The Church in South Korea

During the Korean War, United States servicemen and local converts shared the gospel and many accepted it. During the following decades, thousands of Koreans were baptized, and in 1973 the first stake in mainland Asia was organized in Seoul, South Korea.

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Britsch, R. Lanier. “Church Growth in Postwar Japan and Korea.” In Unto Every Nation, edited by Donald Q. Cannon and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003, 170–226.
Britsch, R. Lanier. “Korea, 1950–1977: Pioneering in the Land of the Morning Calm.” In From the East: The History of the Latter-day Saints in Asia, 1851–1996. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1998, 170–202.
Britsch, R. Lanier. “Korea, 1977–1996: Balancing Traditional Values with Gospel Service.” In From the East: The History of the Latter-day Saints in Asia, 1851–1996. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1998, 203–26.
Choi, Dong Sull. A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Korea, 1950–1985. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1990, 82–85.
Palmer, Spencer J. “Korea.” In The Church Encounters Asia. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970, 91–113.
Palmer, Spencer J. “Rhee Honam: Hallmarks of a Korean Pioneer.” In Pioneers in Every Land, edited by Bruce A. Van Orden, D. Brent Smith, and Everett Smith Jr. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997, 57–73.
Palmer, Spencer J. and Shirley H. Palmer, eds., The Korean Saints: Personal Stories of Trial and Triumph, 1950–1980. Provo, Utah: Religious Education, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Rhee, Ho Nam. “The Church in Korea.” In Mormonism: A Faith for All Cultures, edited by F. LaMond Tullis. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1978, 163–69.
Rhee, Honam. “The Korean War and the Gospel.” In Out of Obscurity: The LDS Church in the Twentieth Century. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000, 286–96.
Korea Church History Publication Committee. Photobook: The First 50 Years of the Church in Korea. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2006, 11.

Notes

Britsch, R. Lanier. “Church Growth in Postwar Japan and Korea.” In Unto Every Nation, edited by Donald Q. Cannon and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003, 170–226.
Britsch, R. Lanier. “Korea, 1950–1977: Pioneering in the Land of the Morning Calm.” In From the East: The History of the Latter-day Saints in Asia, 1851–1996. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1998, 170–202.
Britsch, R. Lanier. “Korea, 1977–1996: Balancing Traditional Values with Gospel Service.” In From the East: The History of the Latter-day Saints in Asia, 1851–1996. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1998, 203–26.
Choi, Dong Sull. A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Korea, 1950–1985. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1990, 82–85.
Palmer, Spencer J. “Korea.” In The Church Encounters Asia. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970, 91–113.
Palmer, Spencer J. “Rhee Honam: Hallmarks of a Korean Pioneer.” In Pioneers in Every Land, edited by Bruce A. Van Orden, D. Brent Smith, and Everett Smith Jr. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997, 57–73.
Palmer, Spencer J. and Shirley H. Palmer, eds., The Korean Saints: Personal Stories of Trial and Triumph, 1950–1980. Provo, Utah: Religious Education, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Rhee, Ho Nam. “The Church in Korea.” In Mormonism: A Faith for All Cultures, edited by F. LaMond Tullis. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1978, 163–69.
Rhee, Honam. “The Korean War and the Gospel.” In Out of Obscurity: The LDS Church in the Twentieth Century. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000, 286–96.
Korea Church History Publication Committee. Photobook: The First 50 Years of the Church in Korea. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2006, 11.

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