Kwanglim Methodist Church

This is Kwanglim Methodist Church. They hosted us on this whole trip. Bishop Kim took over this church when it was small in the late 1960's and now has 80,000 members in 35,000 in attendance. It is the largest Methodist Church in the world. Bishop Kim was greatly impacted by Robert Schuller and his positive thinking theology. The bishop designed this building and tower after Schuller's buildings.

This is the sanctuary view from the street.

This is a view of the pipe organ. Kwanglim is a large traditional church. One colleague said that

it reminded them of a church in the 1950's as far as worship style and pastoral authority. They have services at 7, 9, 11, 2:30 Contemporary and 5pm.

This is where they have the Senior High Sunday School.

This is the middle school Sunday school class. It was interesting to say the least. They had worship for 30 minutes, preaching, annoucements, and then they broke up into small groups for a lesson. I saw Krispe Kreme donuts and they had a pizza delivery to one classroom. The kids were like all middleschool kids; goofing around, not listening when the speaker was talking, etc. It reminded me of typical kid stuff, except not to the degree as some of what happens in america. Just give them time.

They gave us quite a spread for lunch. The really went all out.

On Tuesday mornings they have Trinity Bible Study taught by Pastor Kim. About 4k people show up. Interestingly most were women in attendance because the men were all at work. They had a worship team to open and close. The music and the teaching were top notch.

Once again, another Aaron Video