Fellowship

Once I get over (or if I ever get over) to Korea, one of the most important things for me is finding a church. I've been attending the same church here in Canada since I was six years old, and many folks in the congregation are like family to me; it's going to be just as hard leaving them as it is leaving my own flesh and blood.

Woah, melodramatic much, eh?*

In any case, it will be a difficult adjustment. But it thrills me to no end that God will be just as close to me in Korea as He is right here, in my living room in my little house in Canada. And I am super excited to fellowship with people who are having the same experiences I am.

I have been looking into churches that offer worship services in English, but it's impossible to do any serious thinking about visiting until I find out where I'll be living. Still, I don't think I'll have any trouble finding one near me (unless I'm in a tiny little town that only has bus services twice a week). Here are some of my findings.

Yoido Full Gospel Church (in Seoul) is, according to the amazing Wikipedia, "the largest Christian congregation in South Korea", and has about 830,000 members throughout South Korea. English worship, yes, but I think I'd feel absolutely lost in a congregation that huge! I think it would be amazing to visit though.

Youngnak Church is in Seoul as well, and offers International Worship in English (IWE). A much smaller congregation, and they seem very closely knit. They have Bible studies in English, too, which rocks.

I found SaRang Community Church as well, but I can't tell you much about the right now because their website seems to be down...

And after poking around on Dave's ESL Cafe I found a couple of threads dedicated to church hunting, which is wonderful. I'm glad there seem to be so many folks in Korea searching for fellowship** in English - this will make my job a whole bunch easier once I get down to business!


*Yes, I'm Canadian, and I say "eh". Giggle if you must.
**Okay, whenever I type the word "fellowship", my fingers just automatically want to continue on with "of the ring"... I'm such a nerddd...