Father-to-son succession sees Korea’s biggest Christian church under fire
Social affairsAug 16, 2018
What started as a humble congregation of 20 Christians at a fringe neighborhood in Seoul 40 years ago has now grown into arguably the world’s biggest Presbyterian church.Myungsung Church now stands on tens of thousands of square meters of land in the southeastern district that became a populous commuter town. It boasts a membership of 100,000 and has schools and hospitals under its wing. The miraculous success story earned its founder, Rev. Kim Sam-hwan, a reputation as one of the most revered r