David Yonggi Cho

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David Yonggi Cho
Born	(1936-02-14)14 February 1936 Uiju-gu, Ulsan, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	14 September 2021(2021-09-14) (aged 85) Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Education	Full Gospel Bible College Kookmin University
Occupation	Evangelist
Spouse	Kim Sung Hae (Deceased)
Religion	Christianity (Pentecostal)
Congregations served	Yoido Full Gospel Church
Title	Doctor (Honorary)
Korean name
Hangul	조용기
Hanja	趙鏞基
Revised Romanization	Jo Yonggi
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Yonggi
Website	davidcho.fgtv.com

David Yonggi Cho (Korean: 조용기; 14 February 1936 – 14 September 2021 as Paul Yungi Cho) was a South Korean Pentecostal Pastor. He was the founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church (Assemblies of God), which he started in a tent with 5 people (including his future mother-in-law Choi Ja-shil and her children as its first members), which eventually became the world's largest congregation, with a membership of 830,000 (as of 2007^[update]).^[1]