POHANG, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An order of the Korean Presbyterian Church on Thursday practically approved the father-to-son succession by a megachurch affiliated with the order, a move expected to fuel the heated debate over hereditary leadership in Korean Protestant churches. Myungsung Church, one of the biggest Presbyterian churches in the world with a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The father-to-son succession of clergy at Myungsung Presbyterian Church is unlikely to proceed as the church had planned. The Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) closed its annual general assembly on September 13 at Iri Sin-gwang Church. Thousands of people, protestants and others alike, fixed their eyes on the outcome of this [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Negative sentiment is growing against a family succession plan at Myungsung Church, one of the biggest churches in Korea by congregation size. The Presbyterian church located in the southeastern district of Gangdong-gu, Seoul, is at the center of controversy, after Reverend Kim Ha-na was named lead pastor. Kim Ha-na is the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — What started as a humble congregation of 20 Christians at a fringe neighborhood in Seoul 40 years ago has now grown into arguably the world’s biggest Presbyterian church. Myungsung Church now stands on tens of thousands of square meters of land in the southeastern district that became a populous [...]