Korean Methodist Church
The Korean Methodist Church (Korean: 기독교대한감리회) is a large Methodist denomination in South Korea and the rest of the world, with approximately 1.5 million members.[1] Methodist missionaries came from the United States in the late 19th century. It became independent in 1930, and celebrated its centennial in 1984. The denomination has ties with its mother church, the United Methodist Church.
In 2023, the church suspended and later excommunicated one of their pastors, Lee Dong-hwan, for his support of LGBT rights. The South Korean courts granted an injunction to suspend the excommunication the following year.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Korean Methodist Church — World Council of Churches". www.oikoumene.org. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Lee, Hae-rin (19 July 2024). "Court suspends Korean Methodist church's excommunication of pro-LGBTQ pastor". The Korea Times. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Lewis, W. Roberta (2014). The Korean Methodist Church: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of Dissertations and Theses. CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1-5025-9310-8.[self-published source]