Global Mission Church

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Global Mission (Jiguchon) Church is a Baptist megachurch located in the Bundang area of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The church boasts over 25,000 people in attendance every Sunday at its worship locations in Bundang and Suji, and with over 30,000 people registered as members.

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The church also has Global Department with worship services in English, Japanese, Mongolian, Chinese, and Japanese. [1] The English Ministry (GEM) is led by Rev. Stanley Park.

GMC is actively involved in world missions and the Evangelism Explosion (E.E.) program. In 2008 it began its first E.E. in English headed by Sansook Ko. Over 300 members of the Global Missions Church are involved in E.E.

History

It was founded in January 1994 by Daniel Dong-Won Lee. [2] The church began as a 60-member church dedicated to spreading the gospel through missions with strong focus on cell-church ministry. [3]

In 2011, Rev. Lee entered early retirement and welcomed Dr. Peter Chin as the new lead pastor. [4]

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References

  1. "Global Mission Church". old.jiguchon.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  2. "Daniel Dong-Won Lee". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
  3. "Global Mission Church". old.jiguchon.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  4. "Senior Pastor, Pastor Peter (Jae Hyuk) Chin". old.jiguchon.org. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 2018-01-06.