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• Araunah

  Araunah was a Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem in the time of David. David bought his threshing floor and built an altar there, and the books of Chronicles record that Solomon's Temple was later built on that site.

• Temple Mount

  The Temple Mount is a hill on the eastern side of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was the site of Solomon's Temple and later of the Second Temple, and 2 Chronicles 3:1 calls it "mount Moriah."

• David's Census

  David's census was the event in which King David had the fighting men of Israel and Judah counted, after which a plague struck the people; the plague ended when he built an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah. The account appears in 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21.

• 2 Chronicles 3:1

  This verse states that Solomon began building the temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, at the threshing floor of Ornan that David had appointed. It is frequently cited as a key text linking the temple site to Abraham's offering of Isaac on Moriah and to David's altar.

• 1 Chronicles 21

  This chapter recounts how David, provoked by Satan, numbered the people of Israel and brought a pestilence upon the nation. He then built an altar on the threshing floor of Ornan, where the plague was stayed. The site later became the location of the temple.

• 1 Chronicles 22

  1 Chronicles 22 is the chapter in which David designates the site of the temple, prepares building materials and workers, and then entrusts the building of the temple to his son Solomon and to the leaders of Israel.

• Onan

  Onan was the second son of Judah, the son of Jacob. He refused the duty of raising up offspring for his deceased elder brother Er through his brother's widow, Tamar, and was slain by the LORD (Genesis 38).

• Organ

  The organ is a keyboard instrument that produces sound by sending wind through pipes or across vibrating reeds. It has long served as the principal instrument for accompanying worship in the Western church.

• Denomination

  A denomination is an organized body formed by churches that share a common confession of faith and system of church government. Several denominations may exist within a single denominational tradition.

• Cheonbugyo

  Cheonbugyo is a religious organization founded in 1955 by Park Tae-seon, a former elder in the Presbyterian Church in Korea. Formerly called the Korean Jesus Church Evangelical Hall Revival Association, it was widely known as "Jeondogwan" (Evangelical Hall). In 1956 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Korea declared it heretical.

• Christian Gospel Mission

  The Christian Gospel Mission is a religious organization founded by Jung Myung-seok and widely known as JMS. Several Protestant denominations in South Korea have declared it heretical, and its founder has twice received final prison sentences for sex crimes against female members.

• Jehovah's Witnesses

  Jehovah's Witnesses are a religious organization that grew out of a Bible study group begun in the United States in the late nineteenth century by Charles Taze Russell. The group rejects the Trinity, and several Korean Protestant denominations have formally declared it heretical.

• Unification Church

  The Unification Church is a religious organization founded by Sun Myung Moon in 1954 under the name Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity; it is now called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. Korean Protestant denominations, including the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), have formally declared it a heresy and a pseudo-religion.

• InterCP

  InterCP is a South Korean overseas mission organization led by its director, Paul Choi (Choi Ba-ul). Since 2011, several denominations have passed resolutions calling for close observation, urging members to refrain from participation, or prohibiting interaction with it, and in 2022 the Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapShin) declared it heretical.

• Breastplate (High Priest)

  The breastplate was a square ornamental piece of fabric that the high priest of Old Testament Israel wore on his chest over the ephod. It held twelve gemstones engraved with the names of the twelve tribes and contained the Urim and Thummim.

• Breastplate of Judgment

  The breastplate of judgment was a square ornament worn on the chest, over the ephod, by the high priest of Old Testament Israel. It held twelve precious stones engraved with the names of the twelve tribes, and the Urim and Thummim were placed in it.

• The Navigators

  The Navigators is an interdenominational mission organization founded by Dawson Trotman in the United States in 1933. It is known for discipleship training centered on one-to-one mentoring and Scripture memorization, and it officially began its ministry in Korea in 1966.

• JOY Mission

  JOY Mission (Korean: 죠이선교회, also written 조이선교회) is an interdenominational university student mission organization begun in 1958 by Korean university students who gathered on their own initiative. It carries out evangelism and discipleship on university campuses.

• Paidion Mission

  Paidion Mission is a mission organization for children and the next generation, founded in 1975 by students at Chongshin University. Its principal work includes developing church school curricula, training teachers, and producing Vacation Bible School materials and children's worship albums.

• Open Doors

  Open Doors is an interdenominational international mission organization that Brother Andrew of the Netherlands began in 1955. It supports churches and believers in regions where Christians face persecution and publishes an annual ranking of Christian persecution, the World Watch List.