order ordained by God or describes a distortion produced by sin.
Genesis 28:20-22
[Bible Verses]The vow Jacob made after his dream at Bethel, promising that if God would keep him, the LORD would be his God and he would give a tenth of all he received. The passage is often cited as an example of tithing before the Mosaic Law, and interpreters differ over the nature of a vow made with conditions attached.
Noah
[People]Noah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Genesis who, at God's command, built an ark and survived the Great Flood with his family and the animals. After the Flood he received the covenant of the rainbow.
Rahab
[People]Rahab is a woman of Jericho in the Old Testament book of Joshua (chapters 2 and 6) who hid the Israelite spies and was saved together with her family. The New Testament names her in the genealogy of Jesus and presents her as an example of both faith and works.
Ephesians 5:5
[Bible Verses]A verse warning that no whoremonger, unclean person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. It is frequently cited in discussions of the believer's holy life, the danger of covetousness, and the assurance of salvation.
1 Corinthians 15:30–32
[Bible Verses]A passage in which Paul argues that if there is no resurrection, his life of facing death every day is in vain. "I die daily" is widely quoted as an expression of self-denial, while the meaning of his statement that he "fought with beasts at Ephesus" is disputed.
Hebrews 9:27
[Bible Verses]Hebrews 9:27 states that human beings die once and afterward face judgment. Although the verse serves as an analogy explaining Christ's once-for-all sacrifice, it is frequently cited in discussions of death, judgment after death, and the rejection of reincarnation.
1 Corinthians 15:51–52
[Bible Verses]A passage in which Paul declares that at Christ's return believers who have died will be raised with incorruptible bodies, and believers who are still living will be changed in an instant. It is frequently cited in affirmations of the resurrection hope and in discussions of the rapture.