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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | Korea, South | 800,000 | - | - | - | 1974 | Oberdorfer, Don. The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History; Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley (1997), pg. 49-51. | "From an estimated 300,000 in North and South Korea in 1945, the number of Christians had grown rapidly by 1974 to an estimated 4.3 million in South Korea (3.5 million Protestants and 800,000 Roman Catholics). " |
| Catholic | Korea, South | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 413. | "After liberation from Japan in 1945 growth was rapid, and by the end of the 1970s there were over a million Catholics in South Korea. " |
| Catholic | Korea, South | 1,590,625 | 4.29% | 2,342 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census.; Listed in table as "Catholicism " |
| Catholic | Korea, South | 1,800,000 | 4.14% | - | - | 1990 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 702-703. | "The nation's 1990 census reported a population total of 43.5 million... "; Pg. 703: "Today, the majority of South Korea's religious population is aligned either with Mahayana Buddhism (over 11 million followers) or Christianity (6.5 million Protestants and 1.8 million Roman Catholics). " |
| Catholic | Korea, South | - | 3.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Korea, South | 3,402,000 | 7.60% | 948 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Korea, South | 2,660,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Catholic | Korea, South | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic - clergy | Korea, South | 4,529 | - | 2,342 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census.; Listed in table as "Catholicism " |
| Ch'ondogyo | Korea, South | 800,000 | - | - | - | 1978 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 414. | "...Ch'ondo-kyo... In 1978 there were 1,700 clergy and over 800,000 members in South Korea. " |
| Ch'ondogyo | Korea, South | 52,530 | 0.14% | 249 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census.; Listed in table as "Chondogyo " |
| Ch'ondogyo | Korea, South | 50,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; listed as "Ch'ondogyo " |
| Ch'ondogyo | Korea, South | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 703. | "The South Koreans also have many newer religions that combine Christianity with native pre-Christian beliefs. The most widespread is Ch'ondogyo ('the Heavenly Way'), founded in 1860. " |
| Ch'ondogyo - clergy | Korea, South | 1,700 | - | - | - | 1978 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 414. | "...Ch'ondo-kyo... In 1978 there were 1,700 clergy and over 800,000 members in South Korea. " |
| Ch'ondogyo - clergy | Korea, South | 3,264 | - | 249 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census.; Listed in table as "Chondogyo " |
| Chingsan-kyo | Korea, South | - | - | - | - | 1900 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 415. | "About 1900 a Confucian scholar named Kang Il-sun (1871-1910) claimed to be in touch with the spirits of the universe and to have magical powers. He founded a movement called Chingsan-kyo, from his pen name Chingsan (lit. 'Kettle Mountain'). It was largelyunited around his unusual personality, and after his death it split into a bewildering variety of sects. One centered around the mediumistic powers of Chingsan's concubine, and another was lead by his wife. Several of the splinger groups acclaimed him as Maitreya, the coming Buddha. " |
| Choge Buddhism | Korea, South | - | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "A Window on Korea "; web page: "Buddhism in Korea " (viewed 23 Jan. 1999) | "Buddhism has the largest following of all Korea's religions. As of 1991, there were 26 Buddhist sects and 9,231 temples with more than 11 million followers in Korea. Chogyejong is the largest of the sects. It is headquartered in Chogyesa Temple in Seoul and has 24 regional centers across the country. " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1945 | Cox, Harvey. Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the Twenty-First Century; New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (1994), pg. 220. | "Protestant Christianity in Korea is only about 100 years old. At the en fWorld War II, Christians still accounted for only about 8% of the populace. " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | 1,250,000 | - | - | - | 1962 | Belke, Thomas J. Juche: A Christian Study of North Korea's State Religion. Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Books Co. (1999), pg. 146. | "In the South [Korea], the church grew rapidly to about 1.25 million belieers, due to both the influx of Christian refugees [from North Korea] and many new converts. " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | 4,300,000 | - | - | - | 1974 | Oberdorfer, Don. The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History; Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley (1997), pg. 49-51. | "From an estimated 300,000 in North and South Korea in 1945, the number of Christians had grown rapidly by 1974 to an estimated 4.3 million in South Korea (3.5 million Protestants and 800,000 Roman Catholics). " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 180. | "Although in nearly every country around the rim of Asia an identifiable Christianity could be found, only in the islands of the sea, in the Philipines, in Papua New Guinea, and in South Korea was it