Korean churches

‘Soldiers of Christ’ killing unsettles Korean Americans in Georgia and stokes fear of cults

By Sudhin Thanawala — January 8, 2024
(AP) — Community leaders say the case is a wake-up call for Korean Americans to be more vigilant about religious cults and potential threats to new arrivals from South Korea.

Pope announces World Youth Day to return to Asia in 2027, urges young people ‘not to be afraid’

By Helena Alves, Barry Hatton, and Nicole Winfield — August 7, 2023
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — News that Seoul, South Korea would host World Youth Day in 2027 was a reflection of the continent's increasing importance to the Catholic Church, given the church is young and growing there, whereas it is withering in traditionally Christian lands in Europe.

For many South Korean Christians, reunification is a religious goal

By Diane Winston — June 11, 2018
Many Christian South Koreans see reunification of the Korean peninsula as a religious goal as much as a political one. And if reunification, as opposed to reconciliation, seems an uphill struggle, they believe that with faith anything is possible.

At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition

By Aziza Kasumov — April 5, 2018
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Will Korean-speaking ethnic churches eventually die out?
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