Misplaced Pages

Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDongBokUm)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Presbyterian Church in Korea" HapDongBokUm – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDongBokUm) was founded by Pastor Jung Sung-Ho in 1984. He also founded the Seoul Seminary in 1981. In 1986 the denomination started the HanRim Educational Institute. Under the leadership of Rev. Jang Sung-Ho and Rev. Byun Dong-Ho the church grew significantly. It has approximately 35,000 members and 272 congregations served by 265 pastors. Ministries are open to women. The Apostles Creed and the Westminster Confession are the standards.

References

  1. "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions".
Christianity in Korea
Catholicism
Protestantism
Branches of
Presbyterian
Church of
Korea
In North Korea
Eastern
Orthodoxy
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Russian Orthodox Church
Interdenominational
organisations
Missionaries


Stub icon

This article about Presbyterianism is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: