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4 articles found for “Ryu Kwang-su”

• World Evangelization Mission Association

  [Heresies & Cults]

  The World Evangelization Mission Association is an evangelistic movement led by Ryu Kwang-su and is also known as the "Darakbang (Upper Room) Evangelism Movement." Beginning in the mid-1990s, a number of Korean Protestant denominations designated it as heretical or pseudo-Christian, and controversy arose in 2013 when the Christian Council of Korea lifted its heresy designation.

• Yu Gwan-sun

  [People]

  Yu Gwan-sun (柳寬順, 1902–1920) was a Korean independence activist raised in a Methodist family. She was at the forefront of the independence demonstration at the Aunae marketplace in Cheonan on April 1, 1919. She was arrested and imprisoned at Seodaemun Prison, where she died.

• Crown

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  In the Bible, a crown is placed on the head of one who has won a victory or endured faithfully. In Protestantism it is used chiefly as a symbol of the honor and reward God has promised to the saints.

• Ham Sok-hon

  [People]

  Ham Sok-hon (Korean: Ham Seok-heon; Hanja: 咸錫憲; 1901–1989) was a Christian thinker who belonged to the circle of contributors behind the journal *Seongseo Joseon* (Bible Korea) during the Japanese colonial period. After Korea's liberation, he worked as a journalist and democracy activist and published the monthly *Ssial-ui Sori* (Voice of the People). He was influenced by Uchimura Kanzō's Non-Church Christianity and later became a Quaker.