SaRang Community Church
| SaRang Community Church | |
|---|---|
| Location | Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
| History | |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder(s) | Rev. Han-Heum Oak |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Rev. Jung-Hyun Oh |
| SaRang Community Church | |
| Hangul | 사랑의교회 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 사랑의敎會 |
| Revised Romanization | Sarang'uigyohoe |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sarang'ŭikyohoe |
SaRang Community Church is a Presbyterian Church in Seoul, Korea with over 60,000 members.[1]
SaRang, one of several megachurches in Korea, was founded in 1978 by Rev. Oak Han-heum. At Pastor Oak's death in 2010, the church attracted 40,000 worshipers every Sunday and had 80,000 members.[2][3]
In 2003 Pastor Oak announced his retirement, eschewing the Korean custom of passing a pastorship on to one of the children of the retiring pastor, Oak named Rev. Oh Jung-hyun as the new pastor.[2]
In 2007 SaRang extended its worldwide mission to Europe and the United Kingdom, announcing its sponsorship of the Wales Evangelical School of Theology.[1]
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References
- ^ a b Jonathan Stephen,[1]"East meets WEST; On how Koreans are backing Wales Evangelical School of Theology, May, 2011, Evangelical Now.
- ^ a b [2]"Mega church founder Oak dead", September 2, 2010, The Korea Herald.
- ^ Lee Hyo-won [3]"SaRang Church founder Oak dies", September 3, 2010, The Korea Times.