# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-yonggi-cho
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:48:58.829Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-yonggi-cho"
name: "David Yonggi Cho"
slug: "david-yonggi-cho"
description: "David Yonggi Cho was a South Korean Pentecostal Pastor. He was the founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church, which he started in a tent with 5 people, which eventually became the world's largest congregation, with a membership of 830,000."
tagline: "South Korean minister (1936-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_yonggi_cho.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1936-02-14"
deathDate: "2021-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.606951871657754
  historical:           16.50352133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://davidcho.fgtv.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Yonggi Cho"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump