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Korean missionaries in Southern Africa : a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/29294 Korean missionaries in Southern Africa : a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006 Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941- khohsim@paran.com Oh, Kyung Hwan Missionary Mission Missionary training institute Partnership Theological education Children’s ministry Leadership development Church planting Missions Discipleship training Korea UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008. In the thesis, Korean Missionaries in Southern Africa: A discussion and evaluation of Korean Missionary activity in Southern Africa (1980-2006), the researcher discusses the coming of missionaries from Korea to Southern Africa during the period 1980-2006. He evaluates their endeavours, activities, the specific challenges they had to face, various problems that they had to overcome, as well as opportunities and challenges beckoning from the future. Chapter Two describes the history of missions in Korea as well as the coming of Korean missionaries to Southern Africa. By almost any measurement, the growth of Christianity in Korea during the last century is one of the most amazing stories of our time. The Korean church has rapidly changed significantly from being a mission field to a sending field, over a period of 100 years. For the last three decades, over 250 Korean missionaries have committed themselves to the Great Commission of the Lord and are involved in 17 types of ministry in Southern African countries. In Chapter Three it is established that the Korean missionaries did their best to understand the complexities of the context of the country which they were serving. They overcame their mono-cultural background, and tried to adapt to and relate to the Southern African culture. They are still in the process of doing so. The most important matters the Korean missionaries encountered, as reported on in Chapter Four, were understanding the local context, language and cultural acquisition, meeting the expectations of the local people and local churches, as well as those of the sending churches in Korea. On a personal level missionaries have to cope with family concerns, maintaining their spiritual life, health problems, financial concerns, frustration as well as unfulfilled ideals. In Chapter Five, the Korean missionaries reported on their missionary work. Using a comprehensive definition of mission (containing the perspectives of kerygma. diakonia, koinonia and leitourgia) as yard stick, the missionaries contributed in many and creative ways in presenting the gospel of Christ in the country they came to serve. The chapter further discusses the five major challenges missionaries have to face and the seven personal challenges with regards to their attitude towards the people to whom they minister. Science of Religion and Missiology PhD unrestricted 2013-09-07T15:18:00Z 2008-11-13 2013-09-07T15:18:00Z 2008-09-04 2008-11-13 2008-11-07 Thesis Oh, KH 2008, Korean missionaries in Southern Africa : a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29294> D515/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29294 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11072008-142207/ © 2008 Author D515/ application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Missionary Mission Missionary training institute Partnership Theological education Children’s ministry Leadership development Church planting Missions Discipleship training Korea UCTD Korean missionaries in Southern Africa : a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006 |
| title | Korean missionaries in Southern Africa : a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006 |
| title_full | Korean missionaries in Southern Africa : a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006 |
| title_fullStr | Korean missionaries in Southern Africa : a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Korean missionaries in Southern Africa : a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006 |
| title_short | Korean missionaries in Southern Africa : a discussion and evaluation of Korean missionary activity in Southern Africa, 1980-2006 |
| title_sort | korean missionaries in southern africa a discussion and evaluation of korean missionary activity in southern africa 1980 2006 |
| topic | Missionary Mission Missionary training institute Partnership Theological education Children’s ministry Leadership development Church planting Missions Discipleship training Korea UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29294 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11072008-142207/ |