Christianity • Protestantism According to a 2021 Gallup Korea poll, 17% of South Koreans identify as Protestant;[1] this is about 8.5 million people.
As Korean Protestantism began with the Western missionaries to Korea, the majority were American Presbyterian and Methodist.
Lay people like Seo Sang-ryun and Baek Hong-Joon spread their knowledge of the Gospels after their conversion, and Christianity, of which the Catholic form had been suppressed in the middle of the 19th century, began to grow again in Korea.
The following year, the first American Protestant missionary and physician, Horace N. Allen of the Northern Presbyterians, arrived in Korea, and began medical work in 1885.
[4] Many people witnessed the extraordinary expansion of Protestant Christianity thanks to the early missionary method.
Park (1992) states how the Nevius Plan and indirect missionary programs such as educational, medical, and social services.
The Protestant Christian message came to Korea at a time when the religious and cultural heritage of the country had lost much of its strength and relevance for the common people.
In addition to being unencumbered by imperialist or colonial connotations, the Christian communities themselves contributed to their own growth.
Together with the post-World War II revival movement, these factors contributed greatly to the immense growth of Christianity in Korea in the decades since.
Ha Seung-moo) in 2012 declared itself an authentic historical succession of Scottish Presbyterian John Knox.
Their conception of the supreme God was presiding over the affairs of heaven and earth, and controlling the fate of humans.
Contrary to Shamanism beliefs, which include but are not limited to seeking out a shaman for material wishes, longevity, health, male births and wealth -- Christians believe that God will supply their needs while remaining truthful, obedient and faithful to God.
[7] The belief of God also was the creator and sustainer of the universe, who has the power to liberate from suffering, healing, provide salvation or giving consolation.