Young Hoon Lee (born 19 November 1954) is a South Korean Pentecostal pastor. He has been the senior pastor of the church Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul since 2008.

Biography

Lee was born on November 19, 1954, in Seoul, South Korea. He grew up in a Christian family, and in April 1964, he joined Yoido Full Gospel Church.Kirsteen Kim, Andrew Anderson, ''Edinburgh 2010: Mission Today and Tomorrow'', OCMS, UK, 2011, page 396 Lee studied theology at Yonsei University in Seoul. After graduating, he attended the Full Gospel Theology Seminary (now Hansei University) in Gunpo, 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 in the United States, and later earned an MA and a PhD in religion and philosophy at Temple University. Lee and his wife, Inja Baek, have a daughter together.

Ministry

He began his ministry as pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church in 1977. In 2008, he succeeded David Yonggi Cho as senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church. He also became Superintendent of

Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...

of South Korea 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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