SaRang Community Church | |
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Location | Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea |
Country | South Korea |
Denomination | Presbyterian |
History | |
Founded | 1978 |
Founder(s) | Rev. Han-Heum Oak |
Clergy | |
Senior pastor(s) | Rev. Jung-Hyun Oh |
SaRang Community Church | |
Hangul | 사랑의교회 |
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Hanja | 사랑의敎會 |
Revised Romanization | Sarang'uigyohoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Sarang'ŭikyohoe |
SaRang Community Church is a Presbyterian Church in Seoul, Korea with over 60,000 members.
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.
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.