Bang Gi-chang
Bang Gi-chang (邦基昌, 1851 - 1911) was a pastor from Sinchon, Hwanghae Province, and was one of the first seven Korean pastors of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Joseon Yesugyo Janglogwe). He converted from Donghak *jeopju* (接主, local leader) to Christianity and became a pastor, mainly evangelizing
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Details
- Born
- 1851
- Ordination
- Ordained as pastor in 1907 with the establishment of the Presbyterian Church of Korea General Presbytery
- Born
- July 16, 1851 (lunar calendar), Eoro-myeon, Dochon, Sinchon County, Joseon, Hwanghae Province
- Died
- October 11, 1911 (1911-10-11) (age 60), 2:10 p.m., Yonggang, Japanese colonial period
- Nationality
- Joseon, Korean Empire, Japanese colonial period
- Denomination
- Presbyterian
- Denomination
- Presbyterian
- Family
- Son Bang Hwa-jung (邦化重)
- Former occupation
- Former Cheondo-gyo Hwanghae Province *jeopju*
- Education
- 1st graduate of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Korea
Bang Gi-chang (邦基昌, 1851 - 1911) was a pastor from Sinchon, Hwanghae Province, and was one of the first seven Korean pastors of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Joseon Yesugyo Janglogwe). He converted from Donghak jeopju to Christianity and became a pastor, mainly evangelizing in the Hwanghae region. From 1898 he became the first elder of the Nordari-gol Church in Pyongyang, and afterwards became a Presbyterian pastor as a first-class graduate of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Korea in Pyongyang.
References
- Biography of Dr. Samuel Moffett (1973)
- Collected Works of Pastor Gil Sun-ju (Korea Christian Literature Society, 1968)
- Joseon (朝鮮) Yesugyo Janglogwe History Records (敎長老會史記) Vol. 1 (compiled by Cha Jae-myeong, 1928)
- Yesugyo Hoebo (Presbyterian Church of Korea, 1912)
- "Minutes of the 1st Presbytery of the Daehan Presbyterian Church" (1907)
- Quarto Centennial Papers Read before The Korea Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. at the Annual Meeting in Pyeng Yang (1909)
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