the obvious and perfasive religion of the land. " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 180. | "In South Korea the most vigorous and dynamic churches in the modern world, having survived decades of Japanese oppression (1910-45) and two waves of communist suppression, were systematically and enthusiastically carrying out Christianization of the remaining 80 percent of the Korean people and were planning to make Korea the mission center for the whole world. " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | - | 30.00% | - | - | 1988 | *LINK* Takafumi,Iida. "Folk Religion Among the Koreans in Japan The Shamanism of the 'Korean Temples' " in Japanese Journal of Religious Studies June-September 1988 15/2-3. (Viewed on JJRS web site, 30 Jan. 1999) | "Christianity is another important tradition today. Transmitted in the 18th century, it has shown explosive growth after the end of the Japanese occupation, and currently about 30% of the population professes to be Christian. It has surpassed all of the other religions and has the most influence among the people. " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | 8,300,000 | 19.08% | - | - | 1990 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 702-703. | "The nation's 1990 census reported a population total of 43.5 million... "; Pg. 703: "Today, the majority of South Korea's religious population is aligned either with Mahayana Buddhism (over 11 million followers) or Christianity (6.5 million Protestants and 1.8 million Roman Catholics). " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | - | 30.00% | - | - | 1991 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992), pg. 224. [Orig. source: J. Lee Grady, "New Missions Strategies for a Rapidly Changing World, " National & International Religion Report 5, no. 3, 28 Jan. 1991] | "South Korea is about 30% Christian. A hundred years ago, it had no Protestant churches and was thought to be unreachable. " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1994 | Cox, Harvey. Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the Twenty-First Century; New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (1994), pg. 220. | "Protestant Christianity in Korea is only about 100 years old. At the en fWorld War II, Christians still accounted for only about 8% of the populace. But by 1994 the churches had recruited nearly half the population of South Korea. " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | 8,920,000 | 20.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 44.6 million... Main religions: Christianity (20%), Buddhism (30%), Shamanism (5%), Confucianism (5%), non-religious and culturalised Confucianism (40%)... " |
| Christianity | Korea, South | 22,514,918 | 49.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Christianity 49%, Buddhism 47%, Confucianism 3%, pervasive folk religion (shamanism), Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%; Total population: 45,948,811. |
| Christianity | Korea, South | - | 30.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* "World View: 25% of World Christians Are Pentecostal " in Salt Lake Tribune (3 Oct. 1998). [Orig. source: Assembly of God News] | Some 30 percent of Koreans are Christian and 60 percent of that number are Pentecostal. Statistics also show that Christianity, rather than Buddhism, is now the major faith group in Korea. |
| Christianity | Korea, South | 9,000,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Rutherford, Scott (ed.) East Asia. London: Apa Publications (1998), pg. 210. | "First-time visitors to Korea often gaze with wonder at the many purely Christian church steeples and crosses that punctuat populated skylines. As with all the faiths, there is a discrepancy between claimed membership and government estimates. Over nine million, or by government reckoning, almost half of all Koreans who follow a particular religion, are avowed Christians. Today, Christianity plays a disproportionate role in power circles, both government and opposition, considering its small percentage of the Korean population. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Korea, South | 21,802 | - | - | - | 1980 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 17. | "Table: 1.3: Two Years of Mormon Growth, 1978-80 "; Two columns: "Percentage rate of membership growth 1978-80 " and "Number of members in 1980 "; Growth 1978-80: 83%; Location listed as "Korea " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Korea, South | 67,000 | 0.15% | 161 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Korea, South | 60,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | "The Church in Japan, Korea, and Far-East Russia " in Ensign (Nov. 1996), pg. 110. | "In Korea, where Christians make up a much higher percentage of the population than in Japan, we have more than 60,000 members in 16 stakes. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Korea, South | 69,000 | 0.14% | 171 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples | Korea, South | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1996 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 435-436. | Table: "Temples of the Church "; Seoul |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples | Korea, South | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "LDSWorld "; web page: "Gems Temple Status Page " (viewed 17 July 1999); compiled by Dave Kenison. Updated regularly. | Original sources: Deseret News Church Almanac, & announcements thru Church News & other media.; Table: "LOCATIONS & DEDICATIONS OF TEMPLES " (incl. dedication dates) |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples | Korea, South | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Kim Siever's Temple Site "; web page: "Asia " (viewed 18 April 1999). | Table with columns: Name [of temple], Year: Operating temples: "Tokyo Japan 1980; Manilla Phillipines 1984; Taipei Taiwan 1984; Seoul Korea 1985; Kowloon Hong Kong 1996 " |
