"Not everyone will welcome the Pope to South Korea.
A group of Protestants held a demonstration on Tuesday, slamming the Roman Catholic Church as heretical.
Organizers say about 10,000 people attended the event at a convention center west of Seoul, where a number of Protestant pastors stressed the difference between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant churches, according to local Protestant media.
Rev. Song Chun-gil, the secretary general of the group, called Catholicism a perversion of faith, according to the reports. He has opposed recent moves among mainstream Protestant church leaders to form a relationship with the Roman Catholics,...
While South Korea’s Protestant Evangelical churches continue to have political influence on the national level, they have seen their followers decline in recent years—in contrast to the rise in the number of Catholics.
Protestants made up about 18.3% of South Koreans in 2005 and Catholics about 10.8%, according to the most recent census data. Just over 46% said they didn’t have a religion and close to 23% identified themselves as Buddhists." KoreaRealTime
A group of Protestants held a demonstration on Tuesday, slamming the Roman Catholic Church as heretical.
Organizers say about 10,000 people attended the event at a convention center west of Seoul, where a number of Protestant pastors stressed the difference between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant churches, according to local Protestant media.Rev. Song Chun-gil, the secretary general of the group, called Catholicism a perversion of faith, according to the reports. He has opposed recent moves among mainstream Protestant church leaders to form a relationship with the Roman Catholics,...
While South Korea’s Protestant Evangelical churches continue to have political influence on the national level, they have seen their followers decline in recent years—in contrast to the rise in the number of Catholics.
Protestants made up about 18.3% of South Koreans in 2005 and Catholics about 10.8%, according to the most recent census data. Just over 46% said they didn’t have a religion and close to 23% identified themselves as Buddhists." KoreaRealTime
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, my people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Revelation 18:4
