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Manmin Central Church
Hangul
만민중앙교회
Hanja
萬民中央敎會
Revised RomanizationManmin Chung'ang Kyohoi
McCune–ReischauerManmin Jung-ang Gyohoe

Manmin Central Church is a Protestant Christian church founded in South Korea in 1982 by Jaerock Lee. Manmin means ‘all creation; all the nations; all the people.’[1] In 2004, Lee formed a global Christian television network to spread the Gospel all over the world.[2] The station entitled GCN launched in October 2005,[3] and its programs are aired through major Christian channels like Enlace and TBN Russia.[4] Manmin Central church has the largest number of churches in Korea.[5] Lee claims to have 120,000 members throughout the world in 9,000 member churches.[6][7]

Christian Activities

Manmin church participated in the Korean Christian activities like '94 The Holy Spirit Seoul Explo Crusade', '95 Peace Re-unification Congress for the 50th anniversary of Independence Day of Korea',[8] '95 National Re-unification Jubile Crusade'[9][10][11] '97 The Holy Spirit Evangelism Congress for National Unification', '2002 World Cup Mission Team',[12] Christian World Revival Mission.[13] Korean Christian Association, World Evangelization Central Association, National Evangelism Campaign Center, Korea Lawyers Mission,[14]and Evangelization Council for Prosecutory Officials. In 1997, the church choir participated in Choir Festival in commemoration of FEBC (Far East Broadcasting Company)'s 41st anniversary together with Yoido Full Gospel church and Youngrak church etc,[15][16] and in 1998, the church has made a special support in The Mission Festival for the Foreigners.[17] The church expanded its missionary works to USA, Japan, South America and Africa and the number of church members were growing up explosively.[18]

Challenges and reponses

Manmin Central Church was ejected from the Christian Council of Korea in April 1999 over "heretical claims". But the church spokesman tells Manmin Central Church has followed the evangelical theology and orthodox Biblical teachings since its founding in 1982.[5]On June 2004, Korean Presbyterian Churches Union has published a book named “Orthodoxy and Heresy” and denied the CCK’s claims in 1999. Some of the statements in the book say, “Our union have clarified that Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee is pastoring with faithful doctrines based on the pure Gospel.”[19] Leaders of the Korean Missionary Association in Uganda[20] have also accused its leader, Jaerock Lee, of being a cult leader, pointing to an alleged July 1998 statement by Lee that he was "sinless and exempted from dying".[21] In response, a spokesman of Lee's church stated. Dr. Jaerock Lee has not only been living in the protection of God by fully abiding in the Word of God, but is always teaching his church members to become sanctified and live a godly life in which Satan cannot bring any accusation against them and death has no power over them in God's protection. This teaching of his was wrongfully fabricated by some people who had impure schemes against him.[22] In 1999, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, a South Korean television broadcaster, aired a documentary critical of Jaerock Lee, which program had to air counterdefense report of the church later according to the court ruling[23]; in response, 300 Manmin Central Church members invaded the television station, attacking security guards and breaking into the station control room to cut the power, while another 1,500 organised a sit-down protest in a nearby street; 600 riot police were needed to restore order. The station had previous been prevented by court order from airing a story on Lee's sex life.[21] MBC filed a lawsuit against the church and 61 people involved in the attack, seeking damages of ₩2.7 billion; the Seoul Southern District Court granted damages in the amount of ₩696 million in November 2000 against the church and some of the participants in the attack, but threw out the case against Lee himself.[24]

In October 2010, the church organized a Korean culture festival in Tallinn, Estonia. The church's leader Jaerock Lee and local singers Tõnis Mägi and Dave Benton were to appear at the event. The singers were led to believe that the event was sponsored by the South Korean embassy. This later turned out to be false, prompting Tõnis Mägi to cancel his appearance.[25] The Korean grand embassy in Helsinki regretted having been mistakenly connected with the festival and hoped that the event would not give visitors a false impression of Korea.[26]The event's marketing director Sergei Semjonov denied any wrongdoing: "We've never told Tõnis Mägi that the event will be sponsored by the Korean Embassy. We were actually talking about Korean public bodies."[27]Some Christian sources called the event the "Estonia Miracle Healing Crusade 2010"[28] and claimed that it brought the most people to this arena in the Christian history of Estonia.[29][30][31]

Growth

The Manmin Church claims to have more than 120,000 members[32] and 9,000 domestic and overseas branch churches throughout the globe, and has so far commissioned more than 103 missionaries to 22 countries, including the United States, Russia, Germany, Canada, Japan, China, France, India, Kenya. MMTC (Manmin Missionary Training Centre) was also established to provide cross-cultural training program and Ministry opportunities for world Evangelism. In 1993, Manmin Central Church was selected as one of the “World's Top 50 Churches” by the Christian World magazine (US).[33][34]

Community Activities

Manmin Church publishes Manmin News Paper, Manmin Magazine and Broadcasting of GCN TV,[35] Manmin TV for Evangelization and Mission testifying to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In 2004, World Christian Doctors Network was organized by Manmin Joong-ang Church to confirm the healing cases performed by the power of God with medically clarified data so that it may magnify the glory of God.[36][37][38] And Global Christian Network was launched in 2005 to spread messages filled with life and the works of God's power to all corners of the world through broadcasting media. In February, 2006, the church organized miracle healing festival in Kinshasa, DR Congo.[39]In July 2006, the church organized three-day "Salvation Miracles Revival Crusade" at New York City's Madison Square Garden, USA.[40][41][42]On September 2009, the church organized 'multi-cultural festival' in Jerusalem, Israel.[43][44] [45][46][47]The event drew roughly 3,000 attendees from 36 countries to rally for peace in the Middle East.[48]

In October 2010, the church organized a Korean culture festival in Tallinn, Estonia. Some Christian sources called the event the "Estonia Miracle Healing Crusade 2010"[49] and claimed that it brought the most people to this arena in the Christian history of Estonia.[50][51][52]

Manmin Central Church is actively involved in community service. It has established "The Relief Committee" that regularly provides living expenses and scholarships to the elderly living in solitude and youths who find themselves as heads of households. For the elderly in collaboration with government offices, the Church operates "Manmin Welfare Town" and "Rainbow-rising House" welfare institutions. Other welfare institutions include "Joint Weddings" for disabled couples "Mission House" to assist foreigners living and working in South Korea, "The Luke Medical Mission", a group of medical professionals among Manmin members, visits social welfare institutions from time to time and offers free medical examinations while the Manmin Evangelization Brigade invites to “The Sharing of Meals of Love Event” individuals who are in difficult financial situations and thus resort to assistance and shelters provided by the government. "The Edification and Welfare Mission" visits youth detention centers and prisons to worship together with inmates and presents them with gifts.

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