Editing Methodism (section)

====South Korea====
{{Main|Korean Methodist Church}}
The Korean Methodist Church (KMC) is one of the largest churches in South Korea with around 1.5&nbsp;million members and 8,306 ministers.<ref name="KMC">{{cite web|title=Korean Methodist Church|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/korean-methodist-church|website=oikoumene.org|date=January 1948 |publisher=World Council of Churches|access-date=23 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> Methodism in Korea grew out of British and American mission work which began in the late 19th century. The first missionary was [[Robert Samuel Maclay]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]], who sailed from Japan in 1884 and was given the authority of medical and schooling permission from emperor [[Gojong of the Korean Empire|Gojong]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kim|first1=Sebastian C. H.|author-link=Sebastian Kim|last2=Kim|first2=Kirsteen|author2-link=Kirsteen Kim|title=A History of Korean Christianity|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1316123140|page=100|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4FIBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT100|language=en|year=2014}}</ref> The Korean church became fully autonomous in 1930, retaining affiliation with Methodist churches in America and later the United Methodist Church.<ref name="KMC" /> The church experienced rapid growth in membership throughout most of the 20th century{{snd}}in spite of the [[Korean War]]{{snd}}before stabilizing in the 1990s.<ref name="KMC" /> The KMC is a member of the World Methodist Council and hosted the first Asia Methodist Convention in 2001.<ref name="KMC" />

There are many [[Korean-language]] Methodist churches in North America catering to Korean-speaking immigrants.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Njoroge |first1=Yvonne |title=Korean UMC churches announce deeper support for missionary service |url=https://umcmission.org/press-release/korean-umc-churches-announce-deeper-support-for-missionary-service/ |website=Global Ministries |access-date=24 February 2025 |date=2 May 2024}}</ref>