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The purpose of this paper is to study political activities of Korean Christians after liberation. After liberation, Christians concentrated on two things. One was to restore the deteriorated faith and the destroyed churches. The other was to participate in politics to build a new country. For the latter, they concentrated their efforts on organizing political parties or building organizations. This paper focuses on the latter. Christians who participated in politics were divided into two categories. One was to organize parties or organizations based on Christian spirit. The other was to participate in parties or organizations organized by the general public. In the former case, there were GYLRRKI, SDP, CNPA, CCCI, FC and CDA. In the latter case, there were HDP, NP, WARRKI, GYLRRKI, CCI and NSRRKI. Christians who were rightists opposed communism and trusteeship through political organizations, and actively participated in legislative activities to establish a new independent nation. Despite the opposition of the Soviet Union and North Korea, there was NCA election for the sole government on May 10, 1948 under UN surveillance. As a result, many Christians were elected at NCA. They in NCA promulgated the Constitution on July 17, 1948 and launched the Republic of Korea on August 15. In summary, it is the core of this article that Christians have had a lot of influence in the process of establishing the Korean government since liberation.