Presbyterianism

====South Korea====
{{main|Presbyterianism in South Korea}}
Presbyterian Churches are the biggest and by far the most influential Protestant denominations in South Korea, with close to 20,000 churches affiliated with the two largest Presbyterian denominations in the country.<ref>{{cite web | place = [[Korea|KR]] | title = History | url = http://www.pck.or.kr/Eng/History/MajorH.asp | publisher = The Presbyterian Church of Korea | access-date = 1 August 2011 | archive-date = 18 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718113130/http://www.pck.or.kr/Eng/History/MajorH.asp | url-status = live }}.</ref> In South Korea there are 9&nbsp;million Presbyterians, forming the majority of the 15&nbsp;million Korean [[Protestant]]s. In South Korea there are 100 different Presbyterian denominations.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.crcna.org/news-and-views/touched-devotion-south-korea | title = Touched by Devotion in South Korea | type = article | publisher = Christian Reformed Church | date = 4 October 2010 | access-date = 4 September 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170709093000/https://www.crcna.org/news-and-views/touched-devotion-south-korea | archive-date = 9 July 2017  }}.</ref>

Most of the Korean Presbyterian denominations share the same name in Korean, 대한예수교장로회 (literally means the Presbyterian Church of Korea or PCK), tracing its roots to the United Presbyterian Assembly before its long history of disputes and schisms. The Presbyterian schism began with the controversy in relation to the Japanese shrine worship enforced during the Japanese colonial period and the establishment of a minor division (Koryu-pa, 고려파, later The Koshin Presbyterian Church in Korea, Koshin 고신) in 1952. And in 1953 the second schism happened when the theological orientation of the Chosun Seminary (later Hanshin University) founded in 1947 could not be tolerated in the PCK and another minor group (The Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, Kijang, 기장) was separated. The last major schism had to do with the issue of whether the PCK should join the WCC. The controversy divided the PCK into two denominations, The Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap, 통합) and The General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong, 합동) in 1959. All major seminaries associated with each denomination claim heritage from the Pyung Yang Theological Seminary, therefore, not only Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary and Chongsin University which are related to PCK but also Hanshin University of PROK all celebrated the 100th class in 2007, 100 years from the first graduates of Pyung Yang Theological Seminary.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://reformednews.co.kr/sub_read.html?uid=824&section=sc4 | script-title = ko:리폼드뉴스 | language = ko | publisher = Reformed news | place = KR | access-date = 7 August 2011 | archive-date = 22 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722134614/http://reformednews.co.kr/sub_read.html?uid=824&section=sc4 | url-status = live | date = 28 May 2009 }}</ref>

Korean Presbyterian denominations are active in evangelism and many of its missionaries are being sent overseas, being the second biggest missionary sender in the world after the United States. GMS, the missionary body of the "Hapdong" General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches of Korea, is the single largest Presbyterian missionary organization in Korea.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://kcm.kr/dic_view.php?nid=39503 | publisher = KCM | title = Search | access-date = 7 August 2011 | place = KR | archive-date = 29 October 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193844/http://kcm.kr/dic_view.php?nid=39503 | url-status = live }}.</ref>
In addition there are many Korean-American Presbyterians in the United States, either with their own church sites or sharing space in pre-existing churches as is the case in Australia, New Zealand and even Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia with Korean immigration.

The Korean Presbyterian Church started through the mission of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Australian Presbyterian theological tradition is central to the United States. But after independence, the 'Presbyterian Church in Korea (KoRyuPa)' advocated a Dutch [[Reformed tradition|Reformed]] position. In the 21st century, a new General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Korea (Founder. Ha Seung-moo) in 2012 declared itself an authentic historical succession of Scottish Presbyterian John Knox.