Myungsung Presbyterian Church

Myungsung Presbyterian Chruch
Country	South Korea
Denomination	Presbyterian
Membership	1,000,000
Website	http://www.msch.or.kr
Architecture
Status	Megachurch
Functional status	Active
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)	Rev. Dr. Kim Sam-Whan

Myungsung Presbyterian Church
Hangul	명성교회
Hanja	明聲教會
Revised Romanization	Myeongseong Gyohoe
McCune–Reischauer	Myŏngsŏng Kyohoe

Myung Sung Presbyterian Church is currently the largest Presbyterian church in the world.^{[citation needed]} It was founded in 1980, and is located in Myung-il-dong, Seoul, South Korea, with its Prayer Sanctuary in Wonju. Myung Sung Presbyterian Church currently has over thirty church plants, including Myung Sung First Presbyterian Church, founded in 2004, and Myung Sung Second Presbyterian Church, founded in 2006, along with an additionl ten "screen" (video) churches. The founder and current senior pastor of the church is Dr. Kim Sam Whan.

History

Myungsung literally means " Voice (Sung in Korean) of Myung as Myungil-dong" (Currently Myeongil-dong)^[1] and it was named to be a small but earnest and strong praying voice toward the God even from the outskirts of Seoul in 1980. Initially, Myungsung Presbyterian Church was located on the building nearby the terminal of Seoul Bus No.500 (served from Myeongil-dong to Dongdaemun)^[2] to evangelize its drivers and clippies in Myeongil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, and then from September 1980, they have started a big campaign to promote "Early morning Praying worship", even so far. In addition, since lots of farm and orchard around the church has been renovated and developed into huge housing complex until mid 1980s, it could be introduced to the general public, especially for its Early morning Praying worship to the community near the church. Finally in 1989, Myungsung Presbyterian Church was rebuilt on its current site, which scale is almost 8754 m². In 1990, the senior pastor Dr. Kim Sam Whan (김삼환) from Myungsung Church visited the Soviet Union (currently Russia), Poland for worship mission, as the first among the Protestant pastors in South Korea. In 2004, the church opened its affiliated hospital named MCM (Myungsung Christian Medical Center) ^[3] in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to serve untreated local people there. Myungsung involved in social volunteering work such as a feeding service for the homeless people, and it was broadcast by CNN in June 2009.^[4] Currently, Sunday daytime worship are served at 7:00, 9:20, 11:20, 13:20, 15:20, 17:00 and 19:30 (19:00 in winter) at night. Also there are categorized worships for college students ^[5] and unmarried young adults ^[6] at 17:00 and 19:00 on Saturdays. Plus, the microphone on podium in main hall has been used since April 1989, and from January 2011, they start to accept a revised bible and a gospel book on their worship time.

Church mottos

“Lord Only” and “Seven Year as One Day”

English Worship Department

The Myungsung English Worship Department, led by Rev. Byun Chang Wuk, holds worship services in English every Sunday. The department also offers an English Sunday School and youth group for students and a variety of English and Bible classes throughout the week.

Mission Department

As of 2006 the Myungsung Mission Department has been able to support 56 nations through 92 families and 172 missionaries. Myungsung Church also supports small churches, schools, hospitals, community centers, and future leaders.

References

1. ^ http://www.msch.or.kr
2. ^ http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%EB%85%84_%EC%84%9C%EC%9A%B8%EC%8B%9C%EB%82%B4%EB%B2%84%EC%8A%A4_%EB%85%B8%EC%84%A0%EB%B2%88%ED%98%B8_%EA%B0%9C%ED%8E%B8
3. ^ http://mcmet.org
4. ^ http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2009/06/07/yoon.skorea.religious.recovery.cnn
5. ^ http://www.mschurch.net
6. ^ http://www.msyouth.net

External links

• http://www.msch.or.kr/intro/intro.htm Korean
• http://www.msews.com