Lutheran Church in Korea
| Lutheran Church in Korea | |
|---|---|
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod | |
| Congregations | 37 |
| Members | 2271 |
| Ministers | 42 |
| Tertiary institutions | 1 |
| Other name(s) | Gidokgyo Hanguk Ruteohoe |
| Official website | http://www.lck.or.kr/ |
The Lutheran Church in Korea or LCK (
The LCK has 2,271 baptized members,[1] 5,210 communicant members, 37 congregations, 42 active pastors and a seminary. The current president of the LCK is the Rev. Dr. Chul-Hwan Kim, first elected in 2013.[2][3]
History
Early history
Early Lutheran mission work in Korea can be traced to the initial effort by the German missionary,
While waiting for a reply, he distributed Bibles and tracts in the regions he visited. The petition and gifts were returned with a hesitant attitude of the Korean government ending the initial failed effort by Gützlaff to start a mission work in Korea and forcing him to return to
Lutheran mission and the establishment of a national church
Sustained Lutheran mission work in Korea began in 1958 with the arrival of three missionary families and a Korean national worker, Dr. Won-Yong Ji, sent by The
Beliefs and practices
The LCK is a member church of the International Lutheran Council and the Lutheran World Federation. As a church in the Lutheran tradition, it accepts the teachings found in the unaltered Augsburg Confession, Luther's Small Catechism and other confessional articles and symbols of the Book of Concord.
Ministries & social services
The LCK operates the Luther University, which includes a seminary through one of its graduate programs, with an enrollment of approximately 600 students. In recent years, the LCK expanded the programs offered through Luther University which was fully accredited by the Ministry of Education of South Korea in 2006 and offers degrees in seven departments.[9]
The Korea Lutheran Hour radio programme continues to broadcast weekly over six stations. The Korea Bethel Series correspondence course and seminars was started in 1974 and has been attended by more than 6,500 clergy and have enrolled more than 450,000 people throughout Korea.[10]
Currently, the LCK is focusing on starting new congregations and gaining membership as well as reaching out to the Korean diaspora, particularly in China and the currently inaccessible North Korea.
Affiliations
The LCK participates actively in ecumenical relationships through:
The LCK also works in partnership with:
- Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
See also
References
- ^ LWF Statistics - South Korea The Lutheran World Federation
- ^ "Korea | International Lutheran Council". ilc-online.org. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ Jang, Seg-yu (24 October 2013). "루터회 새 총회장에 김철환 목사…취임식은 내달 4일". Christianity Daily (Korean Edition). Christianity Daily. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Greetings from the President". Lutheran Church in Korea. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ Braesel, Sylvia (2002). "Karl Friedrich August Guetzlaff: The First German in Korea". Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch. 77: 69–90. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ Clark, Allen D. (1971). A History of the Church in Korea. Seoul, Korea: Christian Literature Society of Korea. p. 62.
- ^ Millennialism in the Korean Protestant Church By Ung Kyu Pak
- ^ "Partner Church - South Korea". Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "South Korea". Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Ministry of the Lutheran Church in Korea". Lutheran Church in Korea. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
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