Presbyterian Church of Korea

The Presbyterian Church of Korea
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationCalvinist
PolityPresbyterian
RegionKorea
FounderSeo Sang-ryun
Originearly 1880s
Hwanghae Province (Sorae Church) or Seoul (Saemoonan Church)
SeparationsGosin (1952), Gijang (1953), Tonghap and Hapdong (1959)
Korean name
Hangul
대한예수교장로회
Hanja
大韓예수敎長老會
Revised RomanizationDaehan yesugyo jangnohoe
McCune–ReischauerTaehan yesugyo changnohoe

The Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) (Korean: 대한예산로회), also abbreviated as Yejang (Korean예장), is a Protestant denomination based in South Korea that follows Calvinist theology and the Westminster Confession of Faith. Since the 1950s, the denomination has separated into various branches of the same name due to theological and political disputes. As of 2019, 286 branches in South Korea, many of which have separated from the PCK, use the title 'Presbyterian Church of Korea'.[1]

Some biblical historians consider the Sorae Church, which was established in the early 1880s by Seo Sang-ryun, as the origin of Korean Presbyterianism. Others consider the Saemoonan Church, established by American missionary Horace Underwood in 1887, as the true birthplace of the PCK. However, the PCK was first organized as an independent Korean church only in 1907.[2]

  1. ^ 최승현 (January 2, 2019). "전국 교단 총 374개, '대한예수교장로회'만 286개". Newsnjoy.
  2. ^ 장대선 (May 1, 2019). "공의회시대, 혹은 그 선교시대로 돌아간 한국의 장로교회". bohnd.net.