SaRang Community Church
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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 mision to Europe and the United Kingdom, announcing its sponsorship of the Wales Evangelical School of Theology.
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
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 mision to Europe and the United Kingdom, announcing its sponsorship of the Wales Evangelical School of Theology.