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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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Lausanne Theologians Explain Seoul Statement that Surprised Congress Delegates
Leaders of the 33-member Theology Working Group offer insight on their 97-point, 13,000-word declaration.
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Fourth Lausanne Congress Embraces Younger Leaders, ‘Marketplace’ Christians, and Technology
More than 5,000 evangelicals from more than 200 countries gather in South Korea to celebrate and strategize about evangelism.
These Christians Have Not Given Up on North Korea
Experts and practitioners discuss their top challenges and encouragements in serving the reclusive country.
South Korea’s Missions Success Won’t Be Its Future
The extraordinary church story of the 20th century is struggling with a demographic crisis, disillusionment with Christianity, and a 2007 Taliban attack.
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Christian Media Company Apologizes for Stolen Election Lie
And other news briefs from evangelicals around the world.
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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.