The Korean pastor, the founder of the world's largest church, died on Tuesday at the age of 85.
In 1958, Yonggi Cho and his mother-in-law opened a church in a tent left by the US Army in Seoul. The full gospel church of Yoido affiliated with the councils of God.
The church eventually grew to eight hundred thousand members a week, as well as over one hundred small, home groups.
Cho popularized the idea of cell groups, arguing they are key to discipleship and to fostering the intimate connections that tie individuals to a large and growing church. He also promoted Pentecostal practices of prayer and healing as essential to dynamic church growth.Cho popularized the idea of cell groups, arguing they are key to discipleship and to fostering the intimate connections that tie individuals to a large and growing church. He also promoted Pentecostal practices of prayer and healing as essential to dynamic church growth.
“I myself was devoted to praying with a do-or-die desperateness,” Cho told the journal Church Growth. “When we apply God’s word in our lives and experience God’s dispensation, we are empowered by God. Christians who believe in Jesus receive the Holy Spirit. … One only finds empty pews in many European churches. What caused it? The reason is that European churches have betrayed the Holy Spirit.”
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