| Church of the Nazarene | Korea, South | 31,816 | 0.07% | 226 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches; 6 Jan 1998; total population: 44,851,000 |
| Confucianism | Korea, South | 786,955 | 2.12% | 232 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census. |
| Confucianism | Korea, South | 2,230,000 | 5.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 44.6 million... Main religions: Christianity (20%), Buddhism (30%), Shamanism (5%), Confucianism (5%), non-religious and culturalised Confucianism (40%)... " |
| Confucianism | Korea, South | 180,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Confucianism | Korea, South | 1,378,464 | 3.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Christianity 49%, Buddhism 47%, Confucianism 3%, pervasive folk religion (shamanism), Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%; Total population: 45,948,811. |
| Confucianism | Korea, South | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Confucianism | Korea, South | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Rutherford, Scott (ed.) East Asia. London: Apa Publications (1998), pg. 210. | "Confucianism has become a way of life in Korea. Confucius--or Kongja, as the Koreans refer to him--was never a breaker of traditions but a conservative reactionary... Today Confucianism thrives more in Korea than in any other nation, and though Confucianism has been greatly discredited since the turn of the century by both foreign and domestic intellectual movements, its basic values and premises still dominate the lives of all Koreans. Ancestor worship continues to be practised much as it has been for more than 1,000 years. In Korea, even an 'old fool' is first and foremost an elder. To rebel against the world of an elder is to invite social censure--a conservative and powerful force which is ver effective in Korea's small and closed society. " |
| Confucianism | Korea, South | - | - | 200 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "A Window on Korea "; web page: "Confucianism in Korea " (viewed 23 Jan. 1999) | "Although there is no organized confucian church, there are Confucian organizations. Ancestral rites and memorial ceremonies in honor of outstanding Confucians are held regularly. Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul is the country's center of Confucianism and the site of a shrine to Confucius, where memorial ceremonies are held annually in spring and autumn. There are also over 200 hyanggyo, or Confucian academies with shrines, in Korea that teach young people traditional values and manners. They seek to make Confucian values more relevant to a modern, industrial society. " |
| Confucianism - clergy | Korea, South | 11,828 | - | 232 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census. |
| Council for World Mission | Korea, South | 2,094,338 | 4.70% | 5,584 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK)... Country information: Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 44.6 million... Church information:.. Members/Congregations: 2,094,338/5,584. " [PCK is the only Council for World Missions church in Korea] |
| Islam | Korea, South | 22,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: 8/25/90 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | "PRAY FOR A CHURCH AMONG THE 22,000 MUSLIM KOREANS " |
| Islam | Korea, South | 35,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | RISEAP. Muslim Almanac - Asia Pacific. | Table: Muslim Population in Asia Pacific Region (1996) |
| Islam | Korea, South | 6,000 | 0.01% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Korea, South | 84,543 | 0.18% | 1,512 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 133,362. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Korea, South | 85,983 | 0.19% | 1,508 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses "; [Location listed as "Korea, Republic of "] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Korea, South | 133,362 | 0.29% | 1,512 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Korea, South | 135,519 | 0.29% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Judaism | Korea, South | 150 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jewish Communities of the World web site (1998) | Table: World Jewry. "collected our data from from demographic and other academic studies, community reports, and up-dates in the general media... consulted with experts to verify findings before reaching our assessments and estimates. " |
| Mahayana Buddhism | Korea, South | 11,000,000 | 25.29% | - | - | 1990 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 702-703. | "The nation's 1990 census reported a population total of 43.5 million... "; Pg. 703: "Today, the majority of South Korea's religious population is aligned either with Mahayana Buddhism (over 11 million followers) or Christianity (6.5 million Protestants and 1.8 million Roman Catholics). " |
