Search the encyclopedia

Search the Bible

3 articles found for “Hyun Sook Foley”

• Lee Hyun-pil

  [People]

  Lee Hyun-pil (1913–1964) was a Korean Protestant lay ascetic active during the Japanese colonial period and after Korea's liberation. He founded Donggwangwon, a community devoted to poverty, chastity (celibacy), and labor, and he is known as the "Barefoot Saint."

• Kim Dae-hyun

  [People]

  Kim Dae-hyun (金大鉉, 1873 or 1876–1940) was a Korean Presbyterian elder during the period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea. As an elder of Seungdong Church in Seoul, he donated a large sum that laid the foundation for Chosun Theological Seminary, the predecessor of Hanshin University, and he served as its first president.

• Choi Tae-yong

  [People]

  Choi Tae-yong (崔泰瑢, 1897–1950) was a Korean Protestant minister during the Japanese colonial period. Beginning in the Non-Church movement, he founded the Korean Evangelical Church of Joseon (now the Korea Evangelical Church) in 1935. It was a denomination established by Koreans themselves, and he served as its first bishop.