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
For the church located in Anaheim, California, see Sarang Community Church of Southern California.

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]

Website

References

  1. 1 2 Jonathan Stephen,"East meets WEST; On how Koreans are backing Wales Evangelical School of Theology, May, 2011, Evangelical Now.
  2. 1 2 "Mega church founder Oak dead", September 2, 2010, The Korea Herald.
  3. ↑ Lee Hyo-won "SaRang Church founder Oak dies", September 3, 2010, The Korea Times.
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