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Waldensians
[History]The Waldensians (also called Waldenses) are a movement of voluntary poverty and preaching that began in the late twelfth century with Valdes (Peter Waldo), a merchant of Lyon, France. They were condemned as heretics by the pope in 1184, joined the Reformation in 1532, and continue today as a Reformed church centered in Italy.
Augustinians
[History]The Augustinians are a Catholic mendicant order that follows the Rule of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. The order was formed in 1256, when several groups of hermits were united into a single body. It is also known as the order to which Martin Luther belonged as a friar before the Reformation.
History of the Anglican Church in Korea
[History]The history of the Anglican Church in Korea began in 1890, when Bishop Charles John Corfe of the Church of England arrived at Chemulpo. The church began as a diocese under the Church of England, received its first Korean bishop in 1965, and became an independent province, the Anglican Church of Korea, in 1993.
1977 National Evangelization Crusade
[History]The 1977 National Evangelization Crusade was an interdenominational Protestant mass evangelistic rally held in the summer of 1977 at Yeouido Plaza in Seoul, South Korea. It is known as a large united gathering that Korean churches prepared and led on their own, without foreign speakers.
Good Neighbors
[Institutions]Good Neighbors is a South Korean international relief and development NGO (non-governmental organization) founded in 1991 by Il-ha Lee under the name Korea Neighbors' Love Society (Hanguk Iutsaranghoe). It carries out child rights protection programs in South Korea as well as development cooperation programs overseas.
The Korea Christian Press
[Institutions]The Korea Christian Press (Hanguk Gidok Gongbo) is a weekly newspaper published by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap). Founded on January 17, 1946, it is regarded as the oldest weekly newspaper still in publication.
Esther 9
[Bible]Esther 9 records how, on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, the Jews prevailed over the enemies who had sought to harm them, and how Mordecai and Esther established Purim as a feast to be kept every year in commemoration.
Job 7
[Bible]Job 7 continues Job's reply to Eliphaz. Job laments the brevity of human life and the suffering that persists night after night, then appeals directly to God, asking, "Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee?"
Systematic Theology
[Doctrine & Theology]Systematic theology is the field of theology that organizes the teaching of Scripture into a unified system, arranging it under topics such as the doctrine of God, anthropology, Christology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology. It is also called dogmatics.
Psalm 11
[Bible]Psalm 11 is a short, seven-verse psalm of trust in which the psalmist, threatened by the wicked, rejects the advice to "flee as a bird to your mountain" and declares that he takes refuge in the LORD, who from His heavenly throne examines humankind.
Mediation of Christ
[Doctrine & Theology]The mediation of Christ is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ stands between God and humanity, reconciles the two, and continues to intercede for believers. Protestants confess Christ as the sole mediator.
Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
[Doctrine & Theology]The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the teaching that the Holy Spirit dwells within those who believe in Christ. It is treated as a basis of the believer's identity and sanctification, and denominations differ in how they understand its relationship to the baptism with the Holy Spirit and the filling of the Spirit.
Psalm 43
[Bible]Psalm 43 is a five-verse lament in Book Two of the Psalms. The psalmist pleads for deliverance from his enemies and asks that God's light and truth lead him to the temple. Because it shares a refrain with Psalm 42, the two are sometimes regarded as a single poem.
Intelligent Design
[Doctrine & Theology]Intelligent design is the claim that certain features of living things and the universe are better explained by an "intelligent cause" than by undirected natural processes. It took shape as a movement in the United States in the 1990s.
Silent Prayer
[Doctrine & Theology]Silent prayer is prayer offered inwardly without speaking aloud, or prayer in which one ceases speaking and rests quietly before God. In Korean Protestant churches, it is also referred to as mukdo (wordless prayer) or meditative prayer.
Theology of Worship
[Doctrine & Theology]The theology of worship is the field of theology that examines what worship is, and why and how it is offered, in light of Scripture and church tradition. It is treated as a branch of practical theology.
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary Ceremony (Hoehonsik)
[Christian Life]A sixtieth wedding anniversary ceremony is held in the sixtieth year of a couple's marriage to commemorate their life together. In Korean Protestant churches it is usually observed as a thanksgiving service for the anniversary.
Seventieth Birthday Thanksgiving Service
[Christian Life]A seventieth birthday thanksgiving service is a worship service in which a person who has reached his or her seventieth birthday, together with the family, gives thanks to God for the life lived thus far. Korean Protestant churches have practiced it as a Christian rite that transforms the traditional seventieth birthday feast.
Bell Tower
[Doctrine & Theology]A bell tower is a tower or structure from which church bells are hung. It has been used to announce times of worship and prayer. In Korean churches, it long served as an architectural element symbolizing the church building.
Ordination Examination
[Christian Life]The ordination examination is a qualifying examination administered by a Protestant denomination to assess a candidate's theological knowledge, faith, and fitness for pastoral ministry before ordination as a pastor. It is also called the pastoral ordination examination.