Ha Yong-jo

Ha Yong-jo or Hah Yong Jo (Korean: 하용조; 1946—2011) was the founding pastor of Onnuri Community Church in Seoul, South Korea.

In this Korean name, the family name is Ha.
Ha Yong-jo
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHa Yong-jo
McCune–ReischauerHa Yongcho

Biography

Born in 1946 in South Pyeongan Province (now, part of North Korea), Ha studied at Konkuk University and Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary in Seoul.[1]

He brought together twelve families in 1984 to establish Onnuri Community Church. His approach was to model the church after the book of Acts,[2] in what became known as the Acts 29 Vision, in building churches and sending out missionaries. By June 2010, Onnuri had sent 1,200 missionaries and maintained a membership of 75,000.[3]

Ha Yong-jo battled liver cancer and died on August 2, 2011, in Seoul.[1][4]

References
  1. Kim Yoon-mi (2 August 2011). "Onnuri Church founder Ha dies". Korea Herald. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. Ha, Yong-jo (2017). The Dream of an Acts-like Church. Seoul: Duranno Publishing. ISBN 9788953130074.
  3. "Onnuri Church History". en.onnuri.org (in Korean). Onnuri Community Church. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. Cho, Eugene (2 August 2011). "In memory of Pastor Ha Yong Jo". Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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