The first Korean Presbyterian immigrants arrived in Brazil in 1956. Among them was Kang Hi Dong, who, after studying theology at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Campinas, became a pastor and remains active to this day. Presbyterian work among Koreans began in April 1964 in the interior of S?o Paulo state, with the arrival of an evangelist, Myoung Jae Lee, along with four other families. Today, Koreans and persons of Korean descent number more than 50,000; about 10% of them are naturalized. Over 7,000 belong to Evangelical denominations, most of them Presbyterian, with approximately seventeen communities linked to different Presbyterian denominations in South Korea. The Korean immigrants have demonstrated concern for the second generation with the founding of the “Korean Campus Mission Mocidade do Brazil” (Korean Campus Mission Youth of Brazil), whose objective is the evangelization of adolescents and youth of Ko-rean origin. The Korean United Presbyterian Church of S?o Paulo is structurally linked to the Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK-TongHap; cf. Korea no. 14).
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