David Yonggi Cho
David Yonggi Cho | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 February 1936 |
| Died | 14 September 2021 (aged 85) Seoul, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Evangelist |
| Spouse | Kim Sung Hae (Deceased) |
| Religion | Christianity (Pentecostal) |
Congregations served | Yoido Full Gospel Church |
| Title | Doctor (Honorary) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조용기 |
| Hanja | 趙鏞基 |
| RR | Jo Yonggi |
| MR | Cho Yonggi |
| Website | davidcho |
David Yonggi Cho (Korean: 조용기; 14 February 1936 – 14 September 2021 as Paul Yungi Cho) was a South Korean Pentecostal Pastor. He was the founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church (Assemblies of God), which he started in a tent with 5 people (including his future mother-in-law Choi Ja-shil and her children as its first members), which eventually became the world's largest congregation, with a membership of 830,000 (as of 2007).