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• Ok Han-heum

  Ok Han-heum (玉漢欽, 1938–2010) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong). He founded SaRang Community Church, and through his book *Called to Awaken the Laity* he popularized lay discipleship training in the local church throughout Korean Christianity.

• Nehemiah

  Nehemiah is a historical book of the Old Testament that records how the people of Judah who had returned from the Babylonian exile rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and reorganized their community of faith under the leadership of Nehemiah, an official of the Persian court.

• Ezra

  Ezra is the fifteenth book of the Old Testament, a historical book recounting how the people of Judah who returned from the Babylonian exile rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem and restored their community around the Law.

• Korean Immigrant Church

  A Korean immigrant church is a Protestant church in which Koreans living abroad gather to worship in Korean. Besides serving as a community of faith, such churches have long been focal points of immigrant communities.

• Far East Broadcasting Company (Korea)

  The Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) is an interdenominational Protestant missionary radio broadcaster that went on the air in Incheon in 1956. It is known for its domestic gospel broadcasting as well as its "northern mission" broadcasts aimed at communist countries such as North Korea, China, and Russia.

• Kookmin Ilbo

  The Kookmin Ilbo is a general-interest daily newspaper founded in 1988 by Pastor David Yonggi Cho that professes a Christian ethos. Alongside general news, it gives substantial coverage to the Korean Protestant community. It is owned by the Kookmin Cultural Foundation, an incorporated foundation.

• Nehemiah (person)

  Nehemiah was an Old Testament figure who served as cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes and later became governor of Judah. Together with the community that had returned from exile, he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and restored order within the community.

• 1 Corinthians 10:23–24

  A passage in which the apostle Paul states that "all things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient," teaching that Christian liberty is limited by the good of one's neighbor and the building up of the community. It is frequently cited in discussions of Christian conduct, including alcohol, tobacco, and cultural activities.

• 1 Corinthians 3:16–17

  A passage in which Paul tells the church in Corinth, "ye are the temple of God," and warns that God will destroy anyone who defiles that temple. It is frequently cited in discussions of the church as a community, the holiness of the body, and divisions within the church.

• 1 Corinthians 12:4-11

  A passage in which Paul tells the church at Corinth that there are diversities of spiritual gifts but one Spirit who gives them, and that their purpose is the benefit of the whole community. Because it contains a list of nine gifts, it is frequently cited in the debate between cessationism and continuationism.

• Acts 4:32–35

  A summary passage in Acts reporting that the believers of the early Jerusalem church held their possessions in common and distributed them according to need, so that none among them lacked. It is often cited as a model of church community and sharing, and there is ongoing discussion about how far this sharing of property should be imitated today.

• John 15:12–13

  A passage in which Jesus commands his disciples to love one another as he has loved them and declares that there is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. Because it speaks both to the meaning of the crucifixion and to love within the community of believers, it is frequently quoted in sermons and at memorial services.

• Acts 20:33–34

  In this passage the apostle Paul tells the elders of the church at Ephesus that he did not covet anyone's possessions and that he provided for his own needs and those of his companions with his own hands. It is frequently cited in discussions of pastoral integrity, self-supporting ministry, and bivocational ministry.

• Excommunication

  Excommunication (chulgyo) is the most severe stage of church discipline, in which the church removes an unrepentant member who has sinned from the church community and revokes that person's membership.

• Neapolis

  Neapolis was a port city on the eastern coast of Macedonia. It was the first place Paul and his companions reached after sailing from Troas, before they went on to Philippi (Acts 16:11).

• Macedonian Vision

  The Macedonian vision is a vision that Paul saw at night in Troas during his second missionary journey. A man of Macedonia appealed to him, "Come over into Macedonia, and help us," and in response Paul and his companions crossed the sea to Philippi, where they preached the gospel (Acts 16:6–10).

• Secundus

  Secundus was a Christian from Thessalonica who is mentioned only once in Scripture, in Acts 20:4. He was one of the companions, along with Aristarchus and others, who traveled with Paul near the end of his third missionary journey.

• Missio Dei

  Missio Dei (Latin for "the mission of God") is a concept in the theology of mission holding that the agent of mission is not the church but the triune God, and that the church is a community sent to participate in that mission.

• Mysia

  Mysia was a region in northwestern Asia Minor (modern Türkiye). In the New Testament it appears in Acts 16 as a region through which Paul and his companions passed on their way to Troas.

• Assos

  Assos was a port city on the northwestern coast of Asia Minor. In Acts 20 it is the place where Paul, having walked from Troas, rejoined his companions and boarded ship.