The Church of God in Korea: Difference between revisions

The Church of God in Korea serves as a good example for all the local Churches of God around the world when it comes to preaching the gospel. “Go and make disciples of all nations, . . . teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you” (Mt 28:19–20).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?type=general&q1=Matthew+28%3A19-20&OLWordSearchRange=beg&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 28:19–20 }}</ref> Following Christ’s command, the members are flying all over the world to preach the truth of the new covenant. Starting with the establishment of three overseas churches in 1997, they earnestly began overseas mission in the 2000s. The seed of life has been sown not only in [[The Church of God in North America|North America]], but also in [[The Church of God in Europe|Europe]], [[The Church of God in South America|South America]], [[The Church of God in Asia|Asia]], [[The Church of God in Africa|Africa]], and [[The Church of God in Oceania|Oceania]].  

The [[Bible]] emphasizes that [[Christian|Christians]] should have the ''divine nature'' such as love, consideration, humility, and gentleness.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=2+Peter+1%3A4-7&OLWordSearchRange=beg&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=2 Peter 1:4–7 |publisher= }}</ref> The Headquarters of the Church of God has regularly educated the pastoral staff and members at the Okcheon Go&Come Training Institute and the New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple in Korea. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they conducted contact-free online education. They also produce and distribute various publications for the members. ''[[Monthly Elohist|Elohist]]'', a monthly magazine that contains lessons from the Bible and realizations members get in their daily lives, and ''[[Happy Home Preparing the Sabbath|Happy Home]]'', a monthly family magazine that contains essays about family love, activities to promote family happiness, and ways to communicate effectively within a family, are available in various languages such as English, Spanish, Hindi, and Nepalese and distributed overseas.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://shindonga.donga.com/3/all/13/966884/1 |title=Embracing 7 Billion Believing in God the Father and God the Mother |website=Shingdonga  |publisher=|date=June 21, 2017 }}</ref> The members have said, “Reading, listening to music, and talking together as a family has helped us understand each other’s thoughts better.” The Church of God also publishes age-based publications such as ''I Want to Be a Beautiful Angel'' (a textbook for toddlers), ''I Like God'' (a textbook for elementary school students), and ''[[Monthly Soul|Soul]]'' (a monthly magazine for teenagers), to help children and adolescents cultivate etiquettes and upright character based on God’s teachings. During summer and winter vacations, student camps and character education are held so that youths can grow as good members in society.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://weekly.donga.com/3/all/11/1948461/1 |title=Church of God, A Guide for Upright Personality and Hopeful Dream |website=Weekly DongA |publisher= |date=January 16, 2020 }}</ref>

The Church of God consistently carries out volunteer services to promote living a healthy and happy lifestyle, protect the environment, and build unity according to Christ’s teaching, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and the [[Teachings of Mother]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://watv.org/faith_life/teachings-of-mother-1/ |title=Mother’s Teaching No. 1 |website=WATV.org |publisher= |date= }}</ref> which emphasize the importance of ''giving love'' and having a ''heart to serve''. In order to fulfill their role as members of society and as the ''salt'' ''and light of the world'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+5%3A13-16&OLWordSearchRange=beg&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 5:13–16 |publisher= }}</ref> members always volunteer where help and support are needed. They carry out activities such as emergency relief efforts, poverty and hunger alleviation, water and sanitation guarantee, health, well-being, and welfare promotion, education support, environmental preservation, and cultural communication.