Korean church in Norwood, New Jersey
Chodae Community Church, formerly called Cho Dae Presbyterian Church,[1] is a Korean Presbytery Church located in Norwood, New Jersey. The church, founded in 1986, has several different ministries catering to people of different cultures and languages. These include ministries catering to those who speak English, Japanese, and Korean. The church also caters to different generations ranging from toddlers to adults.
The church is headed by Reverend Kyusam Han. The church engages in missionary work to countries across the globe. The church also invests locally through the Norwood community.
The church owns its own building and include two sanctuaries, classrooms, a gymnasium, and a kitchen.
By 2000, the congregation had grown to 700 members and the church sought approval from the borough for the construction of a $5 million, 47,000-square-foot (4,400 m2) facility on a 7-acre (2.8 ha) site that would include a sanctuary large enough to accommodate 720 worshipers. A local citizens group, the Norwood Civic Association was created to oppose church's plans, with more than one-third of all resident families joining the organization, which argued that the size of the proposed church would cause flooding and cause congestion on Sundays, given the proximity between the proposed site and the borough's athletic complex.[2]
References
- ^ "뉴저지초대교회". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ Hanley, Robert. "Communities; One Church, Two Visions", The New York Times, February 6, 2000. Accessed December 3, 2017. "In its 14-year history, the ChoDae Presbyterian Church in New Jersey has blossomed into one of the biggest Korean-American congregations in northern New Jersey. Its membership has grown to about 700 people from 50, and many of its three Sunday services in a rented 250-seat Lutheran church in Paramus are filled to overflowing. After a four-year search for new land, ChoDae has chosen seven wooded acres near the ball fields and swim club of this quiet suburb of 5,700 people in northeastern Bergen County and has drafted plans for a handsome new $5 million church. Besides a 720-seat sanctuary, the building would include 14 classrooms for Sunday school and Bible study and a fellowship hall with two gymnasiums. ChoDae's senior pastor, the Rev. Young-Chin Cho, called the proposed church 'our dream and our vision.'"
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