Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap)

The Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap)

Logo of the Presbyterian Church of Korea.
Classification Protestant
Orientation Calvinist
Polity Presbyterian
Moderator Rev. Seong Gi Cho
Associations World Council of Churches,
World Alliance of Reformed Churches,
Council for World Mission,
Christian Conference of Asia,
National Council of Churches in Korea
Region South Korea
Founder Suh Sang-Ryun
Origin 1884 when a church was founded in
Hwanghae province.
Separations Gosin group
Presbyterian Church of the Republic of Korea
Hapdong faction
Congregations 8,162 [1]
Members 2,852 311[2]
Ministers 10,950[1]
Official website http://www.pck.or.kr/
Presbyterian Church of Korea
Hangul 대한예수교장로회(통합)
Hanja 大韓예수敎長老會(統合)
Revised Romanization Daehan yesugyo jangnohoe Tonghap
McCune–Reischauer Taehan yesugyo changnohoe T'onghap

The Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) is a mainline Protestant denomination based in South Korea; it currently has the second largest membership of any Presbyterian denomination in the world. It is affiliated with its daughter denomination, the Korean Presbyterian Church in America (KPCA) in the United States, which adopted the "Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad" as its new name in 2009.

Presbyterianism in Korea was reconstructed after World War II in 1947. The church adopted the name the Reformed Church in Korea. In the 1950s the church suffered tensions because the issues of theology, ecumenism and worship. In 1959 Presbyterian Church of Korea broke into two equal sections. This church and The Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) church separated. In 1984 the church celebrated the 100th anniversary of Presbyterianism in Korea. The church is an ecumenial denomination.[3] Membership is about 2 100 000 and has 6,000 congregations in 56 presbyteries in 2004.[4]

Member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches[5] and World Council of Churches.

The Apostles Creed and the Westminster Confession are the official recognised confessions.[6]

According to the World Council of Churches there are 2,85 million members in 8.200 congregations.[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "World Council of Churches - Presbyterian Church of Korea". Oikoumene.org accessdate=2009-12-18.
  2. "Oikoumene Member Churches : Presbyterian Church of Korea". Oikoumene.org. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  3. "The Presbyterian Church of Korea : History". Pck.or.kr. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  4. "Adressdatenbank reformierter Kirchen und Einrichtungen". Reformiert-online.net. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  5. "World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)". Wcrc.ch. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  6. "The Presbyterian Church of Korea : Introduction". Pck.or.kr. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  7. "Presbyterian Church of Korea". Oikoumene.org. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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