| New Religionists | Korea, South | 1,600,000 | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "A Window on Korea " (cinema.sangji.ac.kr); web page: "New Religions in Modern Korea " (viewed 23 Jan. 1999) | "Korea's flourishing modern movements, grouped under the heading of 'New Religions,' number more than 240 throughout the country... A total overall figure would probably give a membership of 1,600,000 for all these recent sects taken together. " |
| New Religionists | Korea, South | 1,600,000 | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "A Window on Korea "; web page: "New Religions in Modern Korea " (viewed 23 Jan. 1999) | "Korea's flourishing modern movements, grouped under the heading of 'New Religions,' number more than 240 throughout the country. Most of them have small memberships and have developed primarily from the Tonghak Movement of the 1860s. The largest such sect boasts as many as 600,000 followers, and some of the smaller ones consist of groups of 10 or so members only. A total overall figure would probably give a membership of 1,600,000 for all these recent sects taken together. " |
| Nonreligious | Korea, South | - | 36.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Nonreligious | Korea, South | 17,840,000 | 40.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 44.6 million... Main religions: Christianity (20%), Buddhism (30%), Shamanism (5%), Confucianism (5%), non-religious and culturalised Confucianism (40%)... " |
| Nonreligious | Korea, South | 22,660,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Nonreligious | Korea, South | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| other | Korea, South | 216,809 | 0.58% | 791 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census.; Other is those groups not included in: Catholicism, Buddhism, Protestantism, Chondogyo, Confucianism, and Wonbulgyo. |
| other | Korea, South | 310,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Nonreligious, Buddhism, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Confuciast, Wonbulgyo, Ch'ondogyo |
| other | Korea, South | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Rutherford, Scott (ed.) East Asia. London: Apa Publications (1998), pg. 210. | "Other religions: About 500,000 Koreans belong to a wide variety of 'minor' religions. " [Other refers to religions not previously described in this section, which were: shamanism, Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity.] |
| other - clergy | Korea, South | 5,893 | - | 791 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census.; Other is those groups not included in: Catholicism, Buddhism, Protestantism, Chondogyo, Confucianism, and Wonbulgyo. |
| Pak T'aeson | Korea, South | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 415. | "A number of groups have arisen under Protestant influence... In Korea itself more attention has been attracted by an indigenous form of Presbyterianism under the leadership of Pak T'aeson (b. 1915). Pak started holding mass outdoor revival meetings in Seoul in the 1950s. He claimed to be various biblical figures, most notably the 'Olive Trees' of Rev. 11:4. By establishing model communities known as 'Christian Towns' he sought to build an industrial base for the kingdom of God. " |
| Pentecostal | Korea, South | - | 18.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* "World View: 25% of World Christians Are Pentecostal " in Salt Lake Tribune (3 Oct. 1998). [Orig. source: Assembly of God News] | Some 30 percent of Koreans are Christian and 60 percent of that number are Pentecostal. Statistics also show that Christianity, rather than Buddhism, is now the major faith group in Korea. |
| Plymouth Brethren | Korea, South | - | - | 173 units |
- | 1996 | *LINK* web page: "'Plymouth Brethren' FAQ "; "Author: Shawn Abigail; November1998; Version 1.6.1 " | There are 173 assemblies in South Korea. |
| Presbyterian | Korea, South | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 180. | "...Presbyterian churches of Korea, and the great Dutch Reformed tribal churches in the Batak fastness of Indonesia were overwhelmingly the strongest religious communities and influences of their respective areas. " |
| Presbyterian Church of Korea | Korea, South | 2,094,338 | 4.70% | 5,584 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK)... Country information: Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 44.6 million... Church information:.. Members/Congregations: 2,094,338/5,584. " |
| Protestant | Korea, South | - | - | - | - | 1844 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 414. | "Aside from scattered contacts, the first Protestants in Korea were Methodists and Presbyterians, who arrived in 1884-85. " |
| Protestant | Korea, South | 3,500,000 | - | - | - | 1974 | Oberdorfer, Don. The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History; Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley (1997), pg. 49-51. | "From an estimated 300,000 in North and South Korea in 1945, the number of Christians had grown rapidly by 1974 to an estimated 4.3 million in South Korea (3.5 million Protestants and 800,000 Roman Catholics). " |
| Protestant | Korea, South | 5,337,308 | 14.38% | 21,243 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census. |
| Protestant | Korea, South | 6,500,000 | 14.94% | - | - | 1990 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 702-703. | "The nation's 1990 census reported a population total of 43.5 million... "; Pg. 703: "Today, the majority of South Korea's religious population is aligned either with Mahayana Buddhism (over 11 million followers) or Christianity (6.5 million Protestants and 1.8 million Roman Catholics). " |
