: In this article the author presents a short survey of the development of Protestantism in Korea. Meanwhile he shows the importance of the religious background of the Koreans for their acceptance of Protestantism. Especially the Shamanistic beliefs and Confucianism had ripened the minds of the Korean people in a certain sense. But the political attitude of the Protestants in the resistance against the Japanese colonizers played also a prominent role. The author offers also an evaluation of the use of Korean terms in the vocabulary of the church.