David Yonggi Cho
South Korean Christian minister (1936–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Yonggi Cho (Korean: 조용기; 14 February 1936 – 14 September 2021 as Paul Yungi Cho) was a South Korean Pentecostal pastor. He was the founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church (Assemblies of God), which he started in a tent with 5 people (including his future mother-in-law Choi Ja-shil and her children as its first members), which eventually became the world's largest congregation, with a membership of 830,000 (as of 2007[update]).[1]
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In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.
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Born | (1936-02-14)14 February 1936 |
Died | 14 September 2021(2021-09-14) (aged 85) |
Nationality | South Korean |
Education | |
Occupation | Evangelist |
Spouse | Kim Sung Hae (Deceased) |
Religion | Christianity (Pentecostal) |
Congregations served | Yoido Full Gospel Church |
Title | Doctor (Honorary) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 조용기 |
Hanja | 趙鏞基 |
Revised Romanization | Jo Yong-gi |
McCune–Reischauer | Cho Yonggi |
Website | davidcho |
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