SaRang Community Church

SaRang Community Church is a Presbyterian Church in Seoul, Korea with over 60,000 members.[1]

For the church located in Anaheim, California, see Sarang Community Church of Southern California.
SaRang Community Church
LocationSeocho District, Seoul, South Korea
Country South Korea
DenominationPresbyterian
History
Founded1978
Founder(s)Rev. Han-Heum Oak
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)Rev. Jung-Hyun Oh
SaRang Community Church
Hangul
사랑의교회
Hanja
사랑의敎會
Revised RomanizationSarang'uigyohoe
McCune–ReischauerSarang'ŭikyohoe
SaRang Community Church

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. Jonathan Stephen,"East meets WEST; On how Koreans are backing Wales Evangelical School of Theology, May, 2011, Evangelical Now.
  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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