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“If you build it, they’ll come”

January 31, 2014

4,323 Korean churches in U.S: Christiantoday.us

One church per every 394 Korean Americans 

90 more Korean churches sprang up last year to bring up the total to 4,323 Koreans churches in the United States.

According to Christiantoday.us, California has the most Korean churches with 1,358, which accounts for 31.4% of the total in the U.S. New York came in second with 446, followed by New Jersey (258); Virginia (211); Texas (210); Washington (208); Georgia (197); Illinois (190); Maryland (161); and Pennsylvania (161), in order.

The Korean population was tabulated to be 1,706,822 in the 2012 U.S. Census Bureau report – which means for every 394 Koreans, there’s a Korean church.

The concentration was even higher for Koreatown and its surrounding areas in Los Angeles, as 370 Korean churches were counted. The figures calculate to one church per every 162 Koreans.

The fastest increases in the number of Korean churches were shown in California and New Jersey.

Also, there were more Presbyterian churches than any other denomination at 40.2%; Baptist churches were second at 17.2%, followed by Methodist (12.6%).

2 Comments

  1. Bob Johnson

    January 31, 2014 at 8:20 PM

    Yes, The Korean churches are growing. But how and why are they growing? Is God giving the increase? Or are they growing by man-made marketing methods (ie.seeker friendly churches)?

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  2. Bob Johnson

    January 31, 2014 at 8:25 PM

    And why are the Koreans going to church in record numbers? Is it because they want to strengthen their relationship with Jesus Christ? Or is it because they want to build human relationships? Are they going for spiritual reasons? Or are they going to have there relational, carnal, “felt”, needs met? Are they born from above? Or do they mind the things of this world?

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