Kyung-Chik

Kyung-Chik Han

Kyung-Chik
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South Korean pastor

Why Is Kyung-Chik Han Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, Kyung-Chik Han was a Korean pastor and church planter and the recipient of the 1992 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Biography Han was born in Kan-ri, P'yŏngwŏn County, Korean Empire. He graduated from Soongsil University , the College of Emporia , and Princeton Theological Seminary . Ordained in 1933 by the Presbyterian Church of Korea, Han later founded Youngnak Presbyterian Church in 1945, which he pastored until 1973 and served as a Pastor Emeritus for until his death. At the time that he received the Templeton Prize, membership of Youngnak Presbyterian Church had grown to 60,000 making it the largest Presbyterian church in the world and the church had fostered about 500 sister churches worldwide.

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