Anglican Church of Korea
| Church family: | Anglican churches |
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| Based in: | Korea (Republic of Korea) |
| Present in: | |
Membership*:About membershipStatistics of church membership, number of churches, congregations, pastors, etc. are those given by the churches and organizations, unless otherwise indicated. WCC member churches have various ways of defining their membership: state churches in which virtually every citizen is baptized and thus counted as a member, churches which include in their membership persons who are baptized but not actively participating, churches in which only adult baptized or communicant members are counted, etc. No attempt has been made to classify the membership figures in such categories, because agreed upon indicators to so do not exist. | 65,000 |
| Priests: | 180 |
| Dioceses: | 3 |
| Parishes: | 120 |
| Member of: | WCC (1999) |
| Associate member of: | |
| Website: | www.skh.or.kr |
The Anglican Church of Korea grew out of missionary work from England which began in the late 19th century. After a fruitful beginning the work slowed down during Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945). In 1965 the first Korean bishop was ordained. Since the 1970s the church has increasingly expanded throughout the country. Educational and social institutions have played an important role in the development of the church. There are four religious communities. The theological seminary was upgraded in 1992 to become the Anglican University, in order to serve the needs of higher education.
The Anglican Church of Korea has from its beginnings endeavoured to be an indigenous church rooted in the Korean culture. It took nevertheless until 1993 before the church became an autonomous province within the Anglican Communion. Until that time the dioceses were under the direct jurisdiction of the archbishop of Canterbury.
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