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SaRang Community Church is a Presbyterian Church in
East meets WEST; On how Koreans are backing Wales Evangelical School of Theology, May, 2011, Evangelical Now. SaRang, one of several megachurches in Korea, was founded in 1978 by Rev. Oak Han-heum. At Pastor Oak's death in 2010, the church attracted 40,000 worshipers every Sunday and had 80,000 members.
Mega church founder Oak dead", September 2, 2010, The Korea Herald.Lee Hyo-won
SaRang Church founder Oak dies", September 3, 2010, The Korea Times. In 2003 Pastor Oak announced his retirement, eschewing the Korean custom of passing a pastorship on to one of the children of the retiring pastor, Oak named Rev. Oh Jung-hyun as the new pastor. In 2007 SaRang extended its worldwide mission to Europe and the United Kingdom, announcing its sponsorship of the Wales Evangelical School of Theology. In 2013, the church opened the largest underground church chapel, but it extended its underground area under a nearby public road. The supreme court of Korea ruled that the chapel made the area "socially, economically, and culturally limited in access ― unable to serve public purposes for nearby residents," according to a subsequent report.
Church Webpage in English
SaRang Community Church is a Presbyterian Church in Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...
, Korea with over 60,000 members. Jonathan Stephenbr>East meets WEST; On how Koreans are backing Wales Evangelical School of Theology, May, 2011, Evangelical Now. SaRang, one of several megachurches in Korea, was founded in 1978 by Rev. Oak Han-heum. At Pastor Oak's death in 2010, the church attracted 40,000 worshipers every Sunday and had 80,000 members.
Mega church founder Oak dead", September 2, 2010, The Korea Herald.Lee Hyo-won
SaRang Church founder Oak dies", September 3, 2010, The Korea Times. In 2003 Pastor Oak announced his retirement, eschewing the Korean custom of passing a pastorship on to one of the children of the retiring pastor, Oak named Rev. Oh Jung-hyun as the new pastor. In 2007 SaRang extended its worldwide mission to Europe and the United Kingdom, announcing its sponsorship of the Wales Evangelical School of Theology. In 2013, the church opened the largest underground church chapel, but it extended its underground area under a nearby public road. The supreme court of Korea ruled that the chapel made the area "socially, economically, and culturally limited in access ― unable to serve public purposes for nearby residents," according to a subsequent report.
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