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The Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) is an Evangelical Presbyterian denomination, which is the biggest Christian church in South Korea.〔http://seoul4ncemetery.org/documents/Who%20to%20Contact%20for%20Support/List%20of%20Korean%20Organizations%20and%20Denominations.pdf〕 == Origin == 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Presbyterian Church of Korea )〕 The Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) became a more conservative group, in its strict doctrinal basis made it possible to united later with the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) in 1960, but this union did not last, Koshin separated in a few years later. About 150 Koshin congregations stayed with HapDong. Later it started a seminary and newspaper. In 1961 a group called the Bible Presbyterian Church- now 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 become advocate of 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. In the 1990s the current HapDong experienced phenomenal growth. In the early 2000s HapDong continued to grow and developed into the biggest denomination in South Korea with more than 2,1 million communicant members. The headquaerters of the church is in Soeul, Korea.〔 In Korea there are about 15 million Protestants, about 9 million are Presbyterians in more than 100 denominations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Touched by Devotion in South Korea | Article | Christian Reformed Church )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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