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The Backgrounds and Characteristics of the Charismatic Mega-churches in Korea
Young-gi, Hong
Young-gi, Hong
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"Korean Protestantism can be characterized as the rapid church growth and the emergence of the mega-churches, which attracts the focus of scholarly investigation. The number of Protestant churches increased from 3,279 in 1920 to 5,011 in 1960 and to 33,897 in 1996. The Protestant population in Korean society has grown significantly since the 1960s. As can be seen in Table 1, the number of Protestant population had an enormous increase from 623,072 in 1960 to 8,760,000 in 1995.2 In 1995, with Korean Protestants (19.7%) and Catholics (6.6%) combined, Christians have leveled out at about 26% of the whole population.3 Christianity, in spite of its short history in Korea, has become the major religion, together with Buddhism, in Korean society today."
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2000
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