Young Hoon Lee (pastor)
Young Hoon Lee | |
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| Born | Young Hoon Lee 19 November 1954 |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Occupation | Evangelist |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이영훈 |
| Hanja | 李永勳[1] |
| Revised Romanization | I Yeonghun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Yŏnghun |
| Website | pastorlee |
Young Hoon Lee (born 19 November 1954) is a South Korean Pentecostal pastor. He has been the senior pastor of the church Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul since 2008.
Biography
Lee was born on November 19, 1954, in Seoul, South Korea. He grew up in a Christian family, and in April 1964, he joined Yoido Full Gospel Church.[2]
Lee studied theology at Yonsei University in Seoul. After graduating, he attended the Full Gospel Theology Seminary (now Hansei University) in Gunpo, and later attended the United Graduate School of Theology at Yonsei University, ultimately earning a master's degree in theology.[2][3] Lee became ordained as a pastor in 1982.[4] Afterwards, he earned another master’s degree in theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in the United States, and later earned an MA and a PhD in religion and philosophy at Temple University.[2][3]
Lee and his wife, Inja Baek, have a daughter together.[3]
Ministry
He began his ministry as pastor Yoido Full Gospel Church in 1977. He also became Superintendent of Assemblies of God of South Korea in 2009.[5][6]
In 2008, he succeeded David Yonggi Cho as senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church.[7][8]
See also
References
- ^ "'세계 최대 교회' 여의도순복음교회 李永勳 담임목사 '사회에 기여하는 교회, 나누고 섬기는 교회 만들겠다'". Chosun Monthly. Vol. 1. 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ a b c Kirsteen Kim, Andrew Anderson, Edinburgh 2010: Mission Today and Tomorrow, OCMS, UK, 2011, page 396
- ^ a b c http://english.fgtv.com/a1/a1_04.asp
- ^ https://www.citynews.sg/2012/09/lee-young-hoon-the-key-to-growth/
- ^ WAD, Korea (Assemblies of God of Korea Yoido General Council) – Participating Member, Official website, USA, retrieved September 3, 2016
- ^ ADRIENNE S. GAINES, Magazine charismanews.com, Pruning the World’s Largest Church, USA, November 15, 2010
- ^ Allan Anderson, An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2013, page 152
- ^ Brian Stiller, Evangelicals Around the World: A Global Handbook for the 21st Century, Éditions Thomas Nelson, USA, 2015, page 333
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