Conversing With God Bethel Church, formerly affiliated with the Assemblies of God or Pentecostal faith, is a charismatic evangelical Christian fellowship with more than 3,000 congregants.
The school is affiliated with the Praise God Korean Church, one of the many independent Korean churches that have mushroomed in the Bay Area, Mr. Hong said.
In the 1940's it affiliated with the Assemblies of God, a historically segregationist Pentecostal denomination.
Joshua Davey, the student whose lawsuit led to this case, Locke v. Davey, No. 02-1315, continued his religious studies at Northwest College, which is affiliated with the Assemblies of God.
He said the congregation, which holds services in Korean and Spanish, has 4,000 members and is affiliated with the Assemblies of God, a large Pentecostal denomination.
The exclusion of theology majors was challenged by Mr. Davey, who in 1999 enrolled in a college affiliated with the Assemblies of God and declared a major in pastoral ministries.
He traveled to Brazil alone and checked into his single room at the Posada, a simple hostel-like lodging affiliated with the John of God ministry.
"A lot of these unaffiliated people, by some measures, are fairly religious, and then there are those who are affiliated with a religion but don't believe in God and identify instead with history or holidays or communities".
For decades, "ministries" affiliated with Exodus have been proclaiming the availability of God's forgiveness for the "sinfulness" of LGBTQ "lifestyles" if only we would repent and amend our ways.
Patrick Henry is a Christian college, though it is not affiliated with any denomination, and it gives students guidelines on "glorifying God with their appearance".
