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South Korea
Billy Graham’s 1973 crusade in Seoul, South Korea propelled the fast-industrializing nation into an era of explosive evangelical growth. Since then, the peninsular democracy, once a Buddhist stronghold, has become a hub for evangelicalism and the world’s second-largest missionary-sending nation. Still, the nation exists along the most heavily fortified border in the world, exposed to the nuclear brandishing of its northern neighbor and the pull of a profoundly atheistic working class, but it remains a stabilizing force in the region and a powerful launching point for the gospel in Asia. It is now the second only to the U.S. in sending missionaries abroad.
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East Asians Leave Childhood Religion Most in World, but Remain Spiritual
(UPDATED) Pew survey of more than 10,000 adults in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam examines Christians’ and Buddhists’ beliefs, practices, and affinity to other traditions.
Destiny Is All? How Fatalism Affects Churches Across Asia
Pastors and scholars from Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Thailand share how fate appears in their pews.
Fatalism in South Korea: Being a ‘Gold’ or ‘Dirt’ Spoon Seals Your Fate
How the attitude manifests in South Korea—inside and outside the church.
For South Korean Christians, Christmas Is a Ministry Quandary
Some see the holiday as the perfect time for outreach to North Korean defectors. Others aren’t so sure.
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When American Evangelicals Needed a Reputational Boost, They Turned to South Korean Evangelicals
In the second half of the 20th century, each group used the other as a ticket to legitimacy at home and abroad.
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Young Christians in South Korea Are Apathetic About Reunification
“In my lifetime, I have never heard a church talk about reunification or peace between North and South Korea.”
Why US Christians Must Wrestle with a Korea Divided in Two
70 years after the country was split in half, Americans have a responsibility to assist in ending this unresolved separation.
‘Memorizing’ the Scars of South Korea’s Gwangju Massacre
Chun Woo-won’s apology for his military dictator grandfather’s sins is Nehemiah in action.
As South Korea’s Marriage Rates Decline, Churches Try to Bring Back Romance
But they struggle to promote “I dos” without sidelining single people in their flocks.
Seek Prosperity Properly During Lunar New Year
It’s not wrong to celebrate our blessings. But Asian theologians and pastors advise how to do so in biblical, godly ways amid the festival’s red envelopes and best wishes.