All posts tagged "church"

  • Yoido Full Gospel Church (Yonhap)
    Tax office launches probe on S. Korea’s largest church

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s tax office has launched a tax probe on the country’s largest church, sources said Monday. According to Yoido Full Gospel Church insiders, the National Tax Service (NTS) has started going through its...

    • Posted March 14, 2016
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  • The Korean Methodist Church and Institute in New York (Yonhap)
    Anonymous donor gives $1M to historic Korean church in NY for reconstruction

    By  Julianne Lee A historic New York Korean American church has a generous supporter in its hands — an anonymous donor gave $1 million toward its reconstruction. According to the Korean Methodist Church and Institute, which used the...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • drugs, pastor
    LA pastor helps young Korean Americans fight drug addiction

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a blue-and-white church on the outskirts of Los Angeles’ Koreatown, pastor Young Ho Han is trying to lift the veil on a problem silently afflicting his community: drug abuse among young Korean...

    • Posted September 4, 2015
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  • Anna Prayer Counseling and Retreat Center (Facebook)
    Grand jury indicts man in Maryland fatal stabbing at Korean church

    FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a northern Virginia man on murder and attempted murder charges in the stabbing last month of a South Korean couple at a rural religious retreat in Maryland. State’s...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Park Young-chang
    Korean American community leader, activist dies at 100

    By Christine Ha Park Young-chang, a Korean American church community figurehead, pastor and independence activist, died Tuesday night in Los Angeles two weeks following the death of his wife, Park Jung-ae. He was 100. Born in Youngbyon...

    • Posted July 30, 2015
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  • FILE - In this file photo taken July 16, 2014, a man stands near the razed remains of a Catholic church in a village in Pingyang county of Wenzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. The Chinese province where authorities have forcibly removed hundreds of rooftop crosses from Protestant and Catholic churches has proposed a ban on any further placement of the religious symbol atop sanctuaries. (AP Photo/Didi Tang, File)
    Chinese province to ban rooftop Christian crosses

    BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese province where authorities have forcibly removed hundreds of rooftop crosses from skylines of cities and towns has proposed a ban on any further placement of the religious symbol atop sanctuaries at both...

    • Posted May 8, 2015
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  • KFAM and Blue Cross of California Foundation hosted a seminar to discuss Korean faith-community partnership to end domestic violence at Garden Suite Hotel in Los Angeles Monday. (Korea Times)
    LA Korean American church-community seminar looks for end to domestic violence

    By Kim Chul-soo The Los Angeles Korean American community gathered for a seminar, “Church’s Response to Domestic Violence,” on preventing domestic violence Monday at Garden Suite Hotel, where emphasis was put on a cooperation between the church...

    • Posted May 5, 2015
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