Young Hoon Lee (born 19 November 1954) is a South Korean

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

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. He has been the senior pastor of the church

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since 2008.

Biography

Lee was born on November 19, 1954, in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

. He grew up in a Christian family, and in April 1964, he joined

.Kirsteen Kim, Andrew Anderson, ''Edinburgh 2010: Mission Today and Tomorrow'', OCMS, UK, 2011, page 396 Lee studied theology at

Yonsei University Yonsei University (; ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. As a member of the " SKY" universities, Yonsei University is deemed one of the three most prestigious institutions in the country. It is particularly respected in th ...

in Seoul. After graduating, he attended the Full Gospel Theology Seminary (now

Hansei University Hansei University () is a mid-sized Evangelical Christian University located in Gunpo City near Seoul, South Korea. History In 1953, Assemblies of God missionaries established the Full Gospel Bible College. In 1997, the name was changed to Ha ...

) in

Gunpo Gunpo (군포; ), formerly romanized as Kunp'o, is a small city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, located south of Seoul in the Seoul National Capital Area. It borders Anyang to the north, Uiwang to the east, and Ansan to the south and west, an ...

, and later attended the United Graduate School of Theology at Yonsei University, ultimately earning a master's degree in theology. Lee became ordained as a pastor in 1982. Afterwards, he earned another master's degree in theology at

Westminster Theological Seminary Westminster Theological Seminary is a Protestant theological seminary in the Reformed theological tradition in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary in 1929 after Princeton chose to ...

in the United States, and later earned an MA and a PhD in religion and philosophy at

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. Lee and his wife, Inja Baek, have a daughter together.

Ministry

He began his ministry as pastor of

in 1977. In 2008, he succeeded

David Yonggi Cho David Yonggi Cho (14 February 1936 – 14 September 2021 as Paul Yungi Cho) was a South Korean Christian minister. With his mother-in-law Choi Ja-shil, he was a cofounder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church (Assemblies of God), the world's largest ...

as senior pastor of

. He also became Superintendent of Assemblies of God of

Yoido General Council in 2009. In 2016, he became president of the Christian Council of Korea.Ruth Wang,
Lee Young-hoon, Senior Pastor of YFGC, Elected As President of the Christian Council of Korea
chinachristiandaily.com, China, April 22, 2016

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Young Hoon 1954 births Living people South Korean Assemblies of God pastors South Korean evangelicals People from Seoul

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