SaRang Community Church
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| SaRang Community Church | |
|---|---|
| Location | Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
| History | |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder(s) | Rev. Han-Heum Oak |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Rev. Jung-Hyun Oh |
| SaRang Community Church | |
| Hangul | 사랑의교회 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 사랑의敎會 |
| Revised Romanization | Saranguigyohoe |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sarangŭigyohoe |
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SaRang Community Church is a Presbyterian Church in Seoul, Korea with over 60,000 members.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.[2]
In 2007 SaRang extended its worldwide mission to Europe and the United Kingdom, announcing its sponsorship of the Wales Evangelical School of Theology.[1]
In 2013, the church opened the largest underground church chapel,[4] but it extended its underground area under a nearby public road.[5] The supreme court of Korea ruled that the chapel made the area "socially, economically, and culturally limited in access ― unable to serve public purposes for nearby residents," according to a subsequent report.
