Sarang Community Church of Southern California

Sarang Community Church of Southern California
Location Orange County, CA, United States
Country  United States
Denomination Presbyterian Church in America
Churchmanship Evangelical
Membership 11,000
History
Founded 1988
Founder(s) Rev. Jung-hyun Oh
Clergy
Senior pastor(s) Rev. David Chang-Soo Roh
Sarang Community Church of Southern California
Hangul 남가주사랑의교회
Revised Romanization Namgajusaranguigyohoe
McCune–Reischauer Sarang'ŭikyohoe
For the church located in Seoul, Korea, see SaRang Community Church.

Sarang Community Church of Southern California is a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) Korean-American church located in Anaheim, California. Sarang has more than 10,000 church attenders.[1] Some statistics estimate about 11,000 members.[2][3] It is the largest Korean church outside of Korea (Republic of), as well as the largest Asian church outside Asia.[4] In addition, Sarang is the largest congregation within the Presbyterian Church in America.[5]

Sa-Rang Community Church was founded in 1988 by Rev. Oh Jung-hyun.

In 2003 Pastor Oh accepted his call to a megachurch in Seoul Korea of the same name, Sarang Church. In 2004, Rev. SeungWook Kim (Daniel Kim) was called and installed as the new pastor.

In 2011, Pastor Kim accepted his call to pastor a church in Korea called Hallelujah Community Church. In 2012, Rev. ChangSoo Roh was called and installed as the new pastor.

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Coordinates: 33°50′53″N 117°57′40″W / 33.848°N 117.961°W / 33.848; -117.961


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