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Sarang Community Church of Southern California | |
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Location | Orange County, California, United States |
Denomination | Presbyterian Church in America |
Churchmanship | Evangelical |
Membership | 11,000 |
History | |
Founded | 1988 |
Founder(s) | Rev. Jung-hyun Oh |
Clergy | |
Senior pastor(s) | Rev. Danny Chang-Soo Roh |
Sarang Community Church of Southern California | |
Hangul | 남가주사랑의교회 |
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Revised Romanization | Namgajusaranguigyohoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Sarang'ŭikyohoe |
Sarang Community Church of Southern California is a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) Korean-American church located in Anaheim,California. Sarang has more than 10,000 church attenders. [1] Some statistics estimate about 11,000 members. [2] [3] It is the largest Korean church outside of Korea,as well as the largest Asian church outside Asia. [4] In addition,Sarang is the largest congregation within the Presbyterian Church in America. [5] Sarang (사랑) is Korean for "love".
Sa-Rang Community Church was founded in 1988 by Rev. Oh Jung-hyun.
In 2003 Pastor Oh moved to a megachurch in Seoul,Korea,of the same name,Sarang Community Church. In 2004,Rev. SeungWook Kim (Daniel Kim) moved from Korean United Church,(PCA) and installed as the new pastor.
In 2011,Pastor Kim moved to a church in Korea called Hallelujah Community Church. In 2012,Rev. ChangSoo Roh came from Korean Central Presbyterian Church (PCA) and became the new pastor.
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