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The Presbyterian Church of Korea | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Calvinist |
Polity | Presbyterian |
Region | Korea |
Founder | Seo Sang-ryun |
Origin | early 1880s Hwanghae Province (Sorae Church) or Seoul (Saemoonan Church) |
Separations | Gosin (1952), Gijang (1953), Tonghap and Hapdong (1959) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 대한예수교장로회 |
Hanja | 大韓예수敎長老會 |
Revised Romanization | Daehan yesugyo jangnohoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Taehan yesugyo changnohoe |
The Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) (Korean: 대한예산로회), also abbreviated as Yejang (Korean: 예장), 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]