Graduate School of Theology, Hanshin University
The Graduate School of Theology, Hanshin University, carries on the tradition of Chosun Theological Seminary, (later re-named Hankuk Theological Seminary), which was founded in 1940 to train ministers with Korean personnel and funding, independently of fundamentalist missionaries. From the beginning, the seminary emphasized freedom of learning and conscience, setting aside rigid dogmatism and authoritarianism. In 1979 the seminary was expanded to become Hanshin University, situated at Osan, south of Seoul. The Graduate School of Theology, located in northern Seoul, offers the B.Th., M.Div., M.Th., and D.Th. degrees. Hanshin University, as of 1998, has a faculty of 135 professors, 136 graduate students, and 3,958 undergraduate students. The Graduate School of Theology had almost 100 graduates in 1998.   

Institute for Mission and Education
The Institute for Mission and Education was established by resolution of the PROK General Assembly in 1976 to provide an alternative course of study for those theology students who had been expelled from the universities because of their involvement in the anti-dictatorial struggle for human rights and democracy; at IME they could complete their studies and qualify for ordination. Through three major programs the Institute now provides continuing education for ministers, education for lay leaders, and education for female evangelists. It also publishes church workbooks and Christian Education materials.

Theological Studies Institute
The Institute aims to develop a PROK theology and to provide theological education based on the Reformed church tradition, to conduct theological and personnel exchanges with world Reformed churches, and to provide congregations with theological materials and insights through lectures and conferences.

Christian Rural Development Institute
The Institute was founded to support and lead impoverished farmers into full participation in God's mission, as the farmers' situation has been seriously affected by industry-first economic policies and pressure to open markets to foreign agricultural products. The Institute aims to create an agricultural mission theology, develop mission programs, share mission information, and educate lay people.

The Social Welfare Foundation of the PROK
The Social Welfare Foundation of the PROK was approved by the government in 1995 and since then has been developing a new paradigm for social welfare mission. Based on the Diaconia Dei Theology, social welfare mission means not only improving the quality of human lives on the basis of Christian faith but also reforming society. Included in this Foundation are Kunpo Jumong Social Welfare Institute, Kangdong Saenuri House, Namwon Social Welfare Institute, Namwon Social Welfare Institute for the Disabled, Kumi Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, and Youngnam Dure Nuri Life Center.

Church Women's Association (CWA)
The Association is a network of PROK church women dedicated to improving the effectiveness of women's work and ministry in the church and community through education, fellowship and social service. The following four projects are part of the women's ministry.

Lay Training Institute for Women Following the mission direction and purpose of the CWA, the Lay Training Institute provides training for women in various circumstances in society, to help them better understand their situations, fulfil their potential, and play significant roles in God's mission.

My Sister's Place This is a community-based organization providing support and fellowship for women who work in bars and clubs surrounding the US military bases. Through group interaction education and counselling, it helps women in bicultural relationships to value their Korean culture and identity, to develop a sense of self-worth, and to communicate with their partners and children. It also educates church people on the issues of the US military presence overseas, prostitution, and reunification of the Korean peninsula.

Jubilee Mission House Jubilee Mission House serves those in need--particularly the old, the suffering, the powerless--through telephone counselling, food aid, bursaries for students, prayer meetings, classes for children whose parents are both working, and programs supporting prisoners of conscience and their families.

Bethany House Bethany House provides a home for retired professional women church workers who have no family support. It helps them renew their faith, share their experiences with one another, and discover new ways of serving. Active professional church workers may also take retreats here for rest and prayer.
 

Church Men's Association
The Association expresses its commitment to the Gospel by serving the church and community through various programs at the congregational and national level.

Church Youth Association The Association seeks to foster a strong and active faith among youth, to train youth leaders, and to activate an ecumenical youth movement that will live out the Gospel in working for social justice and reunification.

Migrant Workers Mission Association
Since the 1988 Seoul Olympics the number of foreign migrant workers in Korea has steadily increased, most of them employed in the "3-D" (difficult, dirty, dangerous) work situations. They are brutally exploited and denied basic human rights. The PROK established the Migrant Workers Mission Association in 1998 to coordinate the already existing PROK programs working to help alleviate their problems and to share the Gospel with them.
Members of this association are the Seoul Migrant Workers' Center
House of Chinese Workers
Ansan Migrant Workers' Mission Center
Kwangju Migrant Workers' Mission Center
Chinchon Migrant Workers' Center
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Sungnam Migrant Workers' House This was established to help migrant workers deal with their problems of salary payment delays, industrial accidents, violence and fraud. It offers them various kinds of services including labor counselling, medical counselling, shelter, educational activities and Korean language classes.

House of a New Tomorrow: Centre for the Unemployed
Since Korea was severely hit by the economic crisis and forced to request the IMF bailout loan, hundreds of thousands of people have been laid off and social unrest has increased. In this context, the House of a New Tomorrow was opened to help the unemployed, providing free meals, counselling and job information.

Solidarity in Mission for Life
Formerly known as the PROK Minjung Church Movement Association, it aims to share the Gospel with the Minjung--the laborers, the poor, the marginalized. The main reason for changing its name is to better adapt to a new era of mission in the 21st century, as it attempts to include the wide spectrum of Minjung, that is, the disabled, migrant workers, troubled youth, and others. It conducts educational programs, Bible studies, and personnel and information exchanges, and shares mission funds.

Fellowship of Rural Church Pastors
The Association works to give hope and life to rural churches and farmers through offering spiritual renewal programs, and programs to foster community and promote justice. It conducts Bible studies, theological research, and church renewal studies, and runs a counselling center for farmers, a rural development institute, and such social welfare programs as a school for seniors and a day-care center.

House of Early Dawn
This is a support community for women who are in prison and those released from prison. For women who are in prison, it provides a chaplaincy program that offers counselling and Bible study. For those released from prison, it provides a transition home where they may participate in vocational training and Christian Education programs.

"Family of Jesus"
This is a juvenile welfare facility for children and youth who have run away from home because of the stress of their parents' divorce, death, negligence, and physical and sexual abuse. They live here together in small-group families. The facility aims to protect, heal, and rehabilitate these youngsters, so that they can lead fruitful lives as sound members of society.

Centre for Mission to Mining Workers
The Centre was opened in Taebaeck, Kangwon Province, to conduct research into the social problems faced by people in mining districts and to suggest alternative policies based on Christian faith, aiming to raise consciousness among people at the grassroots level. The Centre also plans to conduct a grassroots environmental movement so that the mining districts might be developed with high pro-environmental standards.