Suwon Central Baptist Church is an
Evangelical Christian
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Baptist
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megachurch
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located in
Suwon
Suwon (, ) is the capital and largest city of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea's most populous province which surrounds Seoul, the national capital. Suwon lies about south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety". With a populati ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
, affiliated with the
Korea Baptist Convention
The Korea Baptist Convention is a Baptist Christian denomination in South Korea. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Seoul.
History
The Korea Baptist Convention has its origins in the early Baptist churches es ...
. At present, the senior pastor is Myung Jin Ko.
History
The church was founded in 1951. In 1960,
Billy Kim
Billy (Jang Hwan) Kim (Hangul: 김장환) (born 1934) is a prominent Christian evangelist and humanitarian. He was the president of the Baptist World Alliance from 2000 until 2005 when he was succeeded by David Coffey.
Early life
Billy Kim was ...
became the senior pastor of the church which counts 10 people.
[ Robert E. Johnson, ''A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches'', Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 272] In 1973, the church has 300 people. In 2005, when he retired, the church had 15,000 people. Myung Jin Ko becomes the Senior Pastor in January 2005. In 2008, the church has 20,000 people.
In 2020, it would have 30,000 people.
[Warren Bird]
World Megachurches
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List of the largest evangelical churches
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Characteristics
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Worship service (evangelicalism)
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References
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Baptist churches in South Korea
Evangelical megachurches in South Korea