Korean American Presbyterian Church
Korean American Presbyterian Church is a conservative Presbyterian denomination in the United States and Canada.
| Korean American Presbyterian Church | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Calvinist |
| Theology | Evangelical Reformed |
| Polity | Presbyterian |
| Associations | NAPARC |
| Region | United States, Canada, Latin America, Philippines, Asia, Russia |
| Origin | 1978 California |
| Branched from | Presbyterian Church of Korea |
| Congregations | 650 (2021)[1] |
| Members | 80,000 (2021)[1] |
| Official website | www |
History
It was formed in 1978 by Korean immigrants in the campus of Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. On its founding date the church consisted of 5 presbyteries. These are the Presbytery of California, the Central Presbytery, New York Presbytery, Presbytery of Philadelphia and Canada Presbytery. The denomination is a conservative, doctrinally driven church. In the end of the 1990s the church consisted of 19 presbyteries not just in North and South America, but Russia, Europe. In 1983 it joined the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council.[2]
Statistics
In California the church it used to maintains its own Seminary until the split with World Korean Presbyterian Church in 2013. The denomination also maintains unaccredited seminaries in Northern California, Chicago, and New York, but accepts other conservative Seminary graduate pastors after examination. According to KAPC statistics for 2010, the denomination had 53,000 baptized members, 600 affiliated congregations. The church has ministries in the US army, and chaplains. It experience rapid growth. The church now has 31 presbyteries, included 4 presbyteries in Southern California, 3 presbyteries in Northern California, a Presbytery in Hawaii, it has 8 presbyteries in the Eastern American states, a Central Presbytery, Southern and Southeastern US Presbyteries, it has in Brazil a Brazilian Presbytery, one in the Philippines, and a Pacific Ocean Presbytery, the Latin America Presbytery and the Presbytery of New Zealand,. In 2010 an English language Presbytery was launched. It has missions in 19 countries.[3]
In 2021, the denomination estimated a total of 80,000 members (70,000 communicants and 10,000 non-communicants).[1]
The main office of the General Secretary located in Apple Valley, CA, near Los Angeles.
Doctrine
The church adheres to the Westminster Confession of Faith, Westminster Larger Catechism, Westminster Shorter Catechism.[4][5]
References
- "History of the American Korean Presbyterian Church". May 31, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
- "Member Churches - NAPARC". www.naparc.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15.
- http://www.kapc.org/ www.kapc.org/
- "Adressdatenbank reformierter Kirchen und Einrichtungen".
- www.kapc.org