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indramayu · Joined: 29 Mar 2010

I'm looking for a morning English-language church service in Seoul? I would prefer southern Seoul or Kwachon. All of these services I've found are in the afternoon.

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jinks · Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Location: Formerly: Lower North Island

Both RC and Anglican cathedrals have an English mass on Sunday mornings.

indramayu · Joined: 29 Mar 2010

Jinks...are the churches in the south of Seoul?

elltotheoh · Joined: 31 May 2010 Location: Bundang

The Anglican church is in the city center, by the British embassy, and its English Mass is at 9:30 am. I've been emailing with the priest there and there is a service in Gangnam, he said, but it's at 7:30 pm and taking a break for the summer until August.

indramayu · Joined: 29 Mar 2010

I'm OK with any denomination as long as it brings honour to God. But I do like a less liturgical worship than Anglican or Catholic. Are there any others in the south of Seoul? Where is such a current list?

Illysook · Joined: 30 Jun 2008

Check out Seoul International Baptist in Hae Bong Chong (near Itaewon) Services are at 11:00 a.m. on Sundays

Other English speaking churches to check out are Jubilee, International Christian Assembly, and New Philadelphia. I'm not sure what times their services are.

GoldSoundz · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Location: Pohang

Out of curiosity, does anyone know of any Reformed Presbyterian churches in Seoul (or anywhere else in Korea)?

They're tough enough to find in the US, tougher still in Korea.

flakfizer · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:18 am Post subject:

There's a big one called Sarang near Gangnam Station. The English service is in the Kyobo building. They have service at 10, 12, and 2:00.

Here is a link to their site that includes recent sermons you can view online or download as mp3 files.

http://english.sarang.org/Broadcasting/Worship_for_Adult_semon.asp

Illysook · Joined: 30 Jun 2008

How far south would you like to be? This church is in Suwon: http://www.thenations.asia/ and there's another church in Icheon that I believe is called Onouri.

Sarah_a_Sojourner · Joined: 05 Oct 2010

@GoldSoundz, there's a young (1-2 years since establishment) Reformed Presbyterian church in Seoul called Covenant Church. The head pastor is native Korean, but he got his M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS. I came across their website in a Google search and have emailed two of the staff members about the church and both were very friendly and helpful.

They offer morning (10:00 am) and evening (4:30pm) English services in addition to Korean ones, and they have an English website too, which was extremely helpful, I thought.

http://www.seoulcovenant.com/

They're located a block or so from Sincheon station (metro line 2/green) according to the website's directions. Have you come across any other Reformed Presbyterian ones? I'm looking more towards Suwon, since that's where I've gotten a job interview.

nobbyken · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Location: Yongin ^^

I go to one in Gangnam, 5 mins from exit 6. Map on the website, http://newharvestsarang.org/#/contact-us
There is the classic service at 10am, choir & not many instruments.
12 noon and 2pm are the contemporary services (Hillsong style worship).
Varius small groups are held throughout the day and week to get more connected and perhaps grow and mature.

Excellent new lead Pastor and pastoral staff this year.
PM if you have any questions, but you can even check out the services via the player on the resources link on the above site.