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Chilgol Church

Chilgol Church
Entrance of Chilgol Church
Chilgol Church is located in Pyongyang
Chilgol Church
Chilgol Church
39°01′55″N 125°40′31″E / 39.031907°N 125.675257°E / 39.031907; 125.675257
LocationKwangbok Street, Chilgol, Kwangbok, Pyongyang
CountryNorth Korea
DenominationProtestant
History
Founded1899 (1899)
DedicationKang Pan-sok
Architecture
Years built1989 (rebuilt)
Administration
DivisionKorean Christian Federation
Chilgol Church
Chosŏn'gŭl
칠골교회
Hancha
칠골敎會
Revised RomanizationChilgol gyohoe
McCune–ReischauerCh'ilgol kyohoe

Chilgol Church (Korean칠골교회; MRCh'ilgol kyohoe) is a Protestant church on Kwangbok Street, Kwangbok, Chilgol, Pyongyang, North Korea. It is one of two Protestant churches in the country.[1][2] It is dedicated to Kang Pan-sok, a deaconess in the Presbyterian church who was the mother of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference cor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Corfield 2014, p. 27.
  3. ^ "International Religious Freedom Report for 2014 : Korea, Democratic People's Republic of". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

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