Hapdong
| Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Calvinist |
| Theology | Reformed Evangelical |
| Polity | Presbyterian |
| Region | South Korea |
| Origin | 1959 South Korea |
| Separated from | Presbyterian Church in Korea (TongHap) |
| Branched from | Presbyterian Church of Korea |
| Separations | Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) |
| Congregations | 11,000 |
| Members | 3,000,000 |
| Ministers | 6,300 |
| Official website | gapck |
| Presbyterian Church in Korea | |
| Hangul | 대한예수교장로회(합동) |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 大韓예수敎長老會(合同) |
| Revised Romanization | Daehan yesugyo jangnohoe Hapdong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taehan yesugyo changnohoe Haptong |
The Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) is an Evangelical Presbyterian denomination, which is the biggest Christian church in South Korea. The headquarters of the church is in Seoul, South Korea.
In 1959 at the 44th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea the denomination divided into two equal parts due to the church view of the issue of ecumenism and the World Council of Churches. The HapDong section represented more theologically conservative wing than the TongHap. The Tonghap group maintained its affiliation to the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches and allowed relatively wide range of theological positions.
The Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) was the more conservative group in the schism. Its conservative doctrinal basis made it possible to unite later with the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) in 1960. But this union did not last and a group of Koshin churches separated a few years later, although about 150 Koshin congregations stayed with HapDong. In 1961, another group separated to form the Bible Presbyterian Church, later to be called the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Daeshin).
At the 64th General assembly in 1979 the church suffered another division. Kim Hee Bo the President of the ChongShin Seminary advocated for the historical-critical approach to the Pentateuch. The church divided into a mainline and non-mainline groups. The debate centered about two issues: the authorship of the Pentateuch and the relationship with the ChongShin Seminary. The non-mainline section fragmented in the following years.
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