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 2 "World Council of Churches - Presbyterian Church of Korea". Oikoumene.org accessdate=2009-12-18. CS1 maint: Missing pipe (link)
↑ "Oikoumene Member Churches : Presbyterian Church of Korea". Oikoumene.org. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
↑ "The Presbyterian Church of Korea : History". Pck.or.kr. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
↑ "Adressdatenbank reformierter Kirchen und Einrichtungen". Reformiert-online.net. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
↑ "World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)". Wcrc.ch. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
↑ "The Presbyterian Church of Korea : Introduction". Pck.or.kr. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
↑ "Presbyterian Church of Korea". Oikoumene.org. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

Christianity in Korea

Protestantism	Korea Baptist Convention Anglican Church of Korea Conservative Presbyterian Church in Korea Conservative Reformed Presbyterian Church in Korea Korean Christian Fundamentalist Assembly Korean Methodist Church Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea National Council of Churches in Korea Pure Presbyterian Church in Korea United Presbyterian Church in Korea Union Presbyterian Church in Korea World Mission Society Church of God Women Pastors Presbyterian Church in Korea Korea Campus Crusade for Christ Independent Reformed Church in Korea Independent Reformed Presbyterian Church in Korea Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Korea Presbyterian Church of Korea branches: TongHap HoHun Fundamentalist GaeHyuk I. Jesus KoShin KoRyuPa HapDong JungAng Daeshin HapDongChongShin HapDongChunTong HapDongBokUm ChanYang BoSuHapDong BokUm YeJong JeongRip Logos HwanWon DokNoHoe JapDongJungAng YeJangHapBo DaeShin II BupTong NamBuk JeongTongChogHap HapDongBoSu SungHapChuk BoSuTongHap JeongTongChongHap HapDongChungYun HapDongJeongShin HanGukBoSu HapDongEunChong DongShin HapDongJinRi HapDongYunHap YunShin JangShin SunGyo HapDongYeChong ChanYang Ko-Ryu-Anti-Accusation HapDongChongShin I. HapDongChongShin II. HapDongSeungHoe JungRip PyungAhn HapDongChongHoe JeongTongGyeSeung HapDongTongHap HapDongBoSu I. HapDongBoSu II. DaeShin II. HapDongHwanWon HapDongBoSu IV. HapDongBoSu III. HapDongBoSu II. ChongHoe II. BoSuHapDong III. TongHapBoSu DaeHanShinChuk HapDongYeChong I HapDongSeongHoe GaeHyukHapDong I GaeHyukHapDong II HapDongGaeHyuk HapDongJangShin HoHun III ChongHoe II ChongHoe I HyukShin GaeHyukHapDong III DokNoHoe II BoSuJeongTong HapDongYeSun JaeGun Presbyterian Church in Korea (GaeHyuk) In North Korea Korean Christian Federation (state-controlled body) Bongsu Church (state-controlled body) Chilgol Church (state-controlled body)

Roman Catholic Church	Roman Catholicism in South Korea • Roman Catholicism in North Korea

Eastern Orthodox Church	Korean Orthodox Church • Church of the Life-Giving Trinity

Missionaries	Gregorious de Cespedes Horace Newton Allen Henry Appenzeller James Scarth Gale Jonathan Goforth Rosetta Sherwood Hall George Heber Jones Bill Majors Nagasaka John Livingstone Nevius William Noble Donald Owens William D. Reynolds Robert Jermain Thomas Horace Grant Underwood Tom Vasel

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