Organisation & polity
Sessions, presbyteries, general assemblies and the systems that run the church · Articles: 42
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- Annual ConferenceIn Methodism, an annual conference (yeonhoe) is both the yearly meeting at which the clergy and lay representatives of a given region decide on the o…
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- Bivocational MinistryBivocational ministry refers to pastors and other ministers holding an outside occupation alongside their pastoral work. Denominations differ on whet…
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- Church BylawsChurch bylaws are a written body of self-governing rules that set out the basic principles of a church's operation, including its purpose, membership…
- Church ConstitutionA church constitution is the foundational body of rules in which a denomination codifies its principles of confession of faith, church government, of…
- Church DisciplineChurch discipline is the practice by which a church examines the sins and wrongdoing of its members or officers, urges them to repent, and, when nece…
- Church FinanceChurch finance refers to the work and systems by which a church manages the money it receives through offerings and other sources, prepares and carri…
- Church PlantA church plant (Korean: gaecheok gyohoe) is a newly established church in an area with no church or too few churches, or one aimed at a new group of …
- Church Planting by DivisionThe founding of a new, independent church by an existing church (the "mother church"), which sends out some of its members, ministers, and part of it…
- Church PolityChurch polity refers to the systems and structures by which a church appoints its officers, makes decisions, and exercises governance and discipline.…
- Clerical CelibacyClerical celibacy is a discipline that requires members of the clergy to remain unmarried and celibate. It is most notably practiced by the Latin Chu…
- Commissioner (Church Delegate)A commissioner (Korean chongdae, 總代) is a delegate sent by a lower church court or assembly, such as a session, presbytery, or district conference,…
- Congregational MeetingA congregational meeting (Korean: gongdong uihoe) is an assembly of all baptized (communicant) members registered in a local church, convened to deci…
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- DenominationA denomination is an organized body formed by churches that share a common confession of faith and system of church government. Several denominations…
- DenominationA denomination (gyopa) is a term used within Protestantism for a grouping of churches that share the same theological tradition and form of church go…
- Deposition (Church Discipline)Deposition (Korean *myeonjik*) is a form of church discipline in which an officer such as a minister, elder, or deacon is stripped of the office itse…
- District ConferenceA district conference (jibanghoe) is an intermediate-level body formed by the churches of a given region in Methodist, Holiness, Baptist, and other d…
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- ExcommunicationExcommunication (chulgyo) is the most severe stage of church discipline, in which the church removes an unrepentant member who has sinned from the ch…
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- General AssemblyThe general assembly is the highest national decision-making body of a Korean Protestant denomination. It amends the denominational constitution, set…
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- Installed PastorAn installed pastor, a term used chiefly in Presbyterian churches, is a senior pastor who has been called by a congregation and installed by the pres…
- Interim Moderator of SessionIn Presbyterian churches, an interim moderator of session is a minister whom the presbytery temporarily appoints to preside over a church's session w…
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- Jejikhoe (Board of Church Officers)The jejikhoe is a deliberative body in which a church's officers (pastors, elders, deacons, kwonsas, and others) meet to discuss and carry out the pr…
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- Lifting of Church DisciplineThe lifting of church discipline (Korean haebeol, 解罰) is the act of releasing a person from a penalty imposed through church discipline. When the d…
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- Men's Mission SocietyThe Men's Mission Society (Namseongyohoe) is an organization within local Korean Protestant churches through which adult male members pursue fellowsh…
- Minjung ChurchA minjung church is a church that regards workers, the urban poor, and other socially marginalized people as the "minjung" (the people) and makes sta…
- Monastic VowsMonastic vows are the public promise, made before God by a person entering a religious community, to live according to the community's rule. They mos…
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- Non-Self-Supporting ChurchA non-self-supporting church (Korean: mijarip gyohoe) is a church that cannot cover its pastor's living allowance and operating expenses from its mem…
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- Ordination OfferingAn ordination offering is an offering made by a person receiving a church office, such as elder, kwonsa (exhorting deaconess), or ordained deacon, on…
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- Parish and Diocese (Gyogu)A gyogu (敎區) is a unit into which church members are divided, by region or by group, for pastoral care and church governance. In Korean Protestanti…
- Particular ChurchA particular church (Korean jigyohoe, 支敎會) is an individual local church that belongs to the whole church throughout the world (the universal chur…
- Pastoral CallA pastoral call (Korean cheongbing, 請聘) is the process by which a church formally invites and receives a minister, such as a senior pastor or assoc…
- Pastoral HonorariumA pastoral honorarium is money that a church pays regularly to its ministers, such as the senior pastor, associate pastors, and evangelists (jeondosa…
- Pastoral PensionA pastoral pension (eungeup) is a pension system operated by a denomination or church to support pastors who have retired or can no longer carry out …
- PopePope is the title of the Bishop of Rome, the supreme leader of the Catholic Church (the Roman Catholic Church). The Catholic Church regards the pope …
- PresbyteryA presbytery (Korean nohoe) is a governing court in Presbyterian churches in which the ministers and ruling elder representatives of a given region m…
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- Religious OrderA religious order is a community of men or women religious who live under a common rule, take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and pray toge…
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- SabbaticalA sabbatical is a period during which a pastor or missionary, after serving for a set length of time, steps away from ministry to rest, study, pursue…
- Session (Presbyterian)The session (dang-hoe) is the lowest church court in Presbyterianism, governing an individual congregation. Composed of the senior pastor and the act…
- Sichal (Presbytery District)In Korean Presbyterian polity, a sichal is a subordinate unit created when a presbytery divides its territory into several districts so that member c…
- Suspension (Church Discipline)Suspension (Korean jeongjik, 停職) is a form of church discipline in which an officer such as a pastor, elder, or deacon retains the office itself bu…
- Suspension from the Lord's SupperSuspension from the Lord's Supper (Korean *suchan jeongji*) is a form of church discipline in which a member who has sinned is barred from participat…
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- Theological Seminary (Graduate School of Theology)A theological seminary, or graduate school of theology, is a graduate-level program whose primary purpose is the training of pastors; in Korean it is…
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- Women's Evangelistic SocietyA Women's Evangelistic Society (yeojeondohoe) is a self-governing association formed by the women members of a church for evangelism, missions, and s